diff -r 95ffa36d1d2a -r e6d26e71f049 mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Tue Jan 02 21:40:20 2007 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Tue Feb 13 10:25:45 2007 -0200
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 def repository(ui, path='', create=False):
     """return a repository object for the specified path"""
     repo = _lookup(path).instance(ui, path, create)
+    ui = getattr(repo, "ui", ui)
     for hook in repo_setup_hooks:
         hook(ui, repo)
     return repo