--- a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class statichttprepository(localrepo.loc
self._url = path
self.ui = ui
- self.path = (path + "/.hg")
+ self.path = path.rstrip('/') + "/.hg"
self.opener = opener(self.path)
# find requirements
try: