diff -r c5c2936f6fb2 -r e7d082e4ace6 mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py	Wed Apr 14 20:21:11 2021 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py	Wed Apr 14 20:57:34 2021 +0200
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     procutil,
     stringutil,
+    urlutil,
 )
 
 
@@ -990,7 +991,7 @@
             lui.readconfig(os.path.join(path, b".hg", b"hgrc-not-shared"), path)
 
     if rpath:
-        path = lui.expandpath(rpath)
+        path = urlutil.get_clone_path(lui, rpath)[0]
         lui = ui.copy()
         if rcutil.use_repo_hgrc():
             _readsharedsourceconfig(lui, path)