diff -r 17cea10c343e -r f90d5641c78b mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Wed May 18 23:48:17 2011 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Wed May 18 23:20:26 2011 -0700
@@ -243,13 +243,15 @@
 
     src_lock = dest_lock = dir_cleanup = None
     try:
+        abspath = origsource
+        if islocal(origsource):
+            abspath = os.path.abspath(util.localpath(origsource))
+
         if islocal(dest):
             dir_cleanup = DirCleanup(dest)
 
-        abspath = origsource
         copy = False
         if src_repo.cancopy() and islocal(dest):
-            abspath = os.path.abspath(util.localpath(origsource))
             copy = not pull and not rev
 
         if copy: