diff -r 7f443cce2972 -r f965b1027fb0 mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Fri Nov 15 14:41:00 2019 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Fri Nov 15 14:47:31 2019 -0800
@@ -427,9 +427,7 @@
 
         force = opts.get(b'force')
         if not force:
-            vdirs = []
             match = matchmod.badmatch(match, fail)
-            match.explicitdir = vdirs.append
 
         status = repo.status(match=match)
 
@@ -457,7 +455,7 @@
                     raise error.Abort(dirtyreason)
 
         if not force:
-            repo.checkcommitpatterns(wctx, vdirs, match, status, fail)
+            repo.checkcommitpatterns(wctx, match, status, fail)
         diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(
             ui,
             opts=opts,