diff --git a/mercurial/interfaces/dirstate.py b/mercurial/interfaces/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/interfaces/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/interfaces/dirstate.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
         used to get real file paths. Use vfs functions instead.
         """
 
+    def get_entry(path):
+        """return a DirstateItem for the associated path"""
+
     def pathto(f, cwd=None):
         pass