diff --git a/java/com/google/copybara/hg/HgDestination.java b/java/com/google/copybara/hg/HgDestination.java
--- a/java/com/google/copybara/hg/HgDestination.java
+++ b/java/com/google/copybara/hg/HgDestination.java
@@ -237,22 +237,30 @@ public class HgDestination implements De
 
           Operation diffOp = diff.getOperation();
 
-          if (diffOp.equals(Operation.ADD)) {
-            Path targetPath = localRepo.getHgDir().getParent().resolve(diff.getName());
-            Files.createDirectories(targetPath.getParent());
-            Files.copy(workDir.resolve(diff.getName()),
-                targetPath, StandardCopyOption.COPY_ATTRIBUTES, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
-          }
+          switch (diffOp) {
+            case ADD:
+              Path targetPath = localRepo.getHgDir().getParent().resolve(diff.getName());
+              Files.createDirectories(targetPath.getParent());
+              Files.copy(
+                  workDir.resolve(diff.getName()),
+                  targetPath,
+                  StandardCopyOption.COPY_ATTRIBUTES,
+                  StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+              break;
 
-          if (diffOp.equals(Operation.MODIFIED)) {
-            Files.copy(workDir.resolve(diff.getName()),
-                localRepo.getHgDir().getParent().resolve(diff.getName()), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
-          }
+            case MODIFIED:
+            case TYPE_CHANGED:
+              Files.copy(
+                  workDir.resolve(diff.getName()),
+                  localRepo.getHgDir().getParent().resolve(diff.getName()),
+                  StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+              break;
 
-          if (diffOp.equals(Operation.DELETE)) {
-            if (!diff.getName().equals(".hg_archival.txt")) {
-              Files.delete(localRepo.getHgDir().getParent().resolve(diff.getName()));
-            }
+            case DELETE:
+              if (!diff.getName().equals(".hg_archival.txt")) {
+                Files.delete(localRepo.getHgDir().getParent().resolve(diff.getName()));
+              }
+              break;
           }
         }
       } catch (InsideGitDirException e) {
@@ -280,8 +288,10 @@ public class HgDestination implements De
       localRepo.cleanUpdate(remoteFetch);
 
       // Set the default path of the local repo to be the remote repo, so we can push to it
-      Files.write(localRepo.getHgDir().getParent().resolve(".hg/hgrc"),
-          String.format("[paths]\ndefault = %s\n\n[phases]\npublish = False\n", repoUrl).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+      Files.write(
+          localRepo.getHgDir().getParent().resolve(".hg/hgrc"),
+          String.format("[paths]\ndefault = %s\n\n[phases]\npublish = False\n", repoUrl)
+              .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
       console.progress("Hg Destination: Computing diff");
       getDiffAndStageChanges(destinationFiles, workdir, localRepo);
diff --git a/java/com/google/copybara/util/DiffUtil.java b/java/com/google/copybara/util/DiffUtil.java
--- a/java/com/google/copybara/util/DiffUtil.java
+++ b/java/com/google/copybara/util/DiffUtil.java
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ public class DiffUtil {
     public enum Operation {
       ADD("A"),
       DELETE("D"),
-      MODIFIED("M");
+      MODIFIED("M"),
+      TYPE_CHANGED("T");
 
       private final String charType;