--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py	Mon Dec 26 18:07:49 2011 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py	Mon Dec 26 18:08:20 2011 -0600
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
         '''Check the relative path.
         path may contain a pattern (e.g. foodir/**.txt)'''
 
+        path = util.localpath(path)
         normpath = self.normcase(path)
         if normpath in self.audited:
             return