diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -713,11 +713,12 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
         linkrev = self.changelog.count()
         commit.sort()
         is_exec = util.execfunc(self.root, m1.execf)
+        is_link = util.linkfunc(self.root, m1.linkf)
         for f in commit:
             self.ui.note(f + "\n")
             try:
                 new[f] = self.filecommit(f, m1, m2, linkrev, tr, changed)
-                m1.set(f, is_exec(f))
+                m1.set(f, is_exec(f), is_link(f))
             except IOError:
                 if use_dirstate:
                     self.ui.warn(_("trouble committing %s!\n") % f)
@@ -879,9 +880,10 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                 # XXX: create it in dirstate.py ?
                 mf2 = mfmatches(self.dirstate.parents()[0])
                 is_exec = util.execfunc(self.root, mf2.execf)
+                is_link = util.linkfunc(self.root, mf2.linkf)
                 for f in lookup + modified + added:
                     mf2[f] = ""
-                    mf2.set(f, is_exec(f))
+                    mf2.set(f, is_exec(f), is_link(f))
                 for f in removed:
                     if f in mf2:
                         del mf2[f]