# HG changeset patch
# User Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@fb.com>
# Date 2015-10-08 19:55:45
# Node ID 56b2bcea252913e4a2d2772d2f35cd7e07b37f12
# Parent  d51c658d3f0488419ca0364c96caf34b2fd78f83

error: get Abort from 'error' instead of 'util'

The home of 'Abort' is 'error' not 'util' however, a lot of code seems to be
confused about that and gives all the credit to 'util' instead of the
hardworking 'error'. In a spirit of equity, we break the cycle of injustice and
give back to 'error' the respect it deserves. And screw that 'util' poser.

For great justice.

diff --git a/contrib/simplemerge b/contrib/simplemerge
--- a/contrib/simplemerge
+++ b/contrib/simplemerge
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ demandimport.enable()
 
 import sys
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import simplemerge, fancyopts, util, ui
+from mercurial import error, simplemerge, fancyopts, util, ui
 
 options = [('L', 'label', [], _('labels to use on conflict markers')),
            ('a', 'text', None, _('treat all files as text')),
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ except ParseError, e:
     sys.stdout.write("%s: %s\n" % (sys.argv[0], e))
     showhelp()
     sys.exit(1)
-except util.Abort, e:
+except error.Abort, e:
     sys.stderr.write("abort: %s\n" % e)
     sys.exit(255)
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
diff --git a/contrib/synthrepo.py b/contrib/synthrepo.py
--- a/contrib/synthrepo.py
+++ b/contrib/synthrepo.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ A few obvious properties that are not cu
 '''
 
 import bisect, collections, itertools, json, os, random, time, sys
-from mercurial import cmdutil, context, patch, scmutil, util, hg
+from mercurial import cmdutil, context, patch, scmutil, util, hg, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.node import nullrev, nullid, short
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def synthesize(ui, repo, descpath, **opt
     try:
         fp = hg.openpath(ui, descpath)
     except Exception as err:
-        raise util.Abort('%s: %s' % (descpath, err[0].strerror))
+        raise error.Abort('%s: %s' % (descpath, err[0].strerror))
     desc = json.load(fp)
     fp.close()
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def synthesize(ui, repo, descpath, **opt
     try:
         fp = open(dictfile, 'rU')
     except IOError as err:
-        raise util.Abort('%s: %s' % (dictfile, err.strerror))
+        raise error.Abort('%s: %s' % (dictfile, err.strerror))
     words = fp.read().splitlines()
     fp.close()
 
diff --git a/hgext/acl.py b/hgext/acl.py
--- a/hgext/acl.py
+++ b/hgext/acl.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ 3) Deny access to a file to anyone but u
 '''
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import util, match
+from mercurial import util, match, error
 import getpass, urllib
 
 # Note for extension authors: ONLY specify testedwith = 'internal' for
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def _getusers(ui, group):
     try:
         return util.groupmembers(group)
     except KeyError:
-        raise util.Abort(_("group '%s' is undefined") % group)
+        raise error.Abort(_("group '%s' is undefined") % group)
 
 def _usermatch(ui, user, usersorgroups):
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def buildmatch(ui, repo, user, key):
 
 def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, source=None, **kwargs):
     if hooktype not in ['pretxnchangegroup', 'pretxncommit']:
-        raise util.Abort(_('config error - hook type "%s" cannot stop '
+        raise error.Abort(_('config error - hook type "%s" cannot stop '
                            'incoming changesets nor commits') % hooktype)
     if (hooktype == 'pretxnchangegroup' and
         source not in ui.config('acl', 'sources', 'serve').split()):
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, 
         ctx = repo[rev]
         branch = ctx.branch()
         if denybranches and denybranches(branch):
-            raise util.Abort(_('acl: user "%s" denied on branch "%s"'
+            raise error.Abort(_('acl: user "%s" denied on branch "%s"'
                                ' (changeset "%s")')
                                % (user, branch, ctx))
         if allowbranches and not allowbranches(branch):
-            raise util.Abort(_('acl: user "%s" not allowed on branch "%s"'
+            raise error.Abort(_('acl: user "%s" not allowed on branch "%s"'
                                ' (changeset "%s")')
                                % (user, branch, ctx))
         ui.debug('acl: branch access granted: "%s" on branch "%s"\n'
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, 
 
         for f in ctx.files():
             if deny and deny(f):
-                raise util.Abort(_('acl: user "%s" denied on "%s"'
+                raise error.Abort(_('acl: user "%s" denied on "%s"'
                 ' (changeset "%s")') % (user, f, ctx))
             if allow and not allow(f):
-                raise util.Abort(_('acl: user "%s" not allowed on "%s"'
+                raise error.Abort(_('acl: user "%s" not allowed on "%s"'
                 ' (changeset "%s")') % (user, f, ctx))
         ui.debug('acl: path access granted: "%s"\n' % ctx)
diff --git a/hgext/bugzilla.py b/hgext/bugzilla.py
--- a/hgext/bugzilla.py
+++ b/hgext/bugzilla.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ All the above add a comment to the Bugzi
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.node import short
-from mercurial import cmdutil, mail, util
+from mercurial import cmdutil, mail, util, error
 import re, time, urlparse, xmlrpclib
 
 # Note for extension authors: ONLY specify testedwith = 'internal' for
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class bzmysql(bzaccess):
             import MySQLdb as mysql
             bzmysql._MySQLdb = mysql
         except ImportError as err:
-            raise util.Abort(_('python mysql support not available: %s') % err)
+            raise error.Abort(_('python mysql support not available: %s') % err)
 
         bzaccess.__init__(self, ui)
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class bzmysql(bzaccess):
         self.run('select fieldid from fielddefs where name = "longdesc"')
         ids = self.cursor.fetchall()
         if len(ids) != 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown database schema'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown database schema'))
         return ids[0][0]
 
     def filter_real_bug_ids(self, bugs):
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class bzmysql(bzaccess):
             ret = fp.close()
             if ret:
                 self.ui.warn(out)
-                raise util.Abort(_('bugzilla notify command %s') %
+                raise error.Abort(_('bugzilla notify command %s') %
                                  util.explainexit(ret)[0])
         self.ui.status(_('done\n'))
 
@@ -470,12 +470,12 @@ class bzmysql(bzaccess):
             try:
                 defaultuser = self.ui.config('bugzilla', 'bzuser')
                 if not defaultuser:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('cannot find bugzilla user id for %s') %
+                    raise error.Abort(_('cannot find bugzilla user id for %s') %
                                      user)
                 userid = self.get_user_id(defaultuser)
                 user = defaultuser
             except KeyError:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot find bugzilla user id for %s or %s')
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot find bugzilla user id for %s or %s')
                                  % (user, defaultuser))
         return (user, userid)
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ class bzmysql_3_0(bzmysql_2_18):
         self.run('select id from fielddefs where name = "longdesc"')
         ids = self.cursor.fetchall()
         if len(ids) != 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown database schema'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown database schema'))
         return ids[0][0]
 
 # Bugzilla via XMLRPC interface.
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ class bzxmlrpcemail(bzxmlrpc):
 
         self.bzemail = self.ui.config('bugzilla', 'bzemail')
         if not self.bzemail:
-            raise util.Abort(_("configuration 'bzemail' missing"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("configuration 'bzemail' missing"))
         mail.validateconfig(self.ui)
 
     def makecommandline(self, fieldname, value):
@@ -735,8 +735,8 @@ class bzxmlrpcemail(bzxmlrpc):
             matches = self.bzproxy.User.get({'match': [user],
                                              'token': self.bztoken})
             if not matches['users']:
-                raise util.Abort(_("default bugzilla user %s email not found") %
-                                 user)
+                raise error.Abort(_("default bugzilla user %s email not found")
+                                  % user)
         user = matches['users'][0]['email']
         commands.append(self.makecommandline("id", bugid))
 
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ class bugzilla(object):
         try:
             bzclass = bugzilla._versions[bzversion]
         except KeyError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('bugzilla version %s not supported') %
+            raise error.Abort(_('bugzilla version %s not supported') %
                              bzversion)
         self.bzdriver = bzclass(self.ui)
 
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, 
     bugzilla bug id. only add a comment once per bug, so same change
     seen multiple times does not fill bug with duplicate data.'''
     if node is None:
-        raise util.Abort(_('hook type %s does not pass a changeset id') %
+        raise error.Abort(_('hook type %s does not pass a changeset id') %
                          hooktype)
     try:
         bz = bugzilla(ui, repo)
@@ -911,4 +911,4 @@ def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, 
                 bz.update(bug, bugs[bug], ctx)
             bz.notify(bugs, util.email(ctx.user()))
     except Exception as e:
-        raise util.Abort(_('Bugzilla error: %s') % e)
+        raise error.Abort(_('Bugzilla error: %s') % e)
diff --git a/hgext/censor.py b/hgext/censor.py
--- a/hgext/censor.py
+++ b/hgext/censor.py
@@ -43,47 +43,47 @@ testedwith = 'internal'
     _('-r REV [-t TEXT] [FILE]'))
 def censor(ui, repo, path, rev='', tombstone='', **opts):
     if not path:
-        raise util.Abort(_('must specify file path to censor'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('must specify file path to censor'))
     if not rev:
-        raise util.Abort(_('must specify revision to censor'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('must specify revision to censor'))
 
     wctx = repo[None]
 
     m = scmutil.match(wctx, (path,))
     if m.anypats() or len(m.files()) != 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('can only specify an explicit filename'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('can only specify an explicit filename'))
     path = m.files()[0]
     flog = repo.file(path)
     if not len(flog):
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot censor file with no history'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot censor file with no history'))
 
     rev = scmutil.revsingle(repo, rev, rev).rev()
     try:
         ctx = repo[rev]
     except KeyError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('invalid revision identifier %s') % rev)
+        raise error.Abort(_('invalid revision identifier %s') % rev)
 
     try:
         fctx = ctx.filectx(path)
     except error.LookupError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('file does not exist at revision %s') % rev)
+        raise error.Abort(_('file does not exist at revision %s') % rev)
 
     fnode = fctx.filenode()
     headctxs = [repo[c] for c in repo.heads()]
     heads = [c for c in headctxs if path in c and c.filenode(path) == fnode]
     if heads:
         headlist = ', '.join([short(c.node()) for c in heads])
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot censor file in heads (%s)') % headlist,
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot censor file in heads (%s)') % headlist,
             hint=_('clean/delete and commit first'))
 
     wp = wctx.parents()
     if ctx.node() in [p.node() for p in wp]:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot censor working directory'),
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot censor working directory'),
             hint=_('clean/delete/update first'))
 
     flogv = flog.version & 0xFFFF
     if flogv != revlog.REVLOGNG:
-        raise util.Abort(
+        raise error.Abort(
             _('censor does not support revlog version %d') % (flogv,))
 
     tombstone = filelog.packmeta({"censored": tombstone}, "")
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def censor(ui, repo, path, rev='', tombs
     crev = fctx.filerev()
 
     if len(tombstone) > flog.rawsize(crev):
-        raise util.Abort(_(
+        raise error.Abort(_(
             'censor tombstone must be no longer than censored data'))
 
     # Using two files instead of one makes it easy to rewrite entry-by-entry
diff --git a/hgext/churn.py b/hgext/churn.py
--- a/hgext/churn.py
+++ b/hgext/churn.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 '''command to display statistics about repository history'''
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import patch, cmdutil, scmutil, util, commands
+from mercurial import patch, cmdutil, scmutil, util, commands, error
 from mercurial import encoding
 import os
 import time, datetime
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def maketemplater(ui, repo, tmpl):
         t = cmdutil.changeset_templater(ui, repo, False, None, tmpl,
                                         None, False)
     except SyntaxError as inst:
-        raise util.Abort(inst.args[0])
+        raise error.Abort(inst.args[0])
     return t
 
 def changedlines(ui, repo, ctx1, ctx2, fns):
diff --git a/hgext/convert/bzr.py b/hgext/convert/bzr.py
--- a/hgext/convert/bzr.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/bzr.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # it cannot access 'bar' repositories, but they were never used very much
 
 import os
-from mercurial import demandimport
+from mercurial import demandimport, error
 # these do not work with demandimport, blacklist
 demandimport.ignore.extend([
         'bzrlib.transactions',
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ demandimport.ignore.extend([
     ])
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import util
+from mercurial import error
 from common import NoRepo, commit, converter_source
 
 try:
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ class bzr_source(converter_source):
                     pass
                 revid = info.rev_id
             if revid is None:
-                raise util.Abort(_('%s is not a valid revision') % self.revs[0])
+                raise error.Abort(_('%s is not a valid revision')
+                                  % self.revs[0])
             heads = [revid]
         # Empty repositories return 'null:', which cannot be retrieved
         heads = [h for h in heads if h != 'null:']
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ class bzr_source(converter_source):
         if kind == 'symlink':
             target = revtree.get_symlink_target(fileid)
             if target is None:
-                raise util.Abort(_('%s.%s symlink has no target')
+                raise error.Abort(_('%s.%s symlink has no target')
                                  % (name, rev))
             return target, mode
         else:
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ class bzr_source(converter_source):
 
     def getchanges(self, version, full):
         if full:
-            raise util.Abort(_("convert from cvs do not support --full"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("convert from cvs do not support --full"))
         self._modecache = {}
         self._revtree = self.sourcerepo.revision_tree(version)
         # get the parentids from the cache
diff --git a/hgext/convert/common.py b/hgext/convert/common.py
--- a/hgext/convert/common.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/common.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import base64, errno, subprocess, os, datetime, re
 import cPickle as pickle
-from mercurial import phases, util
+from mercurial import phases, util, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 propertycache = util.propertycache
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def checktool(exe, name=None, abort=True
     name = name or exe
     if not util.findexe(exe):
         if abort:
-            exc = util.Abort
+            exc = error.Abort
         else:
             exc = MissingTool
         raise exc(_('cannot find required "%s" tool') % name)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class converter_source(object):
             such format for their revision numbering
         """
         if not re.match(r'[0-9a-fA-F]{40,40}$', revstr):
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s entry %s is not a valid revision'
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s entry %s is not a valid revision'
                                ' identifier') % (mapname, revstr))
 
     def before(self):
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class commandline(object):
                 self.ui.warn(_('%s error:\n') % self.command)
                 self.ui.warn(output)
             msg = util.explainexit(status)[0]
-            raise util.Abort('%s %s' % (self.command, msg))
+            raise error.Abort('%s %s' % (self.command, msg))
 
     def run0(self, cmd, *args, **kwargs):
         output, status = self.run(cmd, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class mapfile(dict):
             try:
                 key, value = line.rsplit(' ', 1)
             except ValueError:
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _('syntax error in %s(%d): key/value pair expected')
                     % (self.path, i + 1))
             if key not in self:
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class mapfile(dict):
             try:
                 self.fp = open(self.path, 'a')
             except IOError as err:
-                raise util.Abort(_('could not open map file %r: %s') %
+                raise error.Abort(_('could not open map file %r: %s') %
                                  (self.path, err.strerror))
         self.fp.write('%s %s\n' % (key, value))
         self.fp.flush()
diff --git a/hgext/convert/convcmd.py b/hgext/convert/convcmd.py
--- a/hgext/convert/convcmd.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/convcmd.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from p4 import p4_source
 import filemap
 
 import os, shutil, shlex
-from mercurial import hg, util, encoding
+from mercurial import hg, util, encoding, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 orig_encoding = 'ascii'
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ sink_converters = [
 def convertsource(ui, path, type, revs):
     exceptions = []
     if type and type not in [s[0] for s in source_converters]:
-        raise util.Abort(_('%s: invalid source repository type') % type)
+        raise error.Abort(_('%s: invalid source repository type') % type)
     for name, source, sortmode in source_converters:
         try:
             if not type or name == type:
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ def convertsource(ui, path, type, revs):
     if not ui.quiet:
         for inst in exceptions:
             ui.write("%s\n" % inst)
-    raise util.Abort(_('%s: missing or unsupported repository') % path)
+    raise error.Abort(_('%s: missing or unsupported repository') % path)
 
 def convertsink(ui, path, type):
     if type and type not in [s[0] for s in sink_converters]:
-        raise util.Abort(_('%s: invalid destination repository type') % type)
+        raise error.Abort(_('%s: invalid destination repository type') % type)
     for name, sink in sink_converters:
         try:
             if not type or name == type:
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ def convertsink(ui, path, type):
         except NoRepo as inst:
             ui.note(_("convert: %s\n") % inst)
         except MissingTool as inst:
-            raise util.Abort('%s\n' % inst)
-    raise util.Abort(_('%s: unknown repository type') % path)
+            raise error.Abort('%s\n' % inst)
+    raise error.Abort(_('%s: unknown repository type') % path)
 
 class progresssource(object):
     def __init__(self, ui, source, filecount):
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class converter(object):
                 line = list(lex)
                 # check number of parents
                 if not (2 <= len(line) <= 3):
-                    raise util.Abort(_('syntax error in %s(%d): child parent1'
+                    raise error.Abort(_('syntax error in %s(%d): child parent1'
                                        '[,parent2] expected') % (path, i + 1))
                 for part in line:
                     self.source.checkrevformat(part)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class converter(object):
                     m[child] = p1 + p2
          # if file does not exist or error reading, exit
         except IOError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('splicemap file not found or error reading %s:')
+            raise error.Abort(_('splicemap file not found or error reading %s:')
                                % path)
         return m
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class converter(object):
                     continue
                 # Parent is not in dest and not being converted, not good
                 if p not in parents:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('unknown splice map parent: %s') % p)
+                    raise error.Abort(_('unknown splice map parent: %s') % p)
                 pc.append(p)
             parents[c] = pc
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class converter(object):
         elif sortmode == 'closesort':
             picknext = makeclosesorter()
         else:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown sort mode: %s') % sortmode)
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown sort mode: %s') % sortmode)
 
         children, actives = mapchildren(parents)
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class converter(object):
                 try:
                     pendings[c].remove(n)
                 except ValueError:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('cycle detected between %s and %s')
+                    raise error.Abort(_('cycle detected between %s and %s')
                                        % (recode(c), recode(n)))
                 if not pendings[c]:
                     # Parents are converted, node is eligible
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class converter(object):
                     pendings[c] = None
 
         if len(s) != len(parents):
-            raise util.Abort(_("not all revisions were sorted"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("not all revisions were sorted"))
 
         return s
 
@@ -556,16 +556,17 @@ def convert(ui, src, dest=None, revmapfi
     sortmodes = ('branchsort', 'datesort', 'sourcesort', 'closesort')
     sortmode = [m for m in sortmodes if opts.get(m)]
     if len(sortmode) > 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('more than one sort mode specified'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('more than one sort mode specified'))
     if sortmode:
         sortmode = sortmode[0]
     else:
         sortmode = defaultsort
 
     if sortmode == 'sourcesort' and not srcc.hasnativeorder():
-        raise util.Abort(_('--sourcesort is not supported by this data source'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('--sourcesort is not supported by this data source')
+                         )
     if sortmode == 'closesort' and not srcc.hasnativeclose():
-        raise util.Abort(_('--closesort is not supported by this data source'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('--closesort is not supported by this data source'))
 
     fmap = opts.get('filemap')
     if fmap:
diff --git a/hgext/convert/cvs.py b/hgext/convert/cvs.py
--- a/hgext/convert/cvs.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/cvs.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import os, re, socket, errno
 from cStringIO import StringIO
-from mercurial import encoding, util
+from mercurial import encoding, util, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 from common import NoRepo, commit, converter_source, checktool
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ class convert_cvs(converter_source):
         maxrev = 0
         if self.revs:
             if len(self.revs) > 1:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cvs source does not support specifying '
+                raise error.Abort(_('cvs source does not support specifying '
                                    'multiple revs'))
             # TODO: handle tags
             try:
                 # patchset number?
                 maxrev = int(self.revs[0])
             except ValueError:
-                raise util.Abort(_('revision %s is not a patchset number')
+                raise error.Abort(_('revision %s is not a patchset number')
                                  % self.revs[0])
 
         d = os.getcwd()
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class convert_cvs(converter_source):
                 sck.send("\n".join(["BEGIN AUTH REQUEST", root, user, passw,
                                     "END AUTH REQUEST", ""]))
                 if sck.recv(128) != "I LOVE YOU\n":
-                    raise util.Abort(_("CVS pserver authentication failed"))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("CVS pserver authentication failed"))
 
                 self.writep = self.readp = sck.makefile('r+')
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class convert_cvs(converter_source):
         self.writep.flush()
         r = self.readp.readline()
         if not r.startswith("Valid-requests"):
-            raise util.Abort(_('unexpected response from CVS server '
+            raise error.Abort(_('unexpected response from CVS server '
                                '(expected "Valid-requests", but got %r)')
                              % r)
         if "UseUnchanged" in r:
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class convert_cvs(converter_source):
             while count > 0:
                 data = fp.read(min(count, chunksize))
                 if not data:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("%d bytes missing from remote file")
+                    raise error.Abort(_("%d bytes missing from remote file")
                                      % count)
                 count -= len(data)
                 output.write(data)
@@ -252,18 +252,18 @@ class convert_cvs(converter_source):
             else:
                 if line == "ok\n":
                     if mode is None:
-                        raise util.Abort(_('malformed response from CVS'))
+                        raise error.Abort(_('malformed response from CVS'))
                     return (data, "x" in mode and "x" or "")
                 elif line.startswith("E "):
                     self.ui.warn(_("cvs server: %s\n") % line[2:])
                 elif line.startswith("Remove"):
                     self.readp.readline()
                 else:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("unknown CVS response: %s") % line)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("unknown CVS response: %s") % line)
 
     def getchanges(self, rev, full):
         if full:
-            raise util.Abort(_("convert from cvs do not support --full"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("convert from cvs do not support --full"))
         self._parse()
         return sorted(self.files[rev].iteritems()), {}, set()
 
diff --git a/hgext/convert/darcs.py b/hgext/convert/darcs.py
--- a/hgext/convert/darcs.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/darcs.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from common import NoRepo, checktool, commandline, commit, converter_source
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import util
+from mercurial import util, error
 import os, shutil, tempfile, re, errno
 
 # The naming drift of ElementTree is fun!
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ class darcs_source(converter_source, com
         checktool('darcs')
         version = self.run0('--version').splitlines()[0].strip()
         if version < '2.1':
-            raise util.Abort(_('darcs version 2.1 or newer needed (found %r)') %
-                             version)
+            raise error.Abort(_('darcs version 2.1 or newer needed (found %r)')
+                              % version)
 
         if "ElementTree" not in globals():
-            raise util.Abort(_("Python ElementTree module is not available"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("Python ElementTree module is not available"))
 
         self.path = os.path.realpath(path)
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class darcs_source(converter_source, com
 
     def getchanges(self, rev, full):
         if full:
-            raise util.Abort(_("convert from darcs do not support --full"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("convert from darcs do not support --full"))
         copies = {}
         changes = []
         man = None
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class darcs_source(converter_source, com
 
     def getfile(self, name, rev):
         if rev != self.lastrev:
-            raise util.Abort(_('internal calling inconsistency'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('internal calling inconsistency'))
         path = os.path.join(self.tmppath, name)
         try:
             data = util.readfile(path)
diff --git a/hgext/convert/filemap.py b/hgext/convert/filemap.py
--- a/hgext/convert/filemap.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/filemap.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import posixpath
 import shlex
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import util, error
+from mercurial import error
 from common import SKIPREV, converter_source
 
 def rpairs(path):
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class filemapper(object):
         self.targetprefixes = None
         if path:
             if self.parse(path):
-                raise util.Abort(_('errors in filemap'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('errors in filemap'))
 
     def parse(self, path):
         errs = 0
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class filemap_source(converter_source):
         try:
             files = self.base.getchangedfiles(rev, i)
         except NotImplementedError:
-            raise util.Abort(_("source repository doesn't support --filemap"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("source repository doesn't support --filemap"))
         for f in files:
             if self.filemapper(f):
                 return True
diff --git a/hgext/convert/git.py b/hgext/convert/git.py
--- a/hgext/convert/git.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/git.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class convert_git(converter_source):
         # The default value (50) is based on the default for 'git diff'.
         similarity = ui.configint('convert', 'git.similarity', default=50)
         if similarity < 0 or similarity > 100:
-            raise util.Abort(_('similarity must be between 0 and 100'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('similarity must be between 0 and 100'))
         if similarity > 0:
             self.simopt = '-C%d%%' % similarity
             findcopiesharder = ui.configbool('convert', 'git.findcopiesharder',
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ class convert_git(converter_source):
             heads, ret = self.gitread('git rev-parse --branches --remotes')
             heads = heads.splitlines()
             if ret:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot retrieve git heads'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot retrieve git heads'))
         else:
             heads = []
             for rev in self.revs:
                 rawhead, ret = self.gitread("git rev-parse --verify %s" % rev)
                 heads.append(rawhead[:-1])
                 if ret:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('cannot retrieve git head "%s"') % rev)
+                    raise error.Abort(_('cannot retrieve git head "%s"') % rev)
         return heads
 
     def catfile(self, rev, type):
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ class convert_git(converter_source):
         self.catfilepipe[0].flush()
         info = self.catfilepipe[1].readline().split()
         if info[1] != type:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot read %r object at %s') % (type, rev))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot read %r object at %s') % (type, rev))
         size = int(info[2])
         data = self.catfilepipe[1].read(size)
         if len(data) < size:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot read %r object at %s: unexpected size')
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot read %r object at %s: unexpected size')
                              % (type, rev))
         # read the trailing newline
         self.catfilepipe[1].read(1)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class convert_git(converter_source):
 
     def getchanges(self, version, full):
         if full:
-            raise util.Abort(_("convert from git do not support --full"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("convert from git do not support --full"))
         self.modecache = {}
         fh = self.gitopen("git diff-tree -z --root -m -r %s %s" % (
             self.simopt, version))
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class convert_git(converter_source):
                         copies[fdest] = f
             entry = None
         if fh.close():
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot read changes in %s') % version)
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot read changes in %s') % version)
 
         if subexists[0]:
             if subdeleted[0]:
@@ -342,13 +342,13 @@ class convert_git(converter_source):
         for line in fh:
             line = line.strip()
             if line.startswith("error:") or line.startswith("fatal:"):
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot read tags from %s') % self.path)
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot read tags from %s') % self.path)
             node, tag = line.split(None, 1)
             if not tag.startswith(prefix):
                 continue
             alltags[tag[len(prefix):]] = node
         if fh.close():
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot read tags from %s') % self.path)
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot read tags from %s') % self.path)
 
         # Filter out tag objects for annotated tag refs
         for tag in alltags:
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class convert_git(converter_source):
                               '"%s^%s" --' % (version, version, i + 1))
             changes = [f.rstrip('\n') for f in fh]
         if fh.close():
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot read changes in %s') % version)
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot read changes in %s') % version)
 
         return changes
 
diff --git a/hgext/convert/gnuarch.py b/hgext/convert/gnuarch.py
--- a/hgext/convert/gnuarch.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/gnuarch.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from common import NoRepo, commandline, commit, converter_source
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import encoding, util
+from mercurial import encoding, util, error
 import os, shutil, tempfile, stat
 from email.Parser import Parser
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class gnuarch_source(converter_source, c
             if util.findexe('tla'):
                 self.execmd = 'tla'
             else:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot find a GNU Arch tool'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot find a GNU Arch tool'))
 
         commandline.__init__(self, ui, self.execmd)
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class gnuarch_source(converter_source, c
 
     def getfile(self, name, rev):
         if rev != self.lastrev:
-            raise util.Abort(_('internal calling inconsistency'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('internal calling inconsistency'))
 
         if not os.path.lexists(os.path.join(self.tmppath, name)):
             return None, None
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class gnuarch_source(converter_source, c
 
     def getchanges(self, rev, full):
         if full:
-            raise util.Abort(_("convert from arch do not support --full"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("convert from arch do not support --full"))
         self._update(rev)
         changes = []
         copies = {}
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class gnuarch_source(converter_source, c
                 self.changes[rev].continuationof = self.recode(
                     catlog['Continuation-of'])
         except Exception:
-            raise util.Abort(_('could not parse cat-log of %s') % rev)
+            raise error.Abort(_('could not parse cat-log of %s') % rev)
 
     def _parsechangeset(self, data, rev):
         for l in data:
diff --git a/hgext/convert/hg.py b/hgext/convert/hg.py
--- a/hgext/convert/hg.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/hg.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class mercurial_sink(converter_sink):
             # If the file requires actual merging, abort. We don't have enough
             # context to resolve merges correctly.
             if action in ['m', 'dm', 'cd', 'dc']:
-                raise util.Abort(_("unable to convert merge commit "
+                raise error.Abort(_("unable to convert merge commit "
                     "since target parents do not merge cleanly (file "
                     "%s, parents %s and %s)") % (file, p1ctx,
                                                  p2ctx))
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ class mercurial_sink(converter_sink):
 
     def hascommitforsplicemap(self, rev):
         if rev not in self.repo and self.clonebranches:
-            raise util.Abort(_('revision %s not found in destination '
+            raise error.Abort(_('revision %s not found in destination '
                                'repository (lookups with clonebranches=true '
                                'are not implemented)') % rev)
         return rev in self.repo
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class mercurial_source(converter_source)
                 try:
                     startnode = self.repo.lookup(startnode)
                 except error.RepoError:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('%s is not a valid start revision')
+                    raise error.Abort(_('%s is not a valid start revision')
                                      % startnode)
                 startrev = self.repo.changelog.rev(startnode)
                 children = {startnode: 1}
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ class mercurial_source(converter_source)
                 self._heads = self.repo.heads()
         else:
             if revs or startnode is not None:
-                raise util.Abort(_('hg.revs cannot be combined with '
+                raise error.Abort(_('hg.revs cannot be combined with '
                                    'hg.startrev or --rev'))
             nodes = set()
             parents = set()
diff --git a/hgext/convert/monotone.py b/hgext/convert/monotone.py
--- a/hgext/convert/monotone.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/monotone.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
 import os, re
-from mercurial import util
+from mercurial import util, error
 from common import NoRepo, commit, converter_source, checktool
 from common import commandline
 from mercurial.i18n import _
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class monotone_source(converter_source, 
     def __init__(self, ui, path=None, revs=None):
         converter_source.__init__(self, ui, path, revs)
         if revs and len(revs) > 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('monotone source does not support specifying '
+            raise error.Abort(_('monotone source does not support specifying '
                                'multiple revs'))
         commandline.__init__(self, ui, 'mtn')
 
