diff -r b436059c1cca -r aec185af621e mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Feb 05 21:31:33 2019 +0300
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Feb 01 22:28:55 2019 -0800
@@ -5421,7 +5421,7 @@
         relative = True
     elif ui.hasconfig('commands', 'status.relative'):
         relative = ui.configbool('commands', 'status.relative')
-    uipathfn = scmutil.getuipathfn(repo, relative)
+    uipathfn = scmutil.getuipathfn(repo, forcerelativevalue=relative)
 
     if opts.get('print0'):
         end = '\0'