diff -r 48aff31e7f4c -r 25d5dffbb211 mercurial/merge.py
--- a/mercurial/merge.py	Fri Jan 28 14:25:51 2022 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py	Fri Jan 28 16:41:45 2022 +0100
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
                 mresult.addfile(
                     p,
                     mergestatemod.ACTION_PATH_CONFLICT,
-                    (pnew, mergestatemod.ACTION_REMOVE),
+                    (pnew, b'r'),
                     b'path conflict',
                 )
                 remoteconflicts.remove(p)