--- a/mercurial/node.py Sun Oct 06 09:45:02 2019 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/node.py Sun Oct 06 09:48:39 2019 -0400
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
# Phony node value to stand-in for new files in some uses of
# manifests.
# In hex, this is '2121212121212121212121212121212121212121'
-newnodeid = '!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
+newnodeid = b'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
# In hex, this is '3030303030303030303030303030306164646564'
-addednodeid = '000000000000000added'
+addednodeid = b'000000000000000added'
# In hex, this is '3030303030303030303030306d6f646966696564'
-modifiednodeid = '000000000000modified'
+modifiednodeid = b'000000000000modified'
wdirfilenodeids = {newnodeid, addednodeid, modifiednodeid}