diff -r e9827c85c50b -r c2e55c21db27 mercurial/archival.py
--- a/mercurial/archival.py	Wed Dec 15 16:35:09 2010 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/archival.py	Mon Nov 29 16:17:05 2010 +0100
@@ -262,9 +262,14 @@
 
         write('.hg_archival.txt', 0644, False, metadata)
 
-    for f in ctx:
+    total = len(ctx.manifest())
+    repo.ui.progress(_('archiving'), 0, unit=_('files'), total=total)
+    for i, f in enumerate(ctx):
         ff = ctx.flags(f)
         write(f, 'x' in ff and 0755 or 0644, 'l' in ff, ctx[f].data)
+        repo.ui.progress(_('archiving'), i + 1, item=f,
+                         unit=_('files'), total=total)
+    repo.ui.progress(_('archiving'), None)
 
     if subrepos:
         for subpath in ctx.substate: