requires: re-use vfs.tryread for simplicity
Avoids calling `set` twice or having to re-raise an exception and implements the routine with a single return expression.
https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/1089
$ hg init
$ mkdir a
$ echo a > a/b
$ hg ci -Am m
adding a/b
$ hg rm a
removing a/b
$ hg ci -m m a
$ mkdir a b
$ echo a > a/b
$ hg ci -Am m
adding a/b
$ hg rm a
removing a/b
$ cd b
Relative delete:
$ hg ci -m m ../a
$ cd ..