Reported by Frédéric Praca, Nov 9, 2012

Steps to reproduce the problem:
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1. Pull a repository into a managed database
2. Check out a working copy
3. Go inside the working copy
4. run the command 'mtn automate get_option database'

Expected result:
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The command should return ":my_db"

Actual results:
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returns a blank line

Output of `mtn version --full`:
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monotone 1.0 (révision de base : 
a7c3a1d9de1ba7a62c9dd9efee17252234bb502c)
Exécuté sur               : Linux 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP 
Thu Oct 18 16:29:15 UTC 2012 x86_64
Compilateur C++           : GNU C++ version 4.6.1
Bibliothèque standard C++ : GNU libstdc++ version 20111019
Version de Boost          : 1_46_1
Version de SQLite         : 3.7.9 (compilé avec 3.7.7)
Version de Lua            : Lua 5.1
Version de PCRE           : 8.12 2011-01-15 (compilé avec 8.12)
Version de Botan          : 1.8.13 (compilé avec 1.8.13)
Changements depuis la rev. de base :
format_version "1"

new_manifest [b252820fde344fd3f5d023fd91de86522baa671d]

old_revision [a7c3a1d9de1ba7a62c9dd9efee17252234bb502c]

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