--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Tue Aug 16 23:49:53 2005 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Wed Aug 17 00:33:53 2005 -0800
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
             if not create and not os.path.isdir(self.path):
                 raise RepoError("repository %s not found" % self.path)
 
-        self.root = path
+        self.root = os.path.abspath(path)
         self.ui = ui
 
         if create: