--- a/tests/test-status.t Tue Mar 21 21:26:52 2017 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-status.t Tue Mar 21 17:50:44 2017 -0700
@@ -107,6 +107,27 @@
? a/in_a
? b/in_b
+relative paths can be requested
+
+ $ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
+ > [commands]
+ > status.relative = True
+ > EOF
+ $ hg status --cwd a
+ ? 1/in_a_1
+ ? in_a
+ ? ../b/1/in_b_1
+ ? ../b/2/in_b_2
+ ? ../b/in_b
+ ? ../in_root
+ $ HGPLAIN=1 hg status --cwd a
+ ? a/1/in_a_1
+ ? a/in_a
+ ? b/1/in_b_1
+ ? b/2/in_b_2
+ ? b/in_b
+ ? in_root
+
$ cd ..
$ hg init repo2