diff -r c361db7a5f14 -r 7d4ee14ff92d hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py	Wed Apr 17 21:39:18 2019 -0700
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py	Mon Apr 22 22:43:00 2019 -0700
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                     todelete.append(f)
             elif f.startswith('meta/'):
                 dir = f[5:-13]
-                dirs = [''] + sorted(util.dirs({dir})) + [dir]
+                dirs = sorted(util.dirs({dir})) + [dir]
                 include = True
                 for d in dirs:
                     visit = newmatch.visitdir(d)