diff -r c1c40511c276 -r ee00ef6f9be7 mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py	Sun Nov 08 10:24:18 2009 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py	Sun Nov 08 10:29:52 2009 -0600
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         repo.ui.debug("  subrepo %s: %s %s\n" % (s, msg, r))
 
     for s, l in s1.items():
-        if wctx.sub(s).dirty():
+        if wctx != actx and wctx.sub(s).dirty():
             l = (l[0], l[1] + "+")
         a = sa.get(s, nullstate)
         if s in s2: