diff -r 65f8f98aa924 -r b39ed8c8e5e5 mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Sat Jun 25 01:55:16 2011 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Fri Jun 24 11:39:12 2011 -0400
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 def peer(ui, opts, path, create=False):
     '''return a repository peer for the specified path'''
     rui = remoteui(ui, opts)
-    return _peerlookup(path).instance(rui, path, create)
+    return repository(rui, path, create)
 
 def defaultdest(source):
     '''return default destination of clone if none is given'''