--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py	Wed Apr 24 09:32:29 2019 -0700
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowcommands.py	Mon May 15 00:12:19 2017 -0700
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                     todelete.append(f)
             elif f.startswith('meta/'):
                 dir = f[5:-13]
-                dirs = ['.'] + sorted(util.dirs({dir})) + [dir]
+                dirs = [''] + sorted(util.dirs({dir})) + [dir]
                 include = True
                 for d in dirs:
                     visit = newmatch.visitdir(d)

--- a/mercurial/changegroup.py	Wed Apr 24 09:32:29 2019 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/changegroup.py	Mon May 15 00:12:19 2017 -0700
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@
         while tmfnodes:
             tree, nodes = tmfnodes.popitem()
 
-            should_visit = self._matcher.visitdir(tree[:-1] or '.')
+            should_visit = self._matcher.visitdir(tree[:-1])
             if tree and not should_visit:
                 continue
 
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@
                 fullclnodes=self._fullclnodes,
                 precomputedellipsis=self._precomputedellipsis)
 
-            if not self._oldmatcher.visitdir(store.tree[:-1] or '.'):
+            if not self._oldmatcher.visitdir(store.tree[:-1]):
                 yield tree, deltas
             else:
                 # 'deltas' is a generator and we need to consume it even if

--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py	Wed Apr 24 09:32:29 2019 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py	Mon May 15 00:12:19 2017 -0700
@@ -757,10 +757,10 @@
                 del files[i]
             j += 1
 
-        if not files or '.' in files:
-            files = ['.']
+        if not files or '' in files:
+            files = ['']
             # constructing the foldmap is expensive, so don't do it for the
-            # common case where files is ['.']
+            # common case where files is ['']
             normalize = None
         results = dict.fromkeys(subrepos)
         results['.hg'] = None
@@ -910,9 +910,7 @@
                 if visitentries == 'this' or visitentries == 'all':
                     visitentries = None
                 skip = None
-                if nd == '.':
-                    nd = ''
-                else:
+                if nd != '':
                     skip = '.hg'
                 try:
                     entries = listdir(join(nd), stat=True, skip=skip)

--- a/mercurial/manifest.py	Wed Apr 24 09:32:29 2019 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/manifest.py	Mon May 15 00:12:19 2017 -0700
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@
             if match(fn):
                 yield fn
 
-        # for dirstate.walk, files=['.'] means "walk the whole tree".
+        # for dirstate.walk, files=[''] means "walk the whole tree".
         # follow that here, too
-        fset.discard('.')
+        fset.discard('')
 
         for fn in sorted(fset):
             if not self.hasdir(fn):
@@ -1038,9 +1038,9 @@
                 fset.remove(fn)
             yield fn
 
-        # for dirstate.walk, files=['.'] means "walk the whole tree".
+        # for dirstate.walk, files=[''] means "walk the whole tree".
         # follow that here, too
-        fset.discard('.')
+        fset.discard('')
 
         for fn in sorted(fset):
             if not self.hasdir(fn):
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
 
     def _walk(self, match):
         '''Recursively generates matching file names for walk().'''
-        visit = match.visitchildrenset(self._dir[:-1] or '.')
+        visit = match.visitchildrenset(self._dir[:-1])
         if not visit:
             return
 
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@
         '''recursively generate a new manifest filtered by the match argument.
         '''
 
-        visit = match.visitchildrenset(self._dir[:-1] or '.')
+        visit = match.visitchildrenset(self._dir[:-1])
         if visit == 'all':
             return self.copy()
         ret = treemanifest(self._dir)
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@
             return m._dirs.get(d, emptytree)._node
 
         # let's skip investigating things that `match` says we do not need.
-        visit = match.visitchildrenset(self._dir[:-1] or '.')
+        visit = match.visitchildrenset(self._dir[:-1])
         visit = self._loadchildrensetlazy(visit)
         if visit == 'this' or visit == 'all':
             visit = None
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@
 
