diff -r f7865fb770fe -r 70220c2a4940 hgkw/keyword.py
--- a/hgkw/keyword.py	Mon Apr 20 21:16:13 2009 -0300
+++ b/hgkw/keyword.py	Tue Apr 21 09:56:07 2009 +0100
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@
         candidates = [f for f in files if self.iskwfile(f, ctx.flags)]
         if candidates:
             self.restrict = True # do not expand when reading
+            msg = (expand and _('overwriting %s expanding keywords\n')
+                   or _('overwriting %s shrinking keywords\n'))
             for f in candidates:
                 fp = self.repo.file(f)
                 data = fp.read(mf[f])
@@ -192,10 +194,6 @@
                 else:
                     found = self.re_kw.search(data)
                 if found:
-                    if expand:
-                        msg = _('overwriting %s expanding keywords\n')
-                    else:
-                        msg = _('overwriting %s shrinking keywords\n')
                     notify(msg % f)
                     self.repo.wwrite(f, data, mf.flags(f))
                     self.repo.dirstate.normal(f)