diff -r 24b57c3899f8 -r 751d1138ce35 mercurial/copies.py
--- a/mercurial/copies.py	Sun Feb 01 16:23:07 2015 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/copies.py	Sun Feb 01 16:25:12 2015 -0600
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     for f in fctx.ancestors():
         if am.get(f.path(), None) == f.filenode():
             return f
-        if f.rev() < limit:
+        if limit >= 0 and f.linkrev() < limit and f.rev() < limit:
             return None
 
 def _dirstatecopies(d):