--- a/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/hg.py	Sun Dec 10 17:42:11 2017 +0100
+++ b/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/hg.py	Sun Dec 10 17:45:17 2017 +0100
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@
         
         if output:
             for line in output.splitlines():
-                if line and line[0] in "MARC!?I":
+                if len(line) > 2 and line[0] in "MARC!?I" and line[1] == " ":
                     flag, path = line.split(" ", 1)
                     absname = os.path.join(repodir, os.path.normcase(path))
                     if flag not in "?I":