--- a/tests/test-tags.t Fri Dec 21 17:10:07 2018 +0100
+++ b/tests/test-tags.t Thu Jan 31 18:17:02 2019 +0530
@@ -759,3 +759,69 @@
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ (cd tags-local-clone/.hg/cache/; ls -1 tag*)
tags2-visible
+
+Avoid writing logs on trying to delete an already deleted tag
+ $ hg init issue5752
+ $ cd issue5752
+ $ echo > a
+ $ hg commit -Am 'add a'
+ adding a
+ $ hg tag a
+ $ hg tags
+ tip 1:bd7ee4f3939b
+ a 0:a8a82d372bb3
+ $ hg log
+ changeset: 1:bd7ee4f3939b
+ tag: tip
+ user: test
+ date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+ summary: Added tag a for changeset a8a82d372bb3
+
+ changeset: 0:a8a82d372bb3
+ tag: a
+ user: test
+ date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+ summary: add a
+
+ $ hg tag --remove a
+ $ hg log
+ changeset: 2:e7feacc7ec9e
+ tag: tip
+ user: test
+ date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+ summary: Removed tag a
+
+ changeset: 1:bd7ee4f3939b
+ user: test
+ date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+ summary: Added tag a for changeset a8a82d372bb3
+
+ changeset: 0:a8a82d372bb3
+ user: test
+ date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+ summary: add a
+
+ $ hg tag --remove a
+ abort: tag 'a' is already removed
+ [255]
+ $ hg log
+ changeset: 2:e7feacc7ec9e
+ tag: tip
+ user: test
+ date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+ summary: Removed tag a
+
+ changeset: 1:bd7ee4f3939b
+ user: test
+ date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+ summary: Added tag a for changeset a8a82d372bb3
+
+ changeset: 0:a8a82d372bb3
+ user: test
+ date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+ summary: add a
+
+ $ cat .hgtags
+ a8a82d372bb35b42ff736e74f07c23bcd99c371f a
+ a8a82d372bb35b42ff736e74f07c23bcd99c371f a
+ 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 a