context.status: move manifest caching trick to _buildstatus() In basectx._buildstatus(), we read the manifests for the two revisions being compared. For "caching reasons" unknown to me, it is better to read the earlier manifest first, which basectx._prestatus() takes care of. However, if the 'self' context is a committablectx and the 'other' context is the parent of the working directory (as in the very common case of plain "hg status"), there is no need to read any manifests at all -- all that's needed is the dirstate status. To avoid reading the manifests, _prestatus() is overridden in committablectx and avoids calling its super method, and _buildstatus() calls its super method only if the 'other' context is not the parent of the working directory. It seems easier to follow what's happening if we move the pre-fetching to _buildstatus() just before the place where the manifests are fetched. We just need to add an extra check that the revision is not None to handle the case that was previously handled by subclass overriding. That also makes it safe for committablectx._prestatus() to call its parent, although the latter now becomes empty, so we won't bother.