--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ class localrepository:
if not self.remote:
self.dirstate = dirstate(self.opener, ui, self.root)
+ try:
+ self.ui.readconfig(self.opener("hgrc"))
+ except IOError: pass
def ignore(self, f):
if self.ignorelist is None: