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.
$ hg init t
$ cd t
$ echo This is file a1 > a
$ hg add a
$ hg commit -m "commit #0"
$ echo This is file b1 > b
$ hg add b
$ hg commit -m "commit #1"
$ rm b
$ hg update 0
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo This is file b2 > b
$ hg add b
$ hg commit -m "commit #2"
created new head
$ cd ..; rm -r t
$ mkdir t
$ cd t
$ hg init
$ echo This is file a1 > a
$ hg add a
$ hg commit -m "commit #0"
$ echo This is file b1 > b
$ hg add b
$ hg commit -m "commit #1"
$ rm b
$ hg update 0
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo This is file b2 > b
$ hg commit -A -m "commit #2"
adding b
created new head
$ cd ..; rm -r t
$ hg init t
$ cd t
$ echo This is file a1 > a
$ hg add a
$ hg commit -m "commit #0"
$ echo This is file b1 > b
$ hg add b
$ hg commit -m "commit #1"
$ rm b
$ hg remove b
$ hg update 0
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo This is file b2 > b
$ hg commit -A -m "commit #2"
adding b
created new head
$ hg merge 'wdir()'
abort: merging with the working copy has no effect
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$ cd ..