--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -664,29 +664,28 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
         tr = self.transaction()
 
         # check in files
-        new = {}
+        new = []
         linkrev = self.changelog.count()
         commit.sort()
         for f in commit:
             self.ui.note(f + "\n")
             try:
-                new[f] = self.filecommit(f, m1, m2, linkrev, tr, changed)
+                m1[f] = self.filecommit(f, m1, m2, linkrev, tr, changed)
                 m1.set(f, util.is_exec(self.wjoin(f), m1.execf(f)))
+                new.append(f)
             except IOError:
                 self.ui.warn(_("trouble committing %s!\n") % f)
                 raise
 
         # update manifest
-        m1.update(new)
+        remove.sort()
+
         for f in remove:
             if f in m1:
                 del m1[f]
         mn = self.manifest.add(m1, tr, linkrev, c1[0], c2[0], (new, remove))
 
         # add changeset
-        new = new.keys()
-        new.sort()
-
         user = user or self.ui.username()
         if not text or force_editor:
             edittext = []