--- a/mercurial/ui.py	Tue Mar 13 18:53:23 2007 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py	Wed Mar 14 22:38:40 2007 +0100
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 
     def expandpath(self, loc, default=None):
         """Return repository location relative to cwd or from [paths]"""
-        if "://" in loc or os.path.isdir(loc):
+        if "://" in loc or os.path.isdir(os.path.join(loc, '.hg')):
             return loc
 
         path = self.config("paths", loc)