--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py	Fri Mar 09 20:08:13 2007 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py	Sat Mar 10 17:45:32 2007 -0800
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
 
         # walk all files by default
         if not files:
-            files = [self.root]
+            files = ['.']
             dc = self.map.copy()
         else:
             files = util.unique(files)