diff -r 78896f572a22 -r 2ab152e45de4 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Jun 28 10:43:20 2005 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Jun 28 10:50:13 2005 -0800
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
     """make a copy of an existing repository"""
     source = ui.expandpath(source)
 
-    created = success = False
+    success = False
 
     if dest is None:
         dest = os.getcwd()
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
         success = True
         
     finally:
-        if not success:
+        if created and not success:
             import shutil
             shutil.rmtree(dest, True)