--- a/mercurial/util.py	Mon Aug 22 00:35:42 2011 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Mon Aug 22 00:42:38 2011 +0200
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
         if not name or parent == name or err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
             raise
         makedirs(parent, mode)
-        makedirs(name, mode)
+        os.mkdir(name)
     if mode is not None:
         os.chmod(name, mode)