diff -r 1168e54b727c -r b0314d8deee1 mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py	Mon Jul 19 00:29:36 2021 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py	Sun Jul 18 23:42:22 2021 +0200
@@ -506,6 +506,13 @@
         self._updatedfiles.add(filename)
         self._normal(filename, parentfiledata=parentfiledata)
 
+    @requires_no_parents_change
+    def set_possibly_dirty(self, filename):
+        """record that the current state of the file on disk is unknown"""
+        self._dirty = True
+        self._updatedfiles.add(filename)
+        self._map.set_possibly_dirty(filename)
+
     @requires_parents_change
     def update_file_p1(
         self,