--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Tue Sep 09 21:32:39 2008 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Wed Sep 10 08:49:05 2008 +0200
@@ -221,13 +221,7 @@
                 raise util.Abort(_('working copy of .hgtags is changed '
                                    '(please commit .hgtags manually)'))
 
-        parents = self[None].parents()
-        parent = None
-        # use tip instead of the parent rev if there's no working copy
-        # (avoid creating a new head)
-        if len(parents) == 1 and parents[0].node() == nullid:
-            parent = self['tip'].node()
-        self._tag(names, node, message, local, user, date, parent=parent)
+        self._tag(names, node, message, local, user, date)
 
     def tags(self):
         '''return a mapping of tag to node'''

--- a/tests/test-tag-issue916	Tue Sep 09 21:32:39 2008 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-hg init
-echo a > a
-hg commit -Am "test" -d "1000000 0"
-
-echo % issue 916
-hg up 000000
-hg parents
-hg tag -r tip -d "1000000 0" "jglick"
-echo % should it be removed ?
-cat .hgtags
-hg tip

--- a/tests/test-tag-issue916.out	Tue Sep 09 21:32:39 2008 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-adding a
-% issue 916
-0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
-% should it be removed ?
-0acdaf8983679e0aac16e811534eb49d7ee1f2b4 jglick
-changeset:   1:99b47705d075
-tag:         tip
-user:        test
-date:        Mon Jan 12 13:46:40 1970 +0000
-summary:     Added tag jglick for changeset 0acdaf898367
-