--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py Thu Oct 19 14:12:49 2017 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py Thu Oct 19 14:55:10 2017 +0200
@@ -2627,6 +2627,9 @@
# Two-levels map of "rev -> file ctx -> [line range]".
linerangesbyrev = {}
for fname, (fromline, toline) in _parselinerangelogopt(repo, opts):
+ if fname not in wctx:
+ raise error.Abort(_('cannot follow file not in parent '
+ 'revision: "%s"') % fname)
fctx = wctx.filectx(fname)
for fctx, linerange in dagop.blockancestors(fctx, fromline, toline):
rev = fctx.introrev()