#
#
# patch "tracvc/mtn/backend.py"
#  from [0e05b7ecd0e20de57c4d2b2244ea526ba211335e]
#    to [409beefcb402234e0468dd540eeb7c2df923097d]
#
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--- tracvc/mtn/backend.py	0e05b7ecd0e20de57c4d2b2244ea526ba211335e
+++ tracvc/mtn/backend.py	409beefcb402234e0468dd540eeb7c2df923097d
@@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ class MonotoneRepository(Repository):
         # Note: in an mtn repository, there might be many file
         # hierarchies, so it makes no sense to ask for the latest
         # version of a path.
+
+        # FIXME: normalize_rev can be skipped when called by ourselves
         rev = self.normalize_rev(rev) or self.get_youngest_rev()
+        path = self.normalize_path(path)
         try:
             return MonotoneNode(self.mtn, rev, path)
         except AutomateException:
@@ -344,7 +347,7 @@ class MonotoneRepository(Repository):
         Return a canonical representation of path in the repos.
         We strip trailing slashes except for the root.
         """
-        return path and path.rstrip('/') or '/'
+        return '/' + path.strip('/')
 
     def normalize_rev(self, rev):
         """