diff --git a/mercurial/archival.py b/mercurial/archival.py --- a/mercurial/archival.py +++ b/mercurial/archival.py @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class tarit(object): def __init__(self, *args, **kw): timestamp = None if 'timestamp' in kw: - timestamp = kw.pop('timestamp') + timestamp = kw.pop(r'timestamp') if timestamp is None: self.timestamp = time.time() else: