diff -r 250d9c8aaf10 -r 8d6c8a9a91f8 mercurial/revlog.py
--- a/mercurial/revlog.py	Thu Oct 20 13:12:37 2022 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/revlog.py	Wed Oct 19 11:24:20 2022 -0400
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@
             self._docket = docket
             self._docket_file = entry_point
         else:
-            entry_data = b''
             self._initempty = True
             entry_data = self._get_data(entry_point, mmapindexthreshold)
             if len(entry_data) > 0: