diff --git a/hgext/git/manifest.py b/hgext/git/manifest.py
--- a/hgext/git/manifest.py
+++ b/hgext/git/manifest.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         comps = upath.split('/')
         for comp in comps[:-1]:
             te = self._tree[comp]
-            t = self.gitrepo[te.id]
+            t = self._git_repo[te.id]
         ent = t[comps[-1]]
         if ent.filemode == pygit2.GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB:
             flags = b''