--- a/mercurial/util.py	Mon Sep 20 21:46:39 2010 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Mon Sep 20 21:46:56 2010 +0200
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
             l = l + 1
         name = name[l:]
 
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(root, name)):
+    if not os.path.lexists(os.path.join(root, name)):
         return None
 
     seps = os.sep