--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ def walk(repo, pats=[], opts={}, node=No
     files, matchfn, anypats = matchpats(repo, pats, opts, globbed=globbed,
                                         default=default)
     exact = dict.fromkeys(files)
+    cwd = repo.getcwd()
     for src, fn in repo.walk(node=node, files=files, match=matchfn,
                              badmatch=badmatch):
-        yield src, fn, util.pathto(repo.root, repo.getcwd(), fn), fn in exact
+        yield src, fn, repo.pathto(fn, cwd), fn in exact
 
 def findrenames(repo, added=None, removed=None, threshold=0.5):
     '''find renamed files -- yields (before, after, score) tuples'''

--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ def docopy(ui, repo, pats, opts, wlock):
     # otarget: ossep
     def copy(origsrc, abssrc, relsrc, otarget, exact):
         abstarget = util.canonpath(repo.root, cwd, otarget)
-        reltarget = util.pathto(repo.root, cwd, abstarget)
+        reltarget = repo.pathto(abstarget, cwd)
         prevsrc = targets.get(abstarget)
         src = repo.wjoin(abssrc)
         target = repo.wjoin(abstarget)
@@ -2484,12 +2484,11 @@ def status(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
             format = "%s %%s%s" % (char, end)
 
         for f in changes:
-            ui.write(format % util.pathto(repo.root, cwd, f))
+            ui.write(format % repo.pathto(f, cwd))
             if ((all or opts.get('copies')) and not opts.get('no_status')):
                 copied = repo.dirstate.copied(f)
                 if copied:
-                    ui.write('  %s%s' % (util.pathto(repo.root, cwd, copied),
-                                         end))
+                    ui.write('  %s%s' % (repo.pathto(copied, cwd), end))
 
 def tag(ui, repo, name, rev_=None, **opts):
     """add a tag for the current or given revision

--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ class dirstate(object):
             # we're outside the repo. return an absolute path.
             return cwd
 
+    def pathto(self, f, cwd=None):
+        if cwd is None:
+            cwd = self.getcwd()
+        return util.pathto(self.root, cwd, f)
+
     def hgignore(self):
         '''return the contents of .hgignore files as a list of patterns.
 
@@ -403,9 +408,8 @@ class dirstate(object):
             elif stat.S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode): kind = _('fifo')
             elif stat.S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode): kind = _('socket')
             elif stat.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode): kind = _('directory')
-            self.ui.warn(_('%s: unsupported file type (type is %s)\n') % (
-                util.pathto(self.root, self.getcwd(), f),
-                kind))
+            self.ui.warn(_('%s: unsupported file type (type is %s)\n')
+                         % (self.pathto(f), kind))
         return False
 
     def walk(self, files=None, match=util.always, badmatch=None):
@@ -513,9 +517,8 @@ class dirstate(object):
                         break
                 if not found:
                     if inst.errno != errno.ENOENT or not badmatch:
-                        self.ui.warn('%s: %s\n' % (
-                            util.pathto(self.root, self.getcwd(), ff),
-                            inst.strerror))
+                        self.ui.warn('%s: %s\n' % (self.pathto(ff),
+                                                   inst.strerror))
                     elif badmatch and badmatch(ff) and imatch(nf):
                         yield 'b', ff, None
                 continue

--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -505,6 +505,9 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
     def getcwd(self):
         return self.dirstate.getcwd()
 
+    def pathto(self, f, cwd=None):
+        return self.dirstate.pathto(f, cwd)
+
     def wfile(self, f, mode='r'):
         return self.wopener(f, mode)
 
@@ -888,8 +891,8 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                     if match(fn):
                         yield 'b', fn
                 else:
-                    self.ui.warn(_('%s: No such file in rev %s\n') % (
-                        util.pathto(self.root, self.getcwd(), fn), short(node)))
+                    self.ui.warn(_('%s: No such file in rev %s\n')
+                                 % (self.pathto(fn), short(node)))
         else:
             for src, fn in self.dirstate.walk(files, match, badmatch=badmatch):
                 yield src, fn