--- a/mercurial/manifest.py	Wed Apr 26 23:02:43 2017 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/manifest.py	Tue May 09 13:56:46 2017 -0700
@@ -1175,25 +1175,31 @@
     '''A revlog that stores manifest texts. This is responsible for caching the
     full-text manifest contents.
     '''
-    def __init__(self, opener, dir='', dirlogcache=None, indexfile=None):
+    def __init__(self, opener, dir='', dirlogcache=None, indexfile=None,
+                 treemanifest=False):
         """Constructs a new manifest revlog
 
         `indexfile` - used by extensions to have two manifests at once, like
         when transitioning between flatmanifeset and treemanifests.
+
+        `treemanifest` - used to indicate this is a tree manifest revlog. Opener
+        options can also be used to make this a tree manifest revlog. The opener
+        option takes precedence, so if it is set to True, we ignore whatever
+        value is passed in to the constructor.
         """
         # During normal operations, we expect to deal with not more than four
         # revs at a time (such as during commit --amend). When rebasing large
         # stacks of commits, the number can go up, hence the config knob below.
         cachesize = 4
-        usetreemanifest = False
+        optiontreemanifest = False
         usemanifestv2 = False
         opts = getattr(opener, 'options', None)
         if opts is not None:
             cachesize = opts.get('manifestcachesize', cachesize)
-            usetreemanifest = opts.get('treemanifest', usetreemanifest)
+            optiontreemanifest = opts.get('treemanifest', False)
             usemanifestv2 = opts.get('manifestv2', usemanifestv2)
 
-        self._treeondisk = usetreemanifest
+        self._treeondisk = optiontreemanifest or treemanifest
         self._usemanifestv2 = usemanifestv2
 
         self._fulltextcache = util.lrucachedict(cachesize)
@@ -1231,8 +1237,10 @@
         if dir:
             assert self._treeondisk
         if dir not in self._dirlogcache:
-            self._dirlogcache[dir] = manifestrevlog(self.opener, dir,
-                                                    self._dirlogcache)
+            mfrevlog = manifestrevlog(self.opener, dir,
+                                      self._dirlogcache,
+                                      treemanifest=self._treeondisk)
+            self._dirlogcache[dir] = mfrevlog
         return self._dirlogcache[dir]
 
     def add(self, m, transaction, link, p1, p2, added, removed, readtree=None):