diff --git a/tests/test-annotate b/tests/test-annotate
--- a/tests/test-annotate
+++ b/tests/test-annotate
@@ -71,3 +71,6 @@ echo d >> b
 hg ci -mmerge2 -d '4 0'
 echo % annotate after rename merge
 hg annotate -nf b
+
+echo % linkrev vs rev
+hg annotate -r tip a
diff --git a/tests/test-annotate.out b/tests/test-annotate.out
--- a/tests/test-annotate.out
+++ b/tests/test-annotate.out
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ 3 b: b
 4 b: c
 3 b: b
 7 b: d
+% linkrev vs rev
+0: a
+1: a
+1: a