diff --git a/sat/tools/utils.py b/sat/tools/utils.py
index 3729af0b..1a6cecdd 100644
--- a/sat/tools/utils.py
+++ b/sat/tools/utils.py
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ def getRepositoryData(module, as_string=True, is_path=False, save_dir_path=None)
     ori_cwd = os.getcwd()
 
     if is_path:
-        repos_root = module
+        repos_root = os.path.abspath(module)
     else:
-        repos_root = os.path.dirname(module.__file__)
+        repos_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(module.__file__))
 
     hg_path = find_executable('hg')
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def getRepositoryData(module, as_string=True, is_path=False, save_dir_path=None)
         if is_path:
             os.chdir(repos_root)
         else:
-            os.chdir(os.path.relpath('..', repos_root))
+            os.chdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', repos_root)))
         try:
             with open('.hg/dirstate') as hg_dirstate:
                 hg_data['node'] = hg_dirstate.read(20).encode('hex')