--- a/mercurial/windows.py	Fri Jul 17 13:31:12 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/windows.py	Tue Jul 14 22:38:12 2009 -0400
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
             limit = 16000
             l = len(s)
             start = 0
+            self.softspace = 0;
             while start < l:
                 end = start + limit
                 self.fp.write(s[start:end])