--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Wed Jan 13 11:53:55 2010 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Fri Jan 15 09:50:52 2010 +0100
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@
         if tmpl:
             tmpl = templater.parsestring(tmpl)
         else:
-            style = ui.config('ui', 'style')
+            style = util.expandpath(ui.config('ui', 'style', ''))
 
     if not (tmpl or style):
         return changeset_printer(ui, repo, patch, opts, buffered)