diff -r 84c00f03e06c -r 5243890224ff mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Wed Aug 12 19:44:21 2015 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Thu Aug 13 19:37:47 2015 -0500
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
     shareopts = shareopts or {}
     sharepool = shareopts.get('pool')
     sharenamemode = shareopts.get('mode')
-    if sharepool:
+    if sharepool and islocal(dest):
         sharepath = None
         if sharenamemode == 'identity':
             # Resolve the name from the initial changeset in the remote