--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -658,9 +658,9 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
             for src, fn in self.dirstate.walk(files, match, badmatch=badmatch):
                 yield src, fn
 
-    def changes(self, node1=None, node2=None, files=[], match=util.always,
-                wlock=None, show_ignored=None):
-        """return changes between two nodes or node and working directory
+    def status(self, node1=None, node2=None, files=[], match=util.always,
+                wlock=None, list_ignored=False, list_clean=False):
+        """return status of files between two nodes or node and working directory
 
         If node1 is None, use the first dirstate parent instead.
         If node2 is None, compare node1 with working directory.
@@ -679,7 +679,9 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                     del mf[fn]
             return mf
 
-        modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown, ignored = [],[],[],[],[],[]
+        modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown = [], [], [], [], []
+        ignored, clean = [], []
+
         compareworking = False
         if not node1 or (not node2 and node1 == self.dirstate.parents()[0]):
             compareworking = True
@@ -697,8 +699,9 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                     wlock = self.wlock(wait=0)
                 except lock.LockException:
                     wlock = None
-            lookup, modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown, ignored = (
-                self.dirstate.changes(files, match, show_ignored))
+            (lookup, modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown,
+             ignored, clean) = self.dirstate.status(files, match,
+                                                    list_ignored, list_clean)
 
             # are we comparing working dir against its parent?
             if compareworking:
@@ -721,12 +724,11 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                         del mf2[f]
         else:
             # we are comparing two revisions
-            deleted, unknown, ignored = [], [], []
             mf2 = mfmatches(node2)
 
         if not compareworking:
             # flush lists from dirstate before comparing manifests
-            modified, added = [], []
+            modified, added, clean = [], [], []
 
             # make sure to sort the files so we talk to the disk in a
             # reasonable order
@@ -736,6 +738,8 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                 if mf1.has_key(fn):
                     if mf1[fn] != mf2[fn] and (mf2[fn] != "" or fcmp(fn, mf1)):
                         modified.append(fn)
+                    elif list_clean:
+                        clean.append(fn)
                     del mf1[fn]
                 else:
                     added.append(fn)
@@ -743,12 +747,19 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
             removed = mf1.keys()
 
         # sort and return results:
-        for l in modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown, ignored:
+        for l in modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown, ignored, clean:
             l.sort()
-        if show_ignored is None:
-            return (modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown)
+        return (modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown, ignored, clean)
+
+    def changes(self, node1=None, node2=None, files=[], match=util.always,
+                wlock=None, list_ignored=False, list_clean=False):
+        '''DEPRECATED - use status instead'''
+        marduit = self.status(node1, node2, files, match, wlock,
+                              list_ignored, list_clean)
+        if list_ignored:
+            return marduit[:-1]
         else:
-            return (modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown, ignored)
+            return marduit[:-2]
 
     def add(self, list, wlock=None):
         if not wlock: