diff --git a/tests/test-audit-path.t b/tests/test-audit-path.t
--- a/tests/test-audit-path.t
+++ b/tests/test-audit-path.t
@@ -118,9 +118,14 @@
 
   $ hg manifest -r3
   ../test
+  $ mkdir ../test
+  $ echo data > ../test/file
   $ hg update -Cr3
   abort: path contains illegal component: ../test (glob)
   [255]
+  $ cat ../test/file
+  cat: ../test/file: No such file or directory
+  [1]
 
 attack /tmp/test