--- a/tests/test-status.t	Tue Apr 30 05:01:32 2013 +0900
+++ b/tests/test-status.t	Tue Apr 30 01:04:35 2013 +0200
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@
   ? ../1/in_b_1
   ? in_b_2
   ? ../in_b
+
+combining patterns with root and patterns without a root works
+
+  $ hg st a/in_a re:.*b$
+  ? a/in_a
+  ? b/in_b
+
   $ cd ..
 
   $ hg init repo2