--- a/contrib/check-code.py	Sun Feb 09 18:36:37 2014 -0600
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py	Mon Feb 10 22:56:10 2014 +0100
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@
      "explicit exit code checks unnecessary"),
     (uprefix + r'set -e', "don't use set -e"),
     (uprefix + r'(\s|fi\b|done\b)', "use > for continued lines"),
+    (uprefix + r'.*:\.\S*/', "x:.y in a path does not work on msys, rewrite "
+     "as x://.y, or see `hg log -k msys` for alternatives", r'-\S+:\.|' #-Rxxx
+     'hg pull -q file:../test'), # in test-pull.t which is skipped on windows
     (r'^  saved backup bundle to \$TESTTMP.*\.hg$', winglobmsg),
     (r'^  changeset .* references (corrupted|missing) \$TESTTMP/.*[^)]$',
      winglobmsg),