# HG changeset patch
# User Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org>
# Date 1188592303 -7200
# Node ID aea35488ea66d08bd6a33abc0c0336266ab82b28
# Parent  d3874a286b51b9f0b830662b32db82479c612857# Parent  5c2ca6d6ab21a14312904b07a00e96f5818ea53f
merge with crew-stable

diff --git a/mercurial/hg.py b/mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, pull=Fa
         dest_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(dest, ".hg"))
         os.mkdir(dest_path)
         if src_repo.spath != src_repo.path:
+            # XXX racy
+            dummy_changelog = os.path.join(dest_path, "00changelog.i")
+            # copy the dummy changelog
+            force_copy(src_repo.join("00changelog.i"), dummy_changelog)
             dest_store = os.path.join(dest_path, "store")
             os.mkdir(dest_store)
         else: