--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Fri Dec 02 17:41:44 2022 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Sat Dec 03 00:19:23 2022 +0100
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
             intents=intents,
             createopts=createopts,
         )
-        peer = repo.peer()
+        peer = repo.peer(path=peer_path)
     return peer