diff --git a/mercurial/context.py b/mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py
+++ b/mercurial/context.py
@@ -1622,6 +1622,18 @@ class workingfilectx(committablefilectx)
         """wraps repo.wwrite"""
         self._repo.wwrite(self._path, data, flags)
 
+class workingcommitctx(workingctx):
+    """A workingcommitctx object makes access to data related to
+    the revision being committed convenient.
+
+    This hides changes in the working directory, if they aren't
+    committed in this context.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, repo, changes,
+                 text="", user=None, date=None, extra=None):
+        super(workingctx, self).__init__(repo, text, user, date, extra,
+                                         changes)
+
 class memctx(committablectx):
     """Use memctx to perform in-memory commits via localrepo.commitctx().
 
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1343,7 +1343,8 @@ class localrepository(object):
                     elif f not in self.dirstate:
                         fail(f, _("file not tracked!"))
 
-            cctx = context.workingctx(self, text, user, date, extra, status)
+            cctx = context.workingcommitctx(self, status,
+                                            text, user, date, extra)
 
             if (not force and not extra.get("close") and not merge
                 and not cctx.files()