add regression test (fixes issue 105)

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Fixed Bugs
 ******************
 
 - fix issue 83: api test downgrade/upgrade does not work with sql scripts
+- fix issue 105: passing a unicode string as the migrate repository fails (add
+  regression test)
 - fix issue 113 and issue 123: column creation in make_update_script_for_model
   and required API change
 - fix issue 118: upgrade and downgrade functions are reversed when using the

migrate/tests/versioning/test_api.py

@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ class TestAPI(Pathed):
         api.create(repo, 'temp')
         api.version(repo)
 
+    def test_version_control(self):
+        repo = self.tmp_repos()
+        api.create(repo, 'temp')
+        api.version_control('sqlite:///', repo)
+        api.version_control('sqlite:///', unicode(repo))
+
     def test_source(self):
         repo = self.tmp_repos()
         api.create(repo, 'temp')