# HG changeset patch
# User Manpreet Singh <junkblocker@yahoo.com>
# Date 1147586405 25200
# Node ID 3711e23ab10a44d6b694920ece190f4c5e3eae7c
# Parent  766c3c85278635260a27600fc235cfc86e10882a
Make hg status work for repositories in root directory on windows (issue 228)



diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def canonpath(root, cwd, myname):
     if not os.path.isabs(name):
         name = os.path.join(root, cwd, name)
     name = os.path.normpath(name)
-    if name.startswith(rootsep):
+    if name != rootsep and name.startswith(rootsep):
         name = name[len(rootsep):]
         audit_path(name)
         return pconvert(name)