--- a/mercurial/context.py	Sun Aug 11 22:55:09 2013 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Sun Aug 11 22:56:02 2013 -0500
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@
         return self._changectx.phasestr()
     def manifest(self):
         return self._changectx.manifest()
+    def changectx(self):
+        return self._changectx
 
 class filectx(basefilectx):
     """A filecontext object makes access to data related to a particular
@@ -567,9 +569,6 @@
         return filectx(self._repo, self._path, fileid=fileid,
                        filelog=self._filelog)
 
-    def changectx(self):
-        return self._changectx
-
     def data(self):
         return self._filelog.read(self._filenode)
     def path(self):