--- a/mercurial/hg.py Thu Sep 10 19:45:46 2015 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py Sat Sep 12 11:31:56 2015 -0700
@@ -887,8 +887,13 @@
return tuple(state), maxmtime
def copy(self):
- """Obtain a copy of this class instance."""
- c = cachedlocalrepo(self._repo)
+ """Obtain a copy of this class instance.
+
+ A new localrepository instance is obtained. The new instance should be
+ completely independent of the original.
+ """
+ repo = repository(self._repo.baseui, self._repo.origroot)
+ c = cachedlocalrepo(repo)
c._state = self._state
c.mtime = self.mtime
return c