--- a/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgClient.py	Sun Aug 28 18:53:13 2011 +0200
+++ b/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgClient.py	Sun Aug 28 20:08:21 2011 +0200
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         super().__init__(parent)
         
         self.__server = QProcess()
+        self.__server.setWorkingDirectory(repoPath)
         self.__started = False
         self.__version = None
         self.__encoding = Preferences.getSystem("IOEncoding")