diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ of the GNU General Public License, incor
 
 import struct, os
 from node import *
+from i18n import gettext as _
 from demandload import *
 demandload(globals(), "time bisect stat util re")