diff -r 582cfcc843c7 -r d44d53bc9a1e mercurial/scmutil.py
--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py	Wed Mar 25 14:56:54 2015 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py	Wed Nov 19 15:56:58 2014 -0800
@@ -725,6 +725,8 @@
     def badfn(f, msg):
         ctx.repo().ui.warn("%s: %s\n" % (m.rel(f), msg))
     m.bad = badfn
+    if m.always():
+        pats = []
     return m, pats
 
 def match(ctx, pats=[], opts={}, globbed=False, default='relpath'):