# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
# Date 1141777514 -3600
# Node ID 848152a2e67fb96cd0b16272e483b329ca3b7897
# Parent  5ac811b720de4f4a34d058f42511c44d282eb3b9
Always try to open the repository if -R/--repository is specified.
This makes 'hg -R something_unknown command' consistently fail for
all commands, not only for those who need a repository.


diff -r 5ac811b720de -r 848152a2e67f mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Mar 08 00:27:23 2006 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Mar 08 01:25:14 2006 +0100
@@ -2844,6 +2844,13 @@
 
     try:
         try:
+            path = options["repository"]
+            if path:
+                repo = hg.repository(u, path=path)
+            else:
+                repo = None
+                path = ""
+
             if options['help']:
                 help_(u, cmd, options['version'])
                 sys.exit(0)
@@ -2862,8 +2869,8 @@
                                      (options['cwd'], inst.strerror))
 
             if cmd not in norepo.split():
-                path = options["repository"] or ""
-                repo = hg.repository(u, path=path)
+                if not repo:
+                    repo = hg.repository(u, path=path)
                 u = repo.ui
                 for x in external:
                     if hasattr(x, 'reposetup'):