--- a/mercurial/util.py	Mon Mar 13 08:53:31 2017 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Mon Mar 13 09:11:08 2017 -0700
@@ -2654,7 +2654,7 @@
         file:///D:\data\hg
         """
         if pycompat.ispy3:
-            return encoding.fromlocal(self.__bytes__()).decode('utf-8')
+            return encoding.unifromlocal(self.__bytes__())
         return self.__bytes__()
 
     def __bytes__(self):