diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -1133,10 +1133,11 @@ def commit(ui, repo, commitfunc, pats, o
                 continue
             if f not in files:
                 rf = repo.wjoin(f)
+                rel = repo.pathto(f)
                 try:
                     mode = os.lstat(rf)[stat.ST_MODE]
                 except OSError:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("file %s not found!") % rf)
+                    raise util.Abort(_("file %s not found!") % rel)
                 if stat.S_ISDIR(mode):
                     name = f + '/'
                     if slist is None:
@@ -1145,12 +1146,12 @@ def commit(ui, repo, commitfunc, pats, o
                     i = bisect.bisect(slist, name)
                     if i >= len(slist) or not slist[i].startswith(name):
                         raise util.Abort(_("no match under directory %s!")
-                                         % rf)
+                                         % rel)
                 elif not (stat.S_ISREG(mode) or stat.S_ISLNK(mode)):
                     raise util.Abort(_("can't commit %s: "
-                                       "unsupported file type!") % rf)
+                                       "unsupported file type!") % rel)
                 elif f not in repo.dirstate:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("file %s not tracked!") % rf)
+                    raise util.Abort(_("file %s not tracked!") % rel)
     else:
         files = []
     try:
diff --git a/tests/test-commit b/tests/test-commit
--- a/tests/test-commit
+++ b/tests/test-commit
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cleanpath()
-{
-    sed -e "s:/.*\(/test/.*\):...\1:"
-}
-
 echo % commit date test
 hg init test
 cd test
@@ -23,8 +18,8 @@ echo % commit added file that has been d
 echo bar > bar
 hg add bar
 rm bar
-hg commit -d "1000000 0" -m commit-8 2>&1 | cleanpath
-hg commit -d "1000000 0" -m commit-8 bar 2>&1 | cleanpath
+hg commit -d "1000000 0" -m commit-8
+hg commit -d "1000000 0" -m commit-8-2 bar
 
 hg -q revert -a --no-backup
 
@@ -35,22 +30,22 @@ hg -v commit -d '0 0' -m commit-9 dir
 
 echo > dir.file
 hg add
-hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-10 dir dir.file 2>&1 | cleanpath
+hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-10 dir dir.file
 
 echo >> dir/file
 mkdir bleh
 mkdir dir2
 cd bleh
-hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-11 . 2>&1 | cleanpath
-hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-12 ../dir ../dir2 2>&1 | cleanpath
+hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-11 .
+hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-12 ../dir ../dir2
 hg -v commit -d '0 0' -m commit-13 ../dir
 cd ..
 
-hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-14 does-not-exist 2>&1 | cleanpath
+hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-14 does-not-exist
 ln -s foo baz
-hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-15 baz 2>&1 | cleanpath
+hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-15 baz
 touch quux
-hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-16 quux 2>&1 | cleanpath
+hg commit -d '0 0' -m commit-16 quux
 echo >> dir/file
 hg -v commit -d '0 0' -m commit-17 dir/file
 cd ..
diff --git a/tests/test-commit.out b/tests/test-commit.out
--- a/tests/test-commit.out
+++ b/tests/test-commit.out
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ abort: invalid date: 'foo bar'
 nothing changed
 % commit added file that has been deleted
 nothing changed
-abort: file .../test/bar not found!
+abort: file bar not found!
 adding dir/file
 dir/file
 adding dir.file
-abort: no match under directory .../test/dir!
-abort: no match under directory .../test/bleh!
-abort: no match under directory .../test/dir2!
+abort: no match under directory dir!
+abort: no match under directory .!
+abort: no match under directory ../dir2!
 dir/file
 does-not-exist: No such file or directory
-abort: file .../test/does-not-exist not found!
-abort: file .../test/baz not tracked!
-abort: file .../test/quux not tracked!
+abort: file does-not-exist not found!
+abort: file baz not tracked!
+abort: file quux not tracked!
 dir/file
 % partial subdir commit test
 adding bar/bar
diff --git a/tests/test-symlink-basic b/tests/test-symlink-basic
--- a/tests/test-symlink-basic
+++ b/tests/test-symlink-basic
@@ -2,17 +2,12 @@
 
 "$TESTDIR/hghave" symlink || exit 80
 
-cleanpath()
-{
-    sed -e "s:/.*\(/test-symlink-basic/.*\):...\1:"
-}
-
 hg init a
 cd a
 ln -s nothing dangling
-hg commit -m 'commit symlink without adding' -d '0 0' dangling 2>&1 | cleanpath
+hg commit -m 'commit symlink without adding' dangling
 hg add dangling
-hg commit -m 'add symlink' -d '0 0'
+hg commit -m 'add symlink'
 
 hg tip -v
 hg manifest --debug
diff --git a/tests/test-symlink-basic.out b/tests/test-symlink-basic.out
--- a/tests/test-symlink-basic.out
+++ b/tests/test-symlink-basic.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-abort: file .../test-symlink-basic/a/dangling not tracked!
+abort: file dangling not tracked!
 changeset:   0:cabd88b706fc
 tag:         tip
 user:        test