--- a/src/hg-ssh	Tue Oct 13 18:21:22 2009 +0100
+++ b/src/hg-ssh	Tue Oct 13 18:32:26 2009 +0100
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         fail("path to repository seems to be empty")
     if repo.startswith("/"):
         fail("absolute paths are not supported")
-    checkDots(path)
+    checkDots(repo)
     ruleset.rules.set(repo=repo)
     if not ruleset.rules.allow(op, branch=None, file=None):
         fail("access denied")