Use a prefix for debuginstall tempfiles.
This way you know where the files came from if they don't get removed.
% init
% commit
adding base
% qnew mqbase
% qrefresh
% qdiff
diff -r 67e992f2c4f3 base
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ base
-base
+patched
% qdiff dirname
diff -r 67e992f2c4f3 base
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ base
-base
+patched