         If `matcher` is provided, it only returns subtrees that match.
         """
-        if matcher and not matcher.visitdir(self._dir[:-1] or '.'):
+        if matcher and not matcher.visitdir(self._dir[:-1]):
             return
         if not matcher or matcher(self._dir[:-1]):
             yield self
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@
             return self._dirmancache[tree][node]
 
         if not self._narrowmatch.always():
-            if not self._narrowmatch.visitdir(tree[:-1] or '.'):
+            if not self._narrowmatch.visitdir(tree[:-1]):
                 return excludeddirmanifestctx(tree, node)
         if tree:
             if self._rootstore._treeondisk:
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@
     def _storage(self):
         narrowmatch = self._manifestlog._narrowmatch
         if not narrowmatch.always():
-            if not narrowmatch.visitdir(self._dir[:-1] or '.'):
+            if not narrowmatch.visitdir(self._dir[:-1]):
                 return excludedmanifestrevlog(self._dir)
         return self._manifestlog.getstorage(self._dir)
 

--- a/mercurial/match.py	Wed Apr 24 09:32:29 2019 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/match.py	Mon May 15 00:12:19 2017 -0700
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
           the following values (assuming the implementation of visitchildrenset
           is capable of recognizing this; some implementations are not).
 
-          '.' -> {'foo', 'qux'}
+          '' -> {'foo', 'qux'}
           'baz' -> set()
           'foo' -> {'bar'}
           # Ideally this would be 'all', but since the prefix nature of matchers
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@
              or pycompat.byterepr(self.matchfn))
         return '<predicatenmatcher pred=%s>' % s
 
+def normalizerootdir(dir, funcname):
+    if dir == '.':
+        util.nouideprecwarn("match.%s() no longer accepts "
+                            "'.', use '' instead." % funcname, '5.1')
+        return ''
+    return dir
+
+
 class patternmatcher(basematcher):
     """Matches a set of (kind, pat, source) against a 'root' directory.
 
@@ -507,7 +515,7 @@
     True
 
     >>> m.files()
-    ['.', 'foo/a', 'b', '.']
+    ['', 'foo/a', 'b', '']
     >>> m.exact(b'foo/a')
     True
     >>> m.exact(b'b')
@@ -525,12 +533,13 @@
 
     @propertycache
     def _dirs(self):
-        return set(util.dirs(self._fileset)) | {'.'}
+        return set(util.dirs(self._fileset)) | {''}
 
     def visitdir(self, dir):
+        dir = normalizerootdir(dir, 'visitdir')
         if self._prefix and dir in self._fileset:
             return 'all'
-        return ('.' in self._fileset or
+        return ('' in self._fileset or
                 dir in self._fileset or
                 dir in self._dirs or
                 any(parentdir in self._fileset
@@ -564,7 +573,7 @@
             addpath(f)
 
     def addpath(self, path):
-        if path == '.':
+        if path == '':
             return
         dirs = self._dirs
         findsplitdirs = _dirchildren._findsplitdirs
@@ -580,14 +589,14 @@
         #  - produces a (dirname, basename) tuple, not just 'dirname'
         #  - includes root dir
         # Unlike manifest._splittopdir, this does not suffix `dirname` with a
-        # slash, and produces '.' for the root instead of ''.
+        # slash.
         oldpos = len(path)
         pos = path.rfind('/')
         while pos != -1:
             yield path[:pos], path[pos + 1:oldpos]
             oldpos = pos
             pos = path.rfind('/', 0, pos)
-        yield '.', path[:oldpos]
+        yield '', path[:oldpos]
 
     def get(self, path):
         return self._dirs.get(path, set())
@@ -609,9 +618,10 @@
         self._parents = set(parents)
 
     def visitdir(self, dir):
+        dir = normalizerootdir(dir, 'visitdir')
         if self._prefix and dir in self._roots:
             return 'all'
-        return ('.' in self._roots or
+        return ('' in self._roots or
                 dir in self._roots or
                 dir in self._dirs or
                 dir in self._parents or
@@ -635,7 +645,7 @@
             return 'all'
         # Note: this does *not* include the 'dir in self._parents' case from
         # visitdir, that's handled below.
-        if ('.' in self._roots or
+        if ('' in self._roots or
             dir in self._roots or
             dir in self._dirs or
             any(parentdir in self._roots
@@ -683,22 +693,25 @@
 
     @propertycache
     def _dirs(self):
-        return set(util.dirs(self._fileset)) | {'.'}
+        return set(util.dirs(self._fileset)) | {''}
 
     def visitdir(self, dir):
+        dir = normalizerootdir(dir, 'visitdir')
         return dir in self._dirs
 
     def visitchildrenset(self, dir):
+        dir = normalizerootdir(dir, 'visitchildrenset')
+
         if not self._fileset or dir not in self._dirs:
             return set()
 
-        candidates = self._fileset | self._dirs - {'.'}
-        if dir != '.':
+        candidates = self._fileset | self._dirs - {''}
+        if dir != '':
             d = dir + '/'
             candidates = set(c[len(d):] for c in candidates if
                              c.startswith(d))
         # self._dirs includes all of the directories, recursively, so if
-        # we're attempting to match foo/bar/baz.txt, it'll have '.', 'foo',
+        # we're attempting to match foo/bar/baz.txt, it'll have '', 'foo',
         # 'foo/bar' in it. Thus we can safely ignore a candidate that has a
         # '/' in it, indicating a it's for a subdir-of-a-subdir; the
         # immediate subdir will be in there without a slash.
@@ -772,7 +785,7 @@
         # Possible values for m1:         set(...), set()
         # Possible values for m2: 'this', set(...)
         # We ignore m2's set results. They're possibly incorrect:
-        #  m1 = path:dir/subdir, m2=rootfilesin:dir, visitchildrenset('.'):
+        #  m1 = path:dir/subdir, m2=rootfilesin:dir, visitchildrenset(''):
         #    m1 returns {'dir'}, m2 returns {'dir'}, if we subtracted we'd
         #    return set(), which is *not* correct, we still need to visit 'dir'!
         return m1_set
@@ -918,14 +931,16 @@
         return self._matcher.matchfn(self._path + "/" + f)
 
     def visitdir(self, dir):
-        if dir == '.':
+        dir = normalizerootdir(dir, 'visitdir')
+        if dir == '':
             dir = self._path
         else:
             dir = self._path + "/" + dir
         return self._matcher.visitdir(dir)
 
     def visitchildrenset(self, dir):
-        if dir == '.':
+        dir = normalizerootdir(dir, 'visitchildrenset')
+        if dir == '':
             dir = self._path
         else:
             dir = self._path + "/" + dir
@@ -994,18 +1009,18 @@
 
     @propertycache
     def _pathdirs(self):
-        return set(util.finddirs(self._path)) | {'.'}
+        return set(util.finddirs(self._path)) | {''}
 
     def visitdir(self, dir):
         if dir == self._path:
-            return self._matcher.visitdir('.')
+            return self._matcher.visitdir('')
         if dir.startswith(self._pathprefix):
             return self._matcher.visitdir(dir[len(self._pathprefix):])
         return dir in self._pathdirs
 
     def visitchildrenset(self, dir):
         if dir == self._path:
-            return self._matcher.visitchildrenset('.')
+            return self._matcher.visitchildrenset('')
         if dir.startswith(self._pathprefix):
             return self._matcher.visitchildrenset(dir[len(self._pathprefix):])
         if dir in self._pathdirs:
@@ -1197,7 +1212,7 @@
                 'not a regex pattern: %s:%s' % (kind, pat)
             )
 
-    if not pat:
+    if not pat and kind in ('glob', 'relpath'):
         return ''
     if kind == 're':
         return pat
@@ -1341,13 +1356,17 @@
                 if '[' in p or '{' in p or '*' in p or '?' in p:
                     break
                 root.append(p)
-            r.append('/'.join(root) or '.')
+            r.append('/'.join(root))
         elif kind in ('relpath', 'path'):
-            r.append(pat or '.')
+            if pat == '.':
+                pat = ''
+            r.append(pat)
         elif kind in ('rootfilesin',):
-            d.append(pat or '.')
+            if pat == '.':
+                pat = ''
+            d.append(pat)
         else: # relglob, re, relre
-            r.append('.')
+            r.append('')
     return r, d
 
 def _roots(kindpats):
@@ -1367,18 +1386,18 @@
     >>> _rootsdirsandparents(
     ...     [(b'glob', b'g/h/*', b''), (b'glob', b'g/h', b''),
     ...      (b'glob', b'g*', b'')])
-    (['g/h', 'g/h', '.'], [], ['g', '.'])
+    (['g/h', 'g/h', ''], [], ['g', ''])
     >>> _rootsdirsandparents(
     ...     [(b'rootfilesin', b'g/h', b''), (b'rootfilesin', b'', b'')])
-    ([], ['g/h', '.'], ['g', '.'])
+    ([], ['g/h', ''], ['g', ''])
     >>> _rootsdirsandparents(
     ...     [(b'relpath', b'r', b''), (b'path', b'p/p', b''),
     ...      (b'path', b'', b'')])
-    (['r', 'p/p', '.'], [], ['p', '.'])
+    (['r', 'p/p', ''], [], ['p', ''])
     >>> _rootsdirsandparents(
     ...     [(b'relglob', b'rg*', b''), (b're', b're/', b''),
     ...      (b'relre', b'rr', b'')])
-    (['.', '.', '.'], [], ['.'])
+    (['', '', ''], [], [''])
     '''
     r, d = _patternrootsanddirs(kindpats)
 
@@ -1388,7 +1407,7 @@
     p.extend(util.dirs(d))
     p.extend(util.dirs(r))
     # util.dirs() does not include the root directory, so add it manually
-    p.append('.')
+    p.append('')
 
     # FIXME: all uses of this function convert these to sets, do so before
     # returning.

--- a/mercurial/store.py	Wed Apr 24 09:32:29 2019 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/store.py	Mon May 15 00:12:19 2017 -0700
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     if path.startswith('data/'):
         return matcher(path[len('data/'):-len('.i')])
     elif path.startswith('meta/'):
-        return matcher.visitdir(path[len('meta/'):-len('/00manifest.i')] or '.')
+        return matcher.visitdir(path[len('meta/'):-len('/00manifest.i')])
 
     raise error.ProgrammingError("cannot decode path %s" % path)
 

--- a/relnotes/next	Wed Apr 24 09:32:29 2019 -0700
+++ b/relnotes/next	Mon May 15 00:12:19 2017 -0700
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@
 == Internal API Changes ==
 
  * Matchers are no longer iterable. Use `match.files()` instead.
+
+ * `match.visitdir()` and `match.visitchildrenset()` now expect the
+   empty string instead of '.' to indicate the root directory.

--- a/tests/test-match.py	Wed Apr 24 09:32:29 2019 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-match.py	Mon May 15 00:12:19 2017 -0700
@@ -13,36 +13,36 @@
 
     def testVisitdir(self):
         m = matchmod.basematcher()
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
 
     def testVisitchildrenset(self):
         m = matchmod.basematcher()
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'this')
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'this')
 
 class AlwaysMatcherTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def testVisitdir(self):
         m = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b'dir'), b'all')
 
     def testVisitchildrenset(self):
         m = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'all')
 
 class NeverMatcherTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def testVisitdir(self):
         m = matchmod.nevermatcher()
-        self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
 
     def testVisitchildrenset(self):
         m = matchmod.nevermatcher()
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), set())
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), set())
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), set())
 
 class PredicateMatcherTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
 
     def testVisitdir(self):
         m = matchmod.predicatematcher(lambda *a: False)
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
 
     def testVisitchildrenset(self):
         m = matchmod.predicatematcher(lambda *a: False)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'this')
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'this')
 
 class PatternMatcherTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     def testVisitdirPrefix(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', patterns=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.patternmatcher)
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         # OPT: This should probably be 'all' if its parent is?
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     def testVisitchildrensetPrefix(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', patterns=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.patternmatcher)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'this')
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         # OPT: This should probably be 'all' if its parent is?
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     def testVisitdirRootfilesin(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', patterns=[b'rootfilesin:dir/subdir'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.patternmatcher)
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/x'))
         self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b'folder'))
         # FIXME: These should probably be True.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     def testVisitchildrensetRootfilesin(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', patterns=[b'rootfilesin:dir/subdir'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.patternmatcher)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'this')
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/x'), set())
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'folder'), set())
         # FIXME: These should probably be {'subdir'} and 'this', respectively,
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     def testVisitdirGlob(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', patterns=[b'glob:dir/z*'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.patternmatcher)
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b'folder'))
         # OPT: these should probably be False.
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     def testVisitchildrensetGlob(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', patterns=[b'glob:dir/z*'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.patternmatcher)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'this')
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'folder'), set())
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'this')
         # OPT: these should probably be set().
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     def testVisitdirPrefix(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.includematcher)
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         # OPT: This should probably be 'all' if its parent is?
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     def testVisitchildrensetPrefix(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.includematcher)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         # OPT: This should probably be 'all' if its parent is?
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     def testVisitdirRootfilesin(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', include=[b'rootfilesin:dir/subdir'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.includematcher)
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'))
         self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/x'))
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     def testVisitchildrensetRootfilesin(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', include=[b'rootfilesin:dir/subdir'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.includematcher)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/x'), set())
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     def testVisitdirGlob(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', include=[b'glob:dir/z*'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.includematcher)
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b'folder'))
         # OPT: these should probably be False.
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
     def testVisitchildrensetGlob(self):
         m = matchmod.match(b'x', b'', include=[b'glob:dir/z*'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.includematcher)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'folder'), set())
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'this')
         # OPT: these should probably be set().
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     def testVisitdir(self):
         m = matchmod.exact(files=[b'dir/subdir/foo.txt'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.exactmatcher)
-        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertTrue(m.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'))
         self.assertFalse(m.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/foo.txt'))
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     def testVisitchildrenset(self):
         m = matchmod.exact(files=[b'dir/subdir/foo.txt'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.exactmatcher)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), {b'foo.txt'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/x'), set())
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
                                   # no file in a/b/c
                                   b'a/b/c/d/file4.txt'])
         assert isinstance(m, matchmod.exactmatcher)
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'a', b'rootfile.txt'})
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'a', b'rootfile.txt'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'a'), {b'b', b'file1.txt'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'a/b'), {b'c', b'file2.txt'})
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'a/b/c'), {b'd'})
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         dm = matchmod.differencematcher(m1, m2)
         # dm should be equivalent to a nevermatcher.
-        self.assertFalse(dm.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertFalse(dm.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertFalse(dm.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertFalse(dm.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'))
         self.assertFalse(dm.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/z'))
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         dm = matchmod.differencematcher(m1, m2)
         # dm should be equivalent to a nevermatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'.'), set())
+        self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b''), set())
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/z'), set())
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
         # assertTrue does NOT verify that it's a bool, just that it's truthy.
         # While we may want to eventually make these return 'all', they should
         # not currently do so.
-        self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.nevermatcher()
         dm = matchmod.differencematcher(m1, m2)
         # dm should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', patterns=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         dm = matchmod.differencematcher(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertFalse(dm.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'))
         # OPT: We should probably return False for these; we don't because
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', patterns=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         dm = matchmod.differencematcher(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'this')
+        self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b''), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), b'all')
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'rootfilesin:dir'])
         dm = matchmod.differencematcher(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertFalse(dm.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'rootfilesin:dir'])
         dm = matchmod.differencematcher(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(dm.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
         # im should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
         # im should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.nevermatcher()
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
         # im should be equivalent to a nevermatcher.
-        self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'.'))
+        self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b''))
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'))
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/z'))
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.nevermatcher()
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
         # im should be equivalent to a nevermqtcher.
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'.'), set())
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b''), set())
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/z'), set())
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', patterns=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'rootfilesin:dir'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'))
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'rootfilesin:dir'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:folder'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
         # FIXME: is True correct here?
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir'))
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'))
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:folder'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
         # FIXME: is set() correct here?
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'.'), set())
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b''), set())
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/x'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), True)
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/x'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), {b'x'})
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/z'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
         # OPT: these next three could probably be False as well.
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertEqual(im.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), True)
         self.assertFalse(im.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/z'])
         im = matchmod.intersectmatchers(m1, m2)
         # OPT: these next two could probably be set() as well.
-        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), set())
         self.assertEqual(im.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
         # um should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
         # um should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
         # um should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
         # um should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.nevermatcher()
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
         # um should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.nevermatcher()
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
         # um should be equivalent to a alwaysmatcher.
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir/z'), b'all')
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', patterns=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/foo'), b'all')
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.alwaysmatcher()
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'all')
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b''), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), b'all')
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'rootfilesin:dir'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertFalse(um.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'rootfilesin:dir'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:folder'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertFalse(um.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:folder'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'folder', b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'folder', b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/x'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertFalse(um.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/x'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), b'all')
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/z'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
         # OPT: these next three could probably be False as well.
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir'), True)
         self.assertEqual(um.visitdir(b'dir/subdir'), True)
         self.assertFalse(um.visitdir(b'dir/foo'))
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
         m1 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/x'])
         m2 = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir/z'])
         um = matchmod.unionmatcher([m1, m2])
-        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'dir'})
+        self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'dir'})
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir'), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/subdir'), {b'x', b'z'})
         self.assertEqual(um.visitchildrenset(b'dir/foo'), set())
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@
         m = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         sm = matchmod.subdirmatcher(b'dir', m)
 
-        self.assertEqual(sm.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(sm.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(sm.visitdir(b'subdir'), b'all')
         # OPT: These next two should probably be 'all' not True.
         self.assertEqual(sm.visitdir(b'subdir/x'), True)
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
         m = matchmod.match(b'', b'', include=[b'path:dir/subdir'])
         sm = matchmod.subdirmatcher(b'dir', m)
 
-        self.assertEqual(sm.visitchildrenset(b'.'), {b'subdir'})
+        self.assertEqual(sm.visitchildrenset(b''), {b'subdir'})
         self.assertEqual(sm.visitchildrenset(b'subdir'), b'all')
         # OPT: These next two should probably be 'all' not 'this'.
         self.assertEqual(sm.visitchildrenset(b'subdir/x'), b'this')
@@ -795,12 +795,12 @@
         self.assertEqual(bool(pm(b'd/e/b.txt')), False)
         self.assertEqual(bool(pm(b'd/e/f/b.txt')), True)
 
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b'e'), True)
         self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b'e/f'), True)
         self.assertEqual(m.visitdir(b'e/f/g'), False)
 
-        self.assertEqual(pm.visitdir(b'.'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(pm.visitdir(b''), True)
         self.assertEqual(pm.visitdir(b'd'), True)
         self.assertEqual(pm.visitdir(b'd/e'), True)
         self.assertEqual(pm.visitdir(b'd/e/f'), True)
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@
         # OPT: visitchildrenset could possibly return {'e'} and {'f'} for these
         # next two, respectively; patternmatcher does not have this
         # optimization.
-        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'this')
+        self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b''), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'e'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'e/f'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(m.visitchildrenset(b'e/f/g'), set())
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@
         # OPT: visitchildrenset could possibly return {'d'}, {'e'}, and {'f'}
         # for these next three, respectively; patternmatcher does not have this
         # optimization.
-        self.assertEqual(pm.visitchildrenset(b'.'), b'this')
+        self.assertEqual(pm.visitchildrenset(b''), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(pm.visitchildrenset(b'd'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(pm.visitchildrenset(b'd/e'), b'this')
         self.assertEqual(pm.visitchildrenset(b'd/e/f'), b'this')