--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ui(object):
if root is None:
root = os.path.expanduser('~')
for name, path in self.configitems("paths"):
- if path and path.find("://") == -1 and not os.path.isabs(path):
+ if path and "://" not in path and not os.path.isabs(path):
self.cdata.set("paths", name, os.path.join(root, path))
def setconfig(self, section, name, val):
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class ui(object):
def expandpath(self, loc, default=None):
"""Return repository location relative to cwd or from [paths]"""
- if loc.find("://") != -1 or os.path.exists(loc):
+ if "://" in loc or os.path.exists(loc):
return loc
path = self.config("paths", loc)