--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Sat Jul 08 16:55:49 2006 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Sun Jul 09 01:30:30 2006 +0200
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@
     if not path: path = ''
     scheme = path
     if scheme:
-        c = scheme.find(':')
-        scheme = c >= 0 and scheme[:c]
+        scheme = scheme.split(":", 1)[0]
     ctor = schemes.get(scheme) or schemes['file']
     if create:
         try: