diff -r b6bcfd160e14 -r 7977d35df13b mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Mon Mar 09 12:32:29 2015 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Thu Mar 05 14:42:25 2015 -0800
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@
         """
         return hook.hook(self.ui, self, name, throw, **args)
 
+    @unfilteredmethod
     def _tag(self, names, node, message, local, user, date, extra={},
              editor=False):
         if isinstance(names, str):