--- a/mercurial/patch.py	Wed Apr 04 11:19:09 2012 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/patch.py	Thu Apr 05 19:23:04 2012 +0200
@@ -1286,7 +1286,6 @@
                 current_file = None
             afile, bfile, first_hunk, gp = values
             if gp:
-                path = pstrip(gp.path)
                 gp.path = pstrip(gp.path)
                 if gp.oldpath:
                     gp.oldpath = pstrip(gp.oldpath)