diff -r ff1ab08e6732 -r a5e4c8172ace mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py	Fri Sep 22 15:34:02 2006 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Fri Sep 22 16:01:14 2006 -0500
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@
     def filenode(self): return self._filenode
     def filelog(self): return self._filelog
 
-    def rev(self): return self._changectx.rev()
+    def rev(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "_changectx"):
+            return self._changectx.rev()
+        return self._filelog.linkrev(self._filenode)
+
     def node(self): return self._changectx.node()
     def user(self): return self._changectx.user()
     def date(self): return self._changectx.date()