convert: clear the dirstate before a conversion, invalidate it afterwards Clearing it before the conversion protects us from whatever data were there (file copies in particular). Invalidating it after the conversion avoids writing a possibly inconsistent dirstate to disk.

% should fail
abort: path contains illegal component: .hg/00changelog.i
adding a/a
% should fail
abort: path 'b/b' traverses symbolic link 'b'
% should succeed
% should still fail - maybe
abort: path 'b/b' traverses symbolic link 'b'