diff -r 039fbd14d4e2 -r 7f443cce2972 mercurial/localrepo.py --- a/mercurial/localrepo.py Mon Nov 18 20:10:38 2019 -0800 +++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py Fri Nov 15 14:41:00 2019 -0800 @@ -2800,7 +2800,8 @@ continue if f in status.deleted: fail(f, _(b'file not found!')) - if f in vdirs: # visited directory + # Is it a directory that exists or used to exist? + if self.wvfs.isdir(f) or wctx.p1().hasdir(f): d = f + b'/' for mf in matched: if mf.startswith(d):