diff -r 402d317778d3 -r b4c035057d34 mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py	Wed Oct 22 17:00:05 2008 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py	Wed Oct 22 17:34:08 2008 -0500
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@
 
     if args:
         cmd, args = args[0], args[1:]
-        aliases, i = cmdutil.findcmd(ui, cmd, commands.table)
+        aliases, i = cmdutil.findcmd(cmd, commands.table,
+                                     ui.config("ui","strict"))
         cmd = aliases[0]
         defaults = ui.config("defaults", cmd)
         if defaults: