--- a/src/org/tmatesoft/hg/internal/Internals.java	Fri Jan 11 18:10:29 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/org/tmatesoft/hg/internal/Internals.java	Fri Jan 11 18:12:39 2013 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 import org.tmatesoft.hg.core.SessionContext;
 import org.tmatesoft.hg.repo.HgDataFile;
+import org.tmatesoft.hg.repo.HgInternals;
 import org.tmatesoft.hg.repo.HgRuntimeException;
 import org.tmatesoft.hg.repo.HgRepoConfig.ExtensionsSection;
 import org.tmatesoft.hg.repo.HgRepository;
@@ -410,6 +411,10 @@
 		return shallCacheRevlogsInRepo;
 	}
 	
+	public static Internals getInstance(HgRepository repo) {
+		return HgInternals.getImplementationRepo(repo);
+	}
+	
 	public static <T> CharSequence join(Iterable<T> col, CharSequence separator) {
 		if (col == null) {
 			return String.valueOf(col);