diff -r 80d28a88137f -r 297ea0df75d0 mercurial/store.py
--- a/mercurial/store.py	Wed May 13 18:57:38 2015 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/store.py	Wed May 06 15:58:14 2015 -0700
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 
 def _hashencode(path, dotencode):
     digest = _sha(path).hexdigest()
-    le = lowerencode(path).split('/')[1:]
+    le = lowerencode(path[5:]).split('/')
     parts = _auxencode(le, dotencode)
     basename = parts[-1]
     _root, ext = os.path.splitext(basename)