diff -r 9b884be92af2 -r b0187336843c mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Jun 29 10:46:41 2005 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Jun 29 10:49:07 2005 -0800
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
     """make a copy of an existing repository"""
     source = ui.expandpath(source)
 
-    success = False
+    success = created = False
 
     if dest is None:
         dest = os.getcwd()