diff -r 095fa99ae5f5 -r e948ad0dcbe2 mercurial/copies.py
--- a/mercurial/copies.py	Thu Jan 28 15:26:33 2021 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/copies.py	Sat Jan 16 00:03:18 2021 +0100
@@ -152,13 +152,21 @@
     if b.p1() == a and b.p2().node() == nullid:
         filesmatcher = matchmod.exact(b.files())
         forwardmissingmatch = matchmod.intersectmatchers(match, filesmatcher)
-    missing = _computeforwardmissing(a, b, match=forwardmissingmatch)
+    if repo.ui.configbool(b'devel', b'copy-tracing.trace-all-files'):
+        missing = list(b.walk(match))
+        # _computeforwardmissing(a, b, match=forwardmissingmatch)
+        if debug:
+            dbg(b'debug.copies:      searching all files: %d\n' % len(missing))
+    else:
+        missing = _computeforwardmissing(a, b, match=forwardmissingmatch)
+        if debug:
+            dbg(
+                b'debug.copies:      missing files to search: %d\n'
+                % len(missing)
+            )
 
     ancestrycontext = a._repo.changelog.ancestors([b.rev()], inclusive=True)
 
-    if debug:
-        dbg(b'debug.copies:      missing files to search: %d\n' % len(missing))
-
     for f in sorted(missing):
         if debug:
             dbg(b'debug.copies:        tracing file: %s\n' % f)