# HG changeset patch
# User Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org>
# Date 1153000901 -7200
# Node ID 46e52bbb9b1a7bf781e54b4bda576eb07a30fa7d
# Parent  0b4bff2b0ce3b2b8a78dfafdfd60f750de1c7179
expand the path if destination is not a directory

diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class ui(object):
 
     def expandpath(self, loc, default=None):
         """Return repository location relative to cwd or from [paths]"""
-        if "://" in loc or os.path.exists(loc):
+        if "://" in loc or os.path.isdir(loc):
             return loc
 
         path = self.config("paths", loc)