diff -r 16c642a6f07d -r 4d1671b39168 mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Thu Jan 03 21:07:04 2013 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Fri Jan 11 20:34:54 2013 +0100
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     if not repo:
         raise util.Abort(_("repository '%s' is not local") %
                          (path or peer.url()))
-    return repo
+    return repo.filtered('hidden')
 
 def peer(uiorrepo, opts, path, create=False):
     '''return a repository peer for the specified path'''