--- a/mercurial/debugcommands.py	Sun Mar 26 17:29:37 2017 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/debugcommands.py	Sun Mar 26 17:59:33 2017 -0700
@@ -788,14 +788,17 @@
 @command('debugfsinfo', [], _('[PATH]'), norepo=True)
 def debugfsinfo(ui, path="."):
     """show information detected about current filesystem"""
-    util.writefile('.debugfsinfo', '')
     ui.write(('exec: %s\n') % (util.checkexec(path) and 'yes' or 'no'))
     ui.write(('fstype: %s\n') % (util.getfstype(path) or '(unknown)'))
     ui.write(('symlink: %s\n') % (util.checklink(path) and 'yes' or 'no'))
     ui.write(('hardlink: %s\n') % (util.checknlink(path) and 'yes' or 'no'))
-    ui.write(('case-sensitive: %s\n') % (util.fscasesensitive('.debugfsinfo')
-                                and 'yes' or 'no'))
-    util.tryunlink('.debugfsinfo')
+    casesensitive = '(unknown)'
+    try:
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='.debugfsinfo', dir=path) as f:
+            casesensitive = util.fscasesensitive(f.name) and 'yes' or 'no'
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    ui.write(('case-sensitive: %s\n') % casesensitive)
 
 @command('debuggetbundle',
     [('H', 'head', [], _('id of head node'), _('ID')),