diff -r aa6cbde09f72 -r c3d873ef4b31 mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Tue Jun 14 17:30:56 2005 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Tue Jun 14 18:36:09 2005 -0800
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@
 
         if not self.remote:
             self.dirstate = dirstate(self.opener, ui, self.root)
+            try:
+                self.ui.readconfig(self.opener("hgrc"))
+            except IOError: pass
 
     def ignore(self, f):
         if self.ignorelist is None: