diff -r 66f0c78350ab -r 6da47b655d97 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Oct 22 16:06:47 2012 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Oct 22 17:23:31 2012 -0500
@@ -5894,7 +5894,7 @@
 
     if check:
         c = repo[None]
-        if c.dirty(merge=False, branch=False):
+        if c.dirty(merge=False, branch=False, missing=True):
             raise util.Abort(_("uncommitted local changes"))
         if rev is None:
             rev = repo[repo[None].branch()].rev()