diff -r c184b490da37 -r 97ac588b6d9e rust/rhg/src/commands/root.rs
--- a/rust/rhg/src/commands/root.rs	Fri Mar 05 13:28:49 2021 +0100
+++ b/rust/rhg/src/commands/root.rs	Mon Mar 08 08:35:43 2021 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::error::CommandError;
 use format_bytes::format_bytes;
+use hg::errors::{IoErrorContext, IoResultExt};
 use hg::utils::files::get_bytes_from_path;
 
 pub const HELP_TEXT: &str = "
@@ -14,7 +15,12 @@
 
 pub fn run(invocation: &crate::CliInvocation) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
     let repo = invocation.repo?;
-    let bytes = get_bytes_from_path(repo.working_directory_path());
+    let working_directory = repo.working_directory_path();
+    let working_directory = std::fs::canonicalize(working_directory)
+        .with_context(|| {
+            IoErrorContext::CanonicalizingPath(working_directory.to_owned())
+        })?;
+    let bytes = get_bytes_from_path(&working_directory);
     invocation
         .ui
         .write_stdout(&format_bytes!(b"{}\n", bytes.as_slice()))?;