# HG changeset patch
# User Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org>
# Date 1187304229 -7200
# Node ID 0d5d0384492742821912e3b0277e030d8121f626
# Parent  fe4d9f7161ac29c1e81d45cfd380df3e99da928d# Parent  156f4c8a12aa5f56e8d7bf909791d39c37893142
merge with -stable

diff --git a/mercurial/hg.py b/mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, pull=Fa
             else:
                 raise util.Abort(_("clone from remote to remote not supported"))
 
+        if dir_cleanup:
+            dir_cleanup.close()
+
         if dest_repo.local():
             fp = dest_repo.opener("hgrc", "w", text=True)
             fp.write("[paths]\n")
@@ -217,8 +220,6 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, pull=Fa
                 except:
                     checkout = dest_repo.changelog.tip()
                 _update(dest_repo, checkout)
-        if dir_cleanup:
-            dir_cleanup.close()
 
         return src_repo, dest_repo
     finally: