1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index 0194c67fb..cfd4f53fe 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -391,11 +391,12 @@ def get_repo(url, alias):
             os.makedirs(dirname)
     else:
         shared_path = os.path.join(gitdir, 'hg')
-        if not os.path.exists(shared_path):
-            try:
-                hg.clone(myui, {}, url, shared_path, update=False, pull=True)
-            except:
-                die('Repository error')
+
+        # setup shared repo (if not there)
+        try:
+            hg.peer(myui, {}, shared_path, create=True)
+        except error.RepoError:
+            pass
 
         if not os.path.exists(dirname):
             os.makedirs(dirname)