--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -455,8 +455,7 @@ class dirstate(object):
nonexistent = True
if not st:
try:
- f = self.wjoin(fn)
- st = os.lstat(f)
+ st = os.lstat(self.wjoin(fn))
except OSError, inst:
if inst.errno != errno.ENOENT:
raise
@@ -472,7 +471,7 @@ class dirstate(object):
# check the common case first
if type_ == 'n':
if not st:
- st = os.stat(fn)
+ st = os.stat(self.wjoin(fn))
if size >= 0 and (size != st.st_size
or (mode ^ st.st_mode) & 0100):
modified.append(fn)