diff --git a/mercurial/store.py b/mercurial/store.py
--- a/mercurial/store.py
+++ b/mercurial/store.py
@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
 from i18n import _
-import osutil, scmutil, util
+import osutil, scmutil, util, parsers
 import os, stat, errno
 
 _sha = util.sha1
 
 # This avoids a collision between a file named foo and a dir named
 # foo.i or foo.d
-def encodedir(path):
+def _encodedir(path):
     '''
-    >>> encodedir('data/foo.i')
+    >>> _encodedir('data/foo.i')
     'data/foo.i'
-    >>> encodedir('data/foo.i/bla.i')
+    >>> _encodedir('data/foo.i/bla.i')
     'data/foo.i.hg/bla.i'
-    >>> encodedir('data/foo.i.hg/bla.i')
+    >>> _encodedir('data/foo.i.hg/bla.i')
     'data/foo.i.hg.hg/bla.i'
-    >>> encodedir('data/foo.i\\ndata/foo.i/bla.i\\ndata/foo.i.hg/bla.i\\n')
+    >>> _encodedir('data/foo.i\\ndata/foo.i/bla.i\\ndata/foo.i.hg/bla.i\\n')
     'data/foo.i\\ndata/foo.i.hg/bla.i\\ndata/foo.i.hg.hg/bla.i\\n'
     '''
     return (path
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ def encodedir(path):
             .replace(".i/", ".i.hg/")
             .replace(".d/", ".d.hg/"))
 
+encodedir = getattr(parsers, 'encodedir', _encodedir)
+
 def decodedir(path):
     '''
     >>> decodedir('data/foo.i')