@@ -110,34 +110,34 @@ class monotone_source(converter_source, 
         while read != ':':
             read = self.mtnreadfp.read(1)
             if not read:
-                raise util.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - no end of commandnbr'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - no end of commandnbr'))
             commandnbr += read
         commandnbr = commandnbr[:-1]
 
         stream = self.mtnreadfp.read(1)
         if stream not in 'mewptl':
-            raise util.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - bad stream type %s') % stream)
+            raise error.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - bad stream type %s') % stream)
 
         read = self.mtnreadfp.read(1)
         if read != ':':
-            raise util.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - no divider before size'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - no divider before size'))
 
         read = None
         lengthstr = ''
         while read != ':':
             read = self.mtnreadfp.read(1)
             if not read:
-                raise util.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - no end of packet size'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - no end of packet size'))
             lengthstr += read
         try:
             length = long(lengthstr[:-1])
         except TypeError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - bad packet size %s')
+            raise error.Abort(_('bad mtn packet - bad packet size %s')
                 % lengthstr)
 
         read = self.mtnreadfp.read(length)
         if len(read) != length:
-            raise util.Abort(_("bad mtn packet - unable to read full packet "
+            raise error.Abort(_("bad mtn packet - unable to read full packet "
                 "read %s of %s") % (len(read), length))
 
         return (commandnbr, stream, length, read)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class monotone_source(converter_source, 
             if stream == 'l':
                 # End of command
                 if output != '0':
-                    raise util.Abort(_("mtn command '%s' returned %s") %
+                    raise error.Abort(_("mtn command '%s' returned %s") %
                         (command, output))
                 break
             elif stream in 'ew':
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class monotone_source(converter_source, 
 
     def getchanges(self, rev, full):
         if full:
-            raise util.Abort(_("convert from monotone do not support --full"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("convert from monotone do not support --full"))
         revision = self.mtnrun("get_revision", rev).split("\n\n")
         files = {}
         ignoremove = {}
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class monotone_source(converter_source, 
             versionstr = self.mtnrunsingle("interface_version")
             version = float(versionstr)
         except Exception:
-            raise util.Abort(_("unable to determine mtn automate interface "
+            raise error.Abort(_("unable to determine mtn automate interface "
                 "version"))
 
         if version >= 12.0:
@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@ class monotone_source(converter_source, 
             # read the headers
             read = self.mtnreadfp.readline()
             if read != 'format-version: 2\n':
-                raise util.Abort(_('mtn automate stdio header unexpected: %s')
+                raise error.Abort(_('mtn automate stdio header unexpected: %s')
                     % read)
             while read != '\n':
                 read = self.mtnreadfp.readline()
                 if not read:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("failed to reach end of mtn automate "
+                    raise error.Abort(_("failed to reach end of mtn automate "
                         "stdio headers"))
         else:
             self.ui.debug("mtn automate version %s - not using automate stdio "
diff --git a/hgext/convert/p4.py b/hgext/convert/p4.py
--- a/hgext/convert/p4.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/p4.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
-from mercurial import util
+from mercurial import util, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 from common import commit, converter_source, checktool, NoRepo
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class p4_source(converter_source):
         self.re_keywords_old = re.compile("\$(Id|Header):[^$\n]*\$")
 
         if revs and len(revs) > 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_("p4 source does not support specifying "
+            raise error.Abort(_("p4 source does not support specifying "
                                "multiple revisions"))
         self._parse(ui, path)
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class p4_source(converter_source):
 
     def getchanges(self, rev, full):
         if full:
-            raise util.Abort(_("convert from p4 do not support --full"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("convert from p4 do not support --full"))
         return self.files[rev], self.copies[rev], set()
 
     def getcommit(self, rev):
diff --git a/hgext/convert/subversion.py b/hgext/convert/subversion.py
--- a/hgext/convert/subversion.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/subversion.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os, re, sys, tempfile, urllib, ur
 import xml.dom.minidom
 import cPickle as pickle
 
-from mercurial import strutil, scmutil, util, encoding
+from mercurial import strutil, scmutil, util, encoding, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 propertycache = util.propertycache
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def debugsvnlog(ui, **opts):
     avoid memory collection issues.
     """
     if svn is None:
-        raise util.Abort(_('debugsvnlog could not load Subversion python '
+        raise error.Abort(_('debugsvnlog could not load Subversion python '
                            'bindings'))
 
     util.setbinary(sys.stdin)
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ class logstream(object):
             try:
                 entry = pickle.load(self._stdout)
             except EOFError:
-                raise util.Abort(_('Mercurial failed to run itself, check'
+                raise error.Abort(_('Mercurial failed to run itself, check'
                                    ' hg executable is in PATH'))
             try:
                 orig_paths, revnum, author, date, message = entry
             except (TypeError, ValueError):
                 if entry is None:
                     break
-                raise util.Abort(_("log stream exception '%s'") % entry)
+                raise error.Abort(_("log stream exception '%s'") % entry)
             yield entry
 
     def close(self):
@@ -327,12 +327,12 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
 
         if revs:
             if len(revs) > 1:
-                raise util.Abort(_('subversion source does not support '
+                raise error.Abort(_('subversion source does not support '
                                    'specifying multiple revisions'))
             try:
                 latest = int(revs[0])
             except ValueError:
-                raise util.Abort(_('svn: revision %s is not an integer') %
+                raise error.Abort(_('svn: revision %s is not an integer') %
                                  revs[0])
 
         self.trunkname = self.ui.config('convert', 'svn.trunk',
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
             if self.startrev < 0:
                 self.startrev = 0
         except ValueError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('svn: start revision %s is not an integer')
+            raise error.Abort(_('svn: start revision %s is not an integer')
                              % self.startrev)
 
         try:
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
         except SvnPathNotFound:
             self.head = None
         if not self.head:
-            raise util.Abort(_('no revision found in module %s')
+            raise error.Abort(_('no revision found in module %s')
                              % self.module)
         self.last_changed = self.revnum(self.head)
 
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
                     # we are converting from inside this directory
                     return None
                 if cfgpath:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('expected %s to be at %r, but not found')
-                                 % (name, path))
+                    raise error.Abort(_('expected %s to be at %r, but not found'
+                                       ) % (name, path))
                 return None
             self.ui.note(_('found %s at %r\n') % (name, path))
             return path
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
             self.module += '/' + trunk
             self.head = self.latest(self.module, self.last_changed)
             if not self.head:
-                raise util.Abort(_('no revision found in module %s')
+                raise error.Abort(_('no revision found in module %s')
                                  % self.module)
 
         # First head in the list is the module's head
@@ -442,11 +442,11 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
 
         if self.startrev and self.heads:
             if len(self.heads) > 1:
-                raise util.Abort(_('svn: start revision is not supported '
+                raise error.Abort(_('svn: start revision is not supported '
                                    'with more than one branch'))
             revnum = self.revnum(self.heads[0])
             if revnum < self.startrev:
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _('svn: no revision found after start revision %d')
                                  % self.startrev)
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
                 stop = revnum + 1
             self._fetch_revisions(revnum, stop)
             if rev not in self.commits:
-                raise util.Abort(_('svn: revision %s not found') % revnum)
+                raise error.Abort(_('svn: revision %s not found') % revnum)
         revcommit = self.commits[rev]
         # caller caches the result, so free it here to release memory
         del self.commits[rev]
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
         if not re.match(r'svn:[0-9a-f]{8,8}-[0-9a-f]{4,4}-'
                               '[0-9a-f]{4,4}-[0-9a-f]{4,4}-[0-9a-f]'
                               '{12,12}(.*)\@[0-9]+$',revstr):
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s entry %s is not a valid revision'
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s entry %s is not a valid revision'
                                ' identifier') % (mapname, revstr))
 
     def numcommits(self):
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
         except SubversionException as xxx_todo_changeme:
             (inst, num) = xxx_todo_changeme.args
             if num == svn.core.SVN_ERR_FS_NO_SUCH_REVISION:
-                raise util.Abort(_('svn: branch has no revision %s')
+                raise error.Abort(_('svn: branch has no revision %s')
                                  % to_revnum)
             raise
 
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ class svn_source(converter_source):
         try:
             stdin.close()
         except IOError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('Mercurial failed to run itself, check'
+            raise error.Abort(_('Mercurial failed to run itself, check'
                                ' hg executable is in PATH'))
         return logstream(stdout)
 
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ class svn_sink(converter_sink, commandli
                     return parents[0]
                 self.ui.warn(_('unexpected svn output:\n'))
                 self.ui.warn(output)
-                raise util.Abort(_('unable to cope with svn output'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('unable to cope with svn output'))
             if commit.rev:
                 self.run('propset', 'hg:convert-rev', commit.rev,
                          revprop=True, revision=rev)
@@ -1329,6 +1329,6 @@ class svn_sink(converter_sink, commandli
         # repository and childmap would not list all revisions. Too bad.
         if rev in self.childmap:
             return True
-        raise util.Abort(_('splice map revision %s not found in subversion '
+        raise error.Abort(_('splice map revision %s not found in subversion '
                            'child map (revision lookups are not implemented)')
                          % rev)
diff --git a/hgext/eol.py b/hgext/eol.py
--- a/hgext/eol.py
+++ b/hgext/eol.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def _checkhook(ui, repo, node, headsonly
         for node, target, f in failed:
             msgs.append(_("  %s in %s should not have %s line endings") %
                         (f, node, eols[target]))
-        raise util.Abort(_("end-of-line check failed:\n") + "\n".join(msgs))
+        raise error.Abort(_("end-of-line check failed:\n") + "\n".join(msgs))
 
 def checkallhook(ui, repo, node, hooktype, **kwargs):
     """verify that files have expected EOLs"""
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def reposetup(ui, repo):
                     # have all non-binary files taken care of.
                     continue
                 if inconsistenteol(data):
-                    raise util.Abort(_("inconsistent newline style "
+                    raise error.Abort(_("inconsistent newline style "
                                        "in %s\n") % f)
             return super(eolrepo, self).commitctx(ctx, haserror)
     repo.__class__ = eolrepo
diff --git a/hgext/extdiff.py b/hgext/extdiff.py
--- a/hgext/extdiff.py
+++ b/hgext/extdiff.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pretty fast (at least faster than having
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.node import short, nullid
 from mercurial import cmdutil, scmutil, util, commands, encoding, filemerge
-from mercurial import archival
+from mercurial import archival, error
 import os, shlex, shutil, tempfile, re
 
 cmdtable = {}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def dodiff(ui, repo, cmdline, pats, opts
 
     if revs and change:
         msg = _('cannot specify --rev and --change at the same time')
-        raise util.Abort(msg)
+        raise error.Abort(msg)
     elif change:
         node2 = scmutil.revsingle(repo, change, None).node()
         node1a, node1b = repo.changelog.parents(node2)
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ def dodiff(ui, repo, cmdline, pats, opts
 
     if opts.get('patch'):
         if subrepos:
-            raise util.Abort(_('--patch cannot be used with --subrepos'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('--patch cannot be used with --subrepos'))
         if node2 is None:
-            raise util.Abort(_('--patch requires two revisions'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('--patch requires two revisions'))
     else:
         mod_a, add_a, rem_a = map(set, repo.status(node1a, node2, matcher,
                                                    listsubrepos=subrepos)[:3])
diff --git a/hgext/factotum.py b/hgext/factotum.py
--- a/hgext/factotum.py
+++ b/hgext/factotum.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ service entry controls the service name 
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.url import passwordmgr
-from mercurial import httpconnection, util
+from mercurial import httpconnection, error
 import os, urllib2
 
 ERRMAX = 128
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ERRMAX = 128
 
 def auth_getkey(self, params):
     if not self.ui.interactive():
-        raise util.Abort(_('factotum not interactive'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('factotum not interactive'))
     if 'user=' not in params:
         params = '%s user?' % params
     params = '%s !password?' % params
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ def auth_getuserpasswd(self, getkey, par
                         if passwd.endswith("'"):
                             passwd = passwd[1:-1].replace("''", "'")
                         else:
-                            raise util.Abort(_('malformed password string'))
+                            raise error.Abort(_('malformed password string'))
                     return (user, passwd)
         except (OSError, IOError):
-            raise util.Abort(_('factotum not responding'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('factotum not responding'))
         finally:
             os.close(fd)
         getkey(self, params)
diff --git a/hgext/fetch.py b/hgext/fetch.py
--- a/hgext/fetch.py
+++ b/hgext/fetch.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def fetch(ui, repo, source='default', **
     except error.RepoLookupError:
         branchnode = None
     if parent != branchnode:
-        raise util.Abort(_('working directory not at branch tip'),
+        raise error.Abort(_('working directory not at branch tip'),
                          hint=_('use "hg update" to check out branch tip'))
 
     wlock = lock = None
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def fetch(ui, repo, source='default', **
         bheads = repo.branchheads(branch)
         bheads = [head for head in bheads if len(repo[head].children()) == 0]
         if len(bheads) > 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('multiple heads in this branch '
+            raise error.Abort(_('multiple heads in this branch '
                                '(use "hg heads ." and "hg merge" to merge)'))
 
         other = hg.peer(repo, opts, ui.expandpath(source))
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def fetch(ui, repo, source='default', **
             except error.CapabilityError:
                 err = _("other repository doesn't support revision lookup, "
                         "so a rev cannot be specified.")
-                raise util.Abort(err)
+                raise error.Abort(err)
 
         # Are there any changes at all?
         modheads = exchange.pull(repo, other, heads=revs).cgresult
diff --git a/hgext/gpg.py b/hgext/gpg.py
--- a/hgext/gpg.py
+++ b/hgext/gpg.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 '''commands to sign and verify changesets'''
 
 import os, tempfile, binascii
-from mercurial import util, commands, match, cmdutil
+from mercurial import util, commands, match, cmdutil, error
 from mercurial import node as hgnode
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def sign(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
         nodes = [node for node in repo.dirstate.parents()
                  if node != hgnode.nullid]
         if len(nodes) > 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('uncommitted merge - please provide a '
+            raise error.Abort(_('uncommitted merge - please provide a '
                                'specific revision'))
         if not nodes:
             nodes = [repo.changelog.tip()]
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def sign(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
         data = node2txt(repo, n, sigver)
         sig = mygpg.sign(data)
         if not sig:
-            raise util.Abort(_("error while signing"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("error while signing"))
         sig = binascii.b2a_base64(sig)
         sig = sig.replace("\n", "")
         sigmessage += "%s %s %s\n" % (hexnode, sigver, sig)
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def sign(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
     if not opts["force"]:
         msigs = match.exact(repo.root, '', ['.hgsigs'])
         if any(repo.status(match=msigs, unknown=True, ignored=True)):
-            raise util.Abort(_("working copy of .hgsigs is changed "),
+            raise error.Abort(_("working copy of .hgsigs is changed "),
                              hint=_("please commit .hgsigs manually"))
 
     sigsfile = repo.wfile(".hgsigs", "ab")
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def sign(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
         repo.commit(message, opts['user'], opts['date'], match=msigs,
                     editor=editor)
     except ValueError as inst:
-        raise util.Abort(str(inst))
+        raise error.Abort(str(inst))
 
 def shortkey(ui, key):
     if len(key) != 16:
@@ -301,4 +301,4 @@ def node2txt(repo, node, ver):
     if ver == "0":
         return "%s\n" % hgnode.hex(node)
     else:
-        raise util.Abort(_("unknown signature version"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("unknown signature version"))
diff --git a/hgext/hgcia.py b/hgext/hgcia.py
--- a/hgext/hgcia.py
+++ b/hgext/hgcia.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ configure it, set the following options 
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.node import bin, short
-from mercurial import cmdutil, patch, util, mail
+from mercurial import cmdutil, patch, util, mail, error
 import email.Parser
 
 import socket, xmlrpclib
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class hgcia(object):
         srv = xmlrpclib.Server(self.ciaurl)
         res = srv.hub.deliver(msg)
         if res is not True and res != 'queued.':
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s returned an error: %s') %
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s returned an error: %s') %
                              (self.ciaurl, res))
 
     def sendemail(self, address, data):
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, 
             ui.write(msg)
         elif cia.ciaurl.startswith('mailto:'):
             if not cia.emailfrom:
-                raise util.Abort(_('email.from must be defined when '
+                raise error.Abort(_('email.from must be defined when '
                                    'sending by email'))
             cia.sendemail(cia.ciaurl[7:], msg)
         else:
diff --git a/hgext/histedit.py b/hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class histeditstate(object):
         except IOError as err:
             if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                 raise
-            raise util.Abort(_('no histedit in progress'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no histedit in progress'))
 
         try:
             data = pickle.load(fp)
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class histeditaction(object):
         try:
             node = repo[rulehash].node()
         except error.RepoError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown changeset %s listed') % rulehash[:12])
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown changeset %s listed') % rulehash[:12])
         return cls(state, node)
 
     def run(self):
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def collapse(repo, first, last, commitop
         return None
     for c in ctxs:
         if not c.mutable():
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _("cannot fold into public change %s") % node.short(c.node()))
     base = first.parents()[0]
 
@@ -664,12 +664,12 @@ def findoutgoing(ui, repo, remote=None, 
 
     outgoing = discovery.findcommonoutgoing(repo, other, revs, force=force)
     if not outgoing.missing:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no outgoing ancestors'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no outgoing ancestors'))
     roots = list(repo.revs("roots(%ln)", outgoing.missing))
     if 1 < len(roots):
         msg = _('there are ambiguous outgoing revisions')
         hint = _('see "hg help histedit" for more detail')
-        raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+        raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
     return repo.lookup(roots[0])
 
 actiontable = {'p': pick,
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ def _histedit(ui, repo, state, *freeargs
     # blanket if mq patches are applied somewhere
     mq = getattr(repo, 'mq', None)
     if mq and mq.applied:
-        raise util.Abort(_('source has mq patches applied'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('source has mq patches applied'))
 
     # basic argument incompatibility processing
     outg = opts.get('outgoing')
@@ -748,29 +748,29 @@ def _histedit(ui, repo, state, *freeargs
     revs = opts.get('rev', [])
     goal = 'new' # This invocation goal, in new, continue, abort
     if force and not outg:
-        raise util.Abort(_('--force only allowed with --outgoing'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('--force only allowed with --outgoing'))
     if cont:
         if any((outg, abort, revs, freeargs, rules, editplan)):
-            raise util.Abort(_('no arguments allowed with --continue'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no arguments allowed with --continue'))
         goal = 'continue'
     elif abort:
         if any((outg, revs, freeargs, rules, editplan)):
-            raise util.Abort(_('no arguments allowed with --abort'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no arguments allowed with --abort'))
         goal = 'abort'
     elif editplan:
         if any((outg, revs, freeargs)):
-            raise util.Abort(_('only --commands argument allowed with '
+            raise error.Abort(_('only --commands argument allowed with '
                                '--edit-plan'))
         goal = 'edit-plan'
     else:
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(repo.path, 'histedit-state')):
-            raise util.Abort(_('history edit already in progress, try '
+            raise error.Abort(_('history edit already in progress, try '
                                '--continue or --abort'))
         if outg:
             if revs:
-                raise util.Abort(_('no revisions allowed with --outgoing'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('no revisions allowed with --outgoing'))
             if len(freeargs) > 1:
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _('only one repo argument allowed with --outgoing'))
         else:
             revs.extend(freeargs)
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ def _histedit(ui, repo, state, *freeargs
                 if histeditdefault:
                     revs.append(histeditdefault)
             if len(revs) != 1:
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _('histedit requires exactly one ancestor revision'))
 
 
@@ -856,13 +856,13 @@ def _histedit(ui, repo, state, *freeargs
         else:
             rr = list(repo.set('roots(%ld)', scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)))
             if len(rr) != 1:
-                raise util.Abort(_('The specified revisions must have '
+                raise error.Abort(_('The specified revisions must have '
                     'exactly one common root'))
             root = rr[0].node()
 
         revs = between(repo, root, topmost, state.keep)
         if not revs:
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s is not an ancestor of working directory') %
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s is not an ancestor of working directory') %
                              node.short(root))
 
         ctxs = [repo[r] for r in revs]
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ def bootstrapcontinue(ui, state, opts):
             actobj.continuedirty()
             s = repo.status()
             if s.modified or s.added or s.removed or s.deleted:
-                raise util.Abort(_("working copy still dirty"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("working copy still dirty"))
 
         parentctx, replacements = actobj.continueclean()
 
@@ -977,12 +977,12 @@ def between(repo, old, new, keep):
     if ctxs and not keep:
         if (not obsolete.isenabled(repo, obsolete.allowunstableopt) and
             repo.revs('(%ld::) - (%ld)', ctxs, ctxs)):
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot edit history that would orphan nodes'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot edit history that would orphan nodes'))
         if repo.revs('(%ld) and merge()', ctxs):
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot edit history that contains merges'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot edit history that contains merges'))
         root = ctxs[0] # list is already sorted by repo.set
         if not root.mutable():
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot edit public changeset: %s') % root,
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot edit public changeset: %s') % root,
                              hint=_('see "hg help phases" for details'))
     return [c.node() for c in ctxs]
 
@@ -1033,26 +1033,26 @@ def verifyrules(rules, repo, ctxs):
     seen = set()
     for r in rules:
         if ' ' not in r:
-            raise util.Abort(_('malformed line "%s"') % r)
+            raise error.Abort(_('malformed line "%s"') % r)
         action, rest = r.split(' ', 1)
         ha = rest.strip().split(' ', 1)[0]
         try:
             ha = repo[ha].hex()
         except error.RepoError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown changeset %s listed') % ha[:12])
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown changeset %s listed') % ha[:12])
         if ha not in expected:
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _('may not use changesets other than the ones listed'))
         if ha in seen:
-            raise util.Abort(_('duplicated command for changeset %s') %
+            raise error.Abort(_('duplicated command for changeset %s') %
                     ha[:12])
         seen.add(ha)
         if action not in actiontable or action.startswith('_'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown action "%s"') % action)
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown action "%s"') % action)
         parsed.append([action, ha])
     missing = sorted(expected - seen)  # sort to stabilize output
     if missing:
-        raise util.Abort(_('missing rules for changeset %s') %
+        raise error.Abort(_('missing rules for changeset %s') %
                 missing[0][:12],
                 hint=_('do you want to use the drop action?'))
     return parsed
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ def stripwrapper(orig, ui, repo, nodelis
         strip_nodes = set([repo[n].node() for n in nodelist])
         common_nodes = histedit_nodes & strip_nodes
         if common_nodes:
-            raise util.Abort(_("histedit in progress, can't strip %s")
+            raise error.Abort(_("histedit in progress, can't strip %s")
                              % ', '.join(node.short(x) for x in common_nodes))
     return orig(ui, repo, nodelist, *args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/hgext/keyword.py b/hgext/keyword.py
--- a/hgext/keyword.py
+++ b/hgext/keyword.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ like CVS' $Log$, are not supported. A ke
 '''
 
 from mercurial import commands, context, cmdutil, dispatch, filelog, extensions
-from mercurial import localrepo, match, patch, templatefilters, util
+from mercurial import localrepo, match, patch, templatefilters, util, error
 from mercurial import scmutil, pathutil
 from mercurial.hgweb import webcommands
 from mercurial.i18n import _
@@ -348,20 +348,20 @@ def _status(ui, repo, wctx, kwt, *pats, 
         return repo.status(match=scmutil.match(wctx, pats, opts), clean=True,
                            unknown=opts.get('unknown') or opts.get('all'))
     if ui.configitems('keyword'):
-        raise util.Abort(_('[keyword] patterns cannot match'))
-    raise util.Abort(_('no [keyword] patterns configured'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('[keyword] patterns cannot match'))
+    raise error.Abort(_('no [keyword] patterns configured'))
 
 def _kwfwrite(ui, repo, expand, *pats, **opts):
     '''Selects files and passes them to kwtemplater.overwrite.'''
     wctx = repo[None]
     if len(wctx.parents()) > 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted merge'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted merge'))
     kwt = kwtools['templater']
     wlock = repo.wlock()
     try:
         status = _status(ui, repo, wctx, kwt, *pats, **opts)
         if status.modified or status.added or status.removed or status.deleted:
-            raise util.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted changes'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted changes'))
         kwt.overwrite(wctx, status.clean, True, expand)
     finally:
         wlock.release()
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/basestore.py b/hgext/largefiles/basestore.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/basestore.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/basestore.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-from mercurial import util, node, hg
+from mercurial import util, node, hg, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 import lfutil
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def _openstore(repo, remote=None, put=Fa
     try:
         storeproviders = _storeprovider[scheme]
     except KeyError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('unsupported URL scheme %r') % scheme)
+        raise error.Abort(_('unsupported URL scheme %r') % scheme)
 
     for classobj in storeproviders:
         try:
@@ -217,5 +217,5 @@ def _openstore(repo, remote=None, put=Fa
         except lfutil.storeprotonotcapable:
             pass
 
-    raise util.Abort(_('%s does not appear to be a largefile store') %
+    raise error.Abort(_('%s does not appear to be a largefile store') %
                      util.hidepassword(path))
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py b/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ def lfconvert(ui, src, dest, *pats, **op
         size = lfutil.getminsize(ui, True, opts.get('size'), default=None)
 
     if not hg.islocal(src):
-        raise util.Abort(_('%s is not a local Mercurial repo') % src)
+        raise error.Abort(_('%s is not a local Mercurial repo') % src)
     if not hg.islocal(dest):
-        raise util.Abort(_('%s is not a local Mercurial repo') % dest)
+        raise error.Abort(_('%s is not a local Mercurial repo') % dest)
 
     rsrc = hg.repository(ui, src)
     ui.status(_('initializing destination %s\n') % dest)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def lfconvert(ui, src, dest, *pats, **op
                     path = lfutil.findfile(rsrc, hash)
 
                     if path is None:
-                        raise util.Abort(_("missing largefile for \'%s\' in %s")
+                        raise error.Abort(_("missing largefile for '%s' in %s")
                                           % (realname, realrev))
                     fp = open(path, 'rb')
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def lfconvert(ui, src, dest, *pats, **op
 
             found, missing = downloadlfiles(ui, rsrc)
             if missing != 0:
-                raise util.Abort(_("all largefiles must be present locally"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("all largefiles must be present locally"))
 
             orig = convcmd.converter
             convcmd.converter = converter
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def _lfconvert_addchangeset(rsrc, rdst, 
                 islfile |= renamedlfile
                 if 'l' in fctx.flags():
                     if renamedlfile:
-                        raise util.Abort(
+                        raise error.Abort(
                             _('renamed/copied largefile %s becomes symlink')
                             % f)
                     islfile = False
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def _lfconvert_addchangeset(rsrc, rdst, 
                 if 'l' in fctx.flags():
                     renamed = fctx.renamed()
                     if renamed and renamed[0] in lfiles:
-                        raise util.Abort(_('largefile %s becomes symlink') % f)
+                        raise error.Abort(_('largefile %s becomes symlink') % f)
 
                 # largefile was modified, update standins
                 m = util.sha1('')
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def uploadlfiles(ui, rsrc, rdst, files):
                     total=len(files))
         source = lfutil.findfile(rsrc, hash)
         if not source:
-            raise util.Abort(_('largefile %s missing from store'
+            raise error.Abort(_('largefile %s missing from store'
                                ' (needs to be uploaded)') % hash)
         # XXX check for errors here
         store.put(source, hash)
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def lfpull(ui, repo, source="default", *
 
     revs = opts.get('rev', [])
     if not revs:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))
     revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)
 
     numcached = 0
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py b/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import copy
 
 from mercurial import dirstate, httpconnection, match as match_, util, scmutil
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import node
+from mercurial import node, error
 
 shortname = '.hglf'
 shortnameslash = shortname + '/'
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ def getminsize(ui, assumelfiles, opt, de
         try:
             lfsize = float(lfsize)
         except ValueError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('largefiles: size must be number (not %s)\n')
+            raise error.Abort(_('largefiles: size must be number (not %s)\n')
                              % lfsize)
     if lfsize is None:
-        raise util.Abort(_('minimum size for largefiles must be specified'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('minimum size for largefiles must be specified'))
     return lfsize
 
 def link(src, dest):
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def usercachepath(ui, hash):
                 if home:
                     path = os.path.join(home, '.cache', longname, hash)
         else:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown operating system: %s\n') % os.name)
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown operating system: %s\n') % os.name)
     return path
 
 def inusercache(ui, hash):
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import os
 import copy
 
 from mercurial import hg, util, cmdutil, scmutil, match as match_, \
-        archival, pathutil, revset
+        archival, pathutil, revset, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 import lfutil
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def decodepath(orig, path):
 
 def overrideadd(orig, ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     if opts.get('normal') and opts.get('large'):
-        raise util.Abort(_('--normal cannot be used with --large'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('--normal cannot be used with --large'))
     return orig(ui, repo, *pats, **opts)
 
 def cmdutiladd(orig, ui, repo, matcher, prefix, explicitonly, **opts):
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ def overridecopy(orig, ui, repo, pats, o
     installnormalfilesmatchfn(repo[None].manifest())
     try:
         result = orig(ui, repo, pats, opts, rename)
-    except util.Abort as e:
+    except error.Abort as e:
         if str(e) != _('no files to copy'):
             raise e
         else:
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ def overridecopy(orig, ui, repo, pats, o
 
                 lfdirstate.add(destlfile)
         lfdirstate.write()
-    except util.Abort as e:
+    except error.Abort as e:
         if str(e) != _('no files to copy'):
             raise e
         else:
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ def overridecopy(orig, ui, repo, pats, o
         wlock.release()
 
     if nolfiles and nonormalfiles:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no files to copy'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no files to copy'))
 
     return result
 
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ def pulledrevsetsymbol(repo, subset, x):
     try:
         firstpulled = repo.firstpulled
     except AttributeError:
-        raise util.Abort(_("pulled() only available in --lfrev"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("pulled() only available in --lfrev"))
     return revset.baseset([r for r in subset if r >= firstpulled])
 
 def overrideclone(orig, ui, source, dest=None, **opts):
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ def overrideclone(orig, ui, source, dest
     if d is None:
         d = hg.defaultdest(source)
     if opts.get('all_largefiles') and not hg.islocal(d):
-            raise util.Abort(_(
+            raise error.Abort(_(
             '--all-largefiles is incompatible with non-local destination %s') %
             d)
 
@@ -916,13 +916,13 @@ def overridearchive(orig, repo, dest, no
         lfcommands.cachelfiles(repo.ui, repo, node)
 
     if kind not in archival.archivers:
-        raise util.Abort(_("unknown archive type '%s'") % kind)
+        raise error.Abort(_("unknown archive type '%s'") % kind)
 
     ctx = repo[node]
 
     if kind == 'files':
         if prefix:
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _('cannot give prefix when archiving to files'))
     else:
         prefix = archival.tidyprefix(dest, kind, prefix)
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ def overridearchive(orig, repo, dest, no
                 path = lfutil.findfile(repo, getdata().strip())
 
                 if path is None:
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                        _('largefile %s not found in repo store or system cache')
                        % lfutil.splitstandin(f))
             else:
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ def hgsubrepoarchive(orig, repo, archive
                 path = lfutil.findfile(repo._repo, getdata().strip())
 
                 if path is None:
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                        _('largefile %s not found in repo store or system cache')
                        % lfutil.splitstandin(f))
             else:
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ def overridebailifchanged(orig, repo, *a
     s = repo.status()
     repo.lfstatus = False
     if s.modified or s.added or s.removed or s.deleted:
-        raise util.Abort(_('uncommitted changes'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('uncommitted changes'))
 
 def cmdutilforget(orig, ui, repo, match, prefix, explicitonly):
     normalmatcher = composenormalfilematcher(match, repo[None].manifest())
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ def overridecat(orig, ui, repo, file1, *
                 store = basestore._openstore(repo)
                 success, missing = store.get([(lf, hash)])
                 if len(success) != 1:
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _('largefile %s is not in cache and could not be '
                           'downloaded')  % lf)
             path = lfutil.usercachepath(repo.ui, hash)
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/proto.py b/hgext/largefiles/proto.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/proto.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/proto.py
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ def getlfile(repo, proto, sha):
     cache.'''
     filename = lfutil.findfile(repo, sha)
     if not filename:
-        raise util.Abort(_('requested largefile %s not present in cache') % sha)
+        raise error.Abort(_('requested largefile %s not present in cache')
+                          % sha)
     f = open(filename, 'rb')
     length = os.fstat(f.fileno())[6]
 
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py b/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import urllib2
 
-from mercurial import util, wireproto
+from mercurial import util, wireproto, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 import lfutil
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class remotestore(basestore.basestore):
 
     def put(self, source, hash):
         if self.sendfile(source, hash):
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _('remotestore: could not put %s to remote store %s')
                 % (source, util.hidepassword(self.url)))
         self.ui.debug(
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class remotestore(basestore.basestore):
             fd = lfutil.httpsendfile(self.ui, filename)
             return self._put(hash, fd)
         except IOError as e:
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _('remotestore: could not open file %s: %s')
                 % (filename, str(e)))
         finally:
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ class remotestore(basestore.basestore):
         try:
             chunks = self._get(hash)
         except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
-            # 401s get converted to util.Aborts; everything else is fine being
+            # 401s get converted to error.Aborts; everything else is fine being
             # turned into a StoreError
             raise basestore.StoreError(filename, hash, self.url, str(e))
         except urllib2.URLError as e:
             # This usually indicates a connection problem, so don't
             # keep trying with the other files... they will probably
             # all fail too.
-            raise util.Abort('%s: %s' %
+            raise error.Abort('%s: %s' %
                              (util.hidepassword(self.url), e.reason))
         except IOError as e:
             raise basestore.StoreError(filename, hash, self.url, str(e))
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/reposetup.py b/hgext/largefiles/reposetup.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/reposetup.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/reposetup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import copy
 import os
 
-from mercurial import error, match as match_, util
+from mercurial import error, match as match_, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial import scmutil, localrepo
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ def reposetup(ui, repo):
                     msg = _("required features are not"
                             " supported in the destination:"
                             " %s") % (', '.join(sorted(missing)))
-                    raise util.Abort(msg)
+                    raise error.Abort(msg)
             return super(lfilesrepo, self).push(remote, force=force, revs=revs,
                 newbranch=newbranch)
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def reposetup(ui, repo):
 
             for f in files:
                 if lfutil.isstandin(f + '/'):
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _('file "%s" is a largefile standin') % f,
                         hint=('commit the largefile itself instead'))
                 # Scan directories
diff --git a/hgext/mq.py b/hgext/mq.py
--- a/hgext/mq.py
+++ b/hgext/mq.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class queue(object):
         elif self.gitmode in ('yes', 'no'):
             diffopts.git = self.gitmode == 'yes'
         else:
-            raise util.Abort(_('mq.git option can be auto/keep/yes/no'
+            raise error.Abort(_('mq.git option can be auto/keep/yes/no'
                                ' got %s') % self.gitmode)
         if patchfn:
             diffopts = self.patchopts(diffopts, patchfn)
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ class queue(object):
             patch = patch.strip()
             if patch:
                 if patch in self.series:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('%s appears more than once in %s') %
+                    raise error.Abort(_('%s appears more than once in %s') %
                                      (patch, self.join(self.seriespath)))
                 self.series.append(patch)
                 self.seriesguards.append(self.guard_re.findall(comment))
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ class queue(object):
         for guard in guards:
             bad = self.checkguard(guard)
             if bad:
-                raise util.Abort(bad)
+                raise error.Abort(bad)
         guards = sorted(set(guards))
         self.ui.debug('active guards: %s\n' % ' '.join(guards))
         self.activeguards = guards
@@ -592,12 +592,12 @@ class queue(object):
     def setguards(self, idx, guards):
         for g in guards:
             if len(g) < 2:
-                raise util.Abort(_('guard %r too short') % g)
+                raise error.Abort(_('guard %r too short') % g)
             if g[0] not in '-+':
-                raise util.Abort(_('guard %r starts with invalid char') % g)
+                raise error.Abort(_('guard %r starts with invalid char') % g)
             bad = self.checkguard(g[1:])
             if bad:
-                raise util.Abort(bad)
+                raise error.Abort(bad)
         drop = self.guard_re.sub('', self.fullseries[idx])
         self.fullseries[idx] = drop + ''.join([' #' + g for g in guards])
         self.parseseries()
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ class queue(object):
             return (err, n)
 
         if n is None:
-            raise util.Abort(_("apply failed for patch %s") % patch)
+            raise error.Abort(_("apply failed for patch %s") % patch)
 
         self.ui.warn(_("patch didn't work out, merging %s\n") % patch)
 
@@ -719,14 +719,14 @@ class queue(object):
         ctx = repo[rev]
         ret = hg.merge(repo, rev)
         if ret:
-            raise util.Abort(_("update returned %d") % ret)
+            raise error.Abort(_("update returned %d") % ret)
         n = newcommit(repo, None, ctx.description(), ctx.user(), force=True)
         if n is None:
-            raise util.Abort(_("repo commit failed"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("repo commit failed"))
         try:
             ph = patchheader(mergeq.join(patch), self.plainmode)
         except Exception:
-            raise util.Abort(_("unable to read %s") % patch)
+            raise error.Abort(_("unable to read %s") % patch)
 
         diffopts = self.patchopts(diffopts, patch)
         patchf = self.opener(patch, "w")
@@ -931,9 +931,9 @@ class queue(object):
             n = newcommit(repo, None, message, ph.user, ph.date, match=match,
                           force=True)
             if repo['tip'] == oldtip:
-                raise util.Abort(_("qpush exactly duplicates child changeset"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("qpush exactly duplicates child changeset"))
             if n is None:
-                raise util.Abort(_("repository commit failed"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("repository commit failed"))
 
             if update_status:
                 self.applied.append(statusentry(n, patchname))
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ class queue(object):
                     self.ui.warn(msg % (short(rev[p]), p))
             else:
                 msg = _('unknown patches: %s\n')
-                raise util.Abort(''.join(msg % p for p in unknown))
+                raise error.Abort(''.join(msg % p for p in unknown))
 
         self.parseseries()
         self.seriesdirty = True
@@ -997,13 +997,13 @@ class queue(object):
         for i, rev in enumerate(revs):
 
             if rev < firstrev:
-                raise util.Abort(_('revision %d is not managed') % rev)
+                raise error.Abort(_('revision %d is not managed') % rev)
 
             ctx = repo[rev]
             base = self.applied[i].node
             if ctx.node() != base:
                 msg = _('cannot delete revision %d above applied patches')
-                raise util.Abort(msg % rev)
+                raise error.Abort(msg % rev)
 
             patch = self.applied[i].name
             for fmt in ('[mq]: %s', 'imported patch %s'):
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ class queue(object):
 
     def delete(self, repo, patches, opts):
         if not patches and not opts.get('rev'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('qdelete requires at least one revision or '
+            raise error.Abort(_('qdelete requires at least one revision or '
                                'patch name'))
 
         realpatches = []
@@ -1043,16 +1043,16 @@ class queue(object):
             patch = self.lookup(patch, strict=True)
             info = self.isapplied(patch)
             if info:
-                raise util.Abort(_("cannot delete applied patch %s") % patch)
+                raise error.Abort(_("cannot delete applied patch %s") % patch)
             if patch not in self.series:
-                raise util.Abort(_("patch %s not in series file") % patch)
+                raise error.Abort(_("patch %s not in series file") % patch)
             if patch not in realpatches:
                 realpatches.append(patch)
 
         numrevs = 0
         if opts.get('rev'):
             if not self.applied:
-                raise util.Abort(_('no patches applied'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('no patches applied'))
             revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, opts.get('rev'))
             revs.sort()
             revpatches = self._revpatches(repo, revs)
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ class queue(object):
             top = self.applied[-1].node
             patch = self.applied[-1].name
             if repo.dirstate.p1() != top:
-                raise util.Abort(_("working directory revision is not qtip"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("working directory revision is not qtip"))
             return top, patch
         return None, None
 
@@ -1095,29 +1095,29 @@ class queue(object):
     _reserved = ('series', 'status', 'guards', '.', '..')
     def checkreservedname(self, name):
         if name in self._reserved:
-            raise util.Abort(_('"%s" cannot be used as the name of a patch')
+            raise error.Abort(_('"%s" cannot be used as the name of a patch')
                              % name)
         for prefix in ('.hg', '.mq'):
             if name.startswith(prefix):
-                raise util.Abort(_('patch name cannot begin with "%s"')
+                raise error.Abort(_('patch name cannot begin with "%s"')
                                  % prefix)
         for c in ('#', ':', '\r', '\n'):
             if c in name:
-                raise util.Abort(_('%r cannot be used in the name of a patch')
+                raise error.Abort(_('%r cannot be used in the name of a patch')
                                  % c)
 
     def checkpatchname(self, name, force=False):
         self.checkreservedname(name)
         if not force and os.path.exists(self.join(name)):
             if os.path.isdir(self.join(name)):
-                raise util.Abort(_('"%s" already exists as a directory')
+                raise error.Abort(_('"%s" already exists as a directory')
                                  % name)
             else:
-                raise util.Abort(_('patch "%s" already exists') % name)
+                raise error.Abort(_('patch "%s" already exists') % name)
 
     def checkkeepchanges(self, keepchanges, force):
         if force and keepchanges:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot use both --force and --keep-changes'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot use both --force and --keep-changes'))
 
     def new(self, repo, patchfn, *pats, **opts):
         """options:
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ class queue(object):
             # detect missing files in pats
             def badfn(f, msg):
                 if f != '.hgsubstate': # .hgsubstate is auto-created
-                    raise util.Abort('%s: %s' % (f, msg))
+                    raise error.Abort('%s: %s' % (f, msg))
             match = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts, badfn=badfn)
             changes = repo.status(match=match)
         else:
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ class queue(object):
             commitfiles.extend(files)
         match = scmutil.matchfiles(repo, commitfiles)
         if len(repo[None].parents()) > 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot manage merge changesets'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot manage merge changesets'))
         self.checktoppatch(repo)
         insert = self.fullseriesend()
         wlock = repo.wlock()
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ class queue(object):
                 # if patch file write fails, abort early
                 p = self.opener(patchfn, "w")
             except IOError as e:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot write patch "%s": %s')
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot write patch "%s": %s')
                                  % (patchfn, e.strerror))
             try:
                 defaultmsg = "[mq]: %s" % patchfn
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ class queue(object):
                 n = newcommit(repo, None, commitmsg, user, date, match=match,
                               force=True, editor=editor)
                 if n is None:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("repo commit failed"))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("repo commit failed"))
                 try:
                     self.fullseries[insert:insert] = [patchfn]
                     self.applied.append(statusentry(n, patchfn))
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ class queue(object):
                         else:
                             if i + off < len(self.series):
                                 return self.series[i + off]
-        raise util.Abort(_("patch %s not in series") % patch)
+        raise error.Abort(_("patch %s not in series") % patch)
 
     def push(self, repo, patch=None, force=False, list=False, mergeq=None,
              all=False, move=False, exact=False, nobackup=False,
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ class queue(object):
                 pushable, reason = self.pushable(patch)
                 if pushable:
                     if self.series.index(patch) < self.seriesend():
-                        raise util.Abort(
+                        raise error.Abort(
                             _("cannot push to a previous patch: %s") % patch)
                 else:
                     if reason:
@@ -1364,25 +1364,25 @@ class queue(object):
 
             if exact:
                 if keepchanges:
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _("cannot use --exact and --keep-changes together"))
                 if move:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --exact and --move '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('cannot use --exact and --move '
                                        'together'))
                 if self.applied:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('cannot push --exact with applied '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('cannot push --exact with applied '
                                        'patches'))
                 root = self.series[start]
                 target = patchheader(self.join(root), self.plainmode).parent
                 if not target:
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _("%s does not have a parent recorded") % root)
                 if not repo[target] == repo['.']:
                     hg.update(repo, target)
 
             if move:
                 if not patch:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("please specify the patch to move"))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("please specify the patch to move"))
                 for fullstart, rpn in enumerate(self.fullseries):
                     # strip markers for patch guards
                     if self.guard_re.split(rpn, 1)[0] == self.series[start]:
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ class queue(object):
                     patch = self.lookup(patch)
                 info = self.isapplied(patch)
                 if not info:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("patch %s is not applied") % patch)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("patch %s is not applied") % patch)
 
             if not self.applied:
                 # Allow qpop -a to work repeatedly,
@@ -1517,13 +1517,13 @@ class queue(object):
                 heads = repo.changelog.heads(rev)
             except error.LookupError:
                 node = short(rev)
-                raise util.Abort(_('trying to pop unknown node %s') % node)
+                raise error.Abort(_('trying to pop unknown node %s') % node)
 
             if heads != [self.applied[-1].node]:
-                raise util.Abort(_("popping would remove a revision not "
+                raise error.Abort(_("popping would remove a revision not "
                                    "managed by this patch queue"))
             if not repo[self.applied[-1].node].mutable():
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _("popping would remove a public revision"),
                     hint=_('see "hg help phases" for details'))
 
@@ -1534,11 +1534,11 @@ class queue(object):
                 ctx = repo[qp]
                 m, a, r, d = repo.status(qp, '.')[:4]
                 if d:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("deletions found between repo revs"))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("deletions found between repo revs"))
 
                 tobackup = set(a + m + r) & tobackup
                 if keepchanges and tobackup:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("local changes found, refresh first"))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("local changes found, refresh first"))
                 self.backup(repo, tobackup)
                 repo.dirstate.beginparentchange()
                 for f in a:
@@ -1593,9 +1593,9 @@ class queue(object):
             self.checktoppatch(repo)
             (top, patchfn) = (self.applied[-1].node, self.applied[-1].name)
             if repo.changelog.heads(top) != [top]:
-                raise util.Abort(_("cannot refresh a revision with children"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("cannot refresh a revision with children"))
             if not repo[top].mutable():
-                raise util.Abort(_("cannot refresh public revision"),
+                raise error.Abort(_("cannot refresh public revision"),
                                  hint=_('see "hg help phases" for details'))
 
             cparents = repo.changelog.parents(top)
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ class queue(object):
 
     def init(self, repo, create=False):
         if not create and os.path.isdir(self.path):
-            raise util.Abort(_("patch queue directory already exists"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("patch queue directory already exists"))
         try:
             os.mkdir(self.path)
         except OSError as inst:
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ class queue(object):
 
     def unapplied(self, repo, patch=None):
         if patch and patch not in self.series:
-            raise util.Abort(_("patch %s is not in series file") % patch)
+            raise error.Abort(_("patch %s is not in series file") % patch)
         if not patch:
             start = self.seriesend()
         else:
@@ -2031,19 +2031,19 @@ class queue(object):
                 force=None, git=False):
         def checkseries(patchname):
             if patchname in self.series:
-                raise util.Abort(_('patch %s is already in the series file')
+                raise error.Abort(_('patch %s is already in the series file')
                                  % patchname)
 
         if rev:
             if files:
-                raise util.Abort(_('option "-r" not valid when importing '
+                raise error.Abort(_('option "-r" not valid when importing '
                                    'files'))
             rev = scmutil.revrange(repo, rev)
             rev.sort(reverse=True)
         elif not files:
-            raise util.Abort(_('no files or revisions specified'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no files or revisions specified'))
         if (len(files) > 1 or len(rev) > 1) and patchname:
-            raise util.Abort(_('option "-n" not valid when importing multiple '
+            raise error.Abort(_('option "-n" not valid when importing multiple '
                                'patches'))
         imported = []
         if rev:
@@ -2052,21 +2052,21 @@ class queue(object):
             # Otherwise, they should form a linear path to a head.
             heads = repo.changelog.heads(repo.changelog.node(rev.first()))
             if len(heads) > 1:
-                raise util.Abort(_('revision %d is the root of more than one '
+                raise error.Abort(_('revision %d is the root of more than one '
                                    'branch') % rev.last())
             if self.applied:
                 base = repo.changelog.node(rev.first())
                 if base in [n.node for n in self.applied]:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('revision %d is already managed')
+                    raise error.Abort(_('revision %d is already managed')
                                      % rev.first())
                 if heads != [self.applied[-1].node]:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('revision %d is not the parent of '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('revision %d is not the parent of '
                                        'the queue') % rev.first())
                 base = repo.changelog.rev(self.applied[0].node)
                 lastparent = repo.changelog.parentrevs(base)[0]
             else:
                 if heads != [repo.changelog.node(rev.first())]:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('revision %d has unmanaged children')
+                    raise error.Abort(_('revision %d has unmanaged children')
                                      % rev.first())
                 lastparent = None
 
@@ -2075,16 +2075,16 @@ class queue(object):
             try:
                 for r in rev:
                     if not repo[r].mutable():
-                        raise util.Abort(_('revision %d is not mutable') % r,
+                        raise error.Abort(_('revision %d is not mutable') % r,
                                          hint=_('see "hg help phases" '
                                                 'for details'))
                     p1, p2 = repo.changelog.parentrevs(r)
                     n = repo.changelog.node(r)
                     if p2 != nullrev:
-                        raise util.Abort(_('cannot import merge revision %d')
+                        raise error.Abort(_('cannot import merge revision %d')
                                          % r)
                     if lastparent and lastparent != r:
-                        raise util.Abort(_('revision %d is not the parent of '
+                        raise error.Abort(_('revision %d is not the parent of '
                                            '%d')
                                          % (r, lastparent))
                     lastparent = p1
@@ -2118,13 +2118,14 @@ class queue(object):
         for i, filename in enumerate(files):
             if existing:
                 if filename == '-':
-                    raise util.Abort(_('-e is incompatible with import from -'))
+                    raise error.Abort(_('-e is incompatible with import from -')
+                                     )
                 filename = normname(filename)
                 self.checkreservedname(filename)
                 if util.url(filename).islocal():
                     originpath = self.join(filename)
                     if not os.path.isfile(originpath):
-                        raise util.Abort(
+                        raise error.Abort(
                             _("patch %s does not exist") % filename)
 
                 if patchname:
@@ -2138,7 +2139,7 @@ class queue(object):
 
             else:
                 if filename == '-' and not patchname:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('need --name to import a patch from -'))
+                    raise error.Abort(_('need --name to import a patch from -'))
                 elif not patchname:
                     patchname = normname(os.path.basename(filename.rstrip('/')))
                 self.checkpatchname(patchname, force)
@@ -2150,7 +2151,7 @@ class queue(object):
                         text = fp.read()
                         fp.close()
                 except (OSError, IOError):
-                    raise util.Abort(_("unable to read file %s") % filename)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("unable to read file %s") % filename)
                 patchf = self.opener(patchname, "w")
                 patchf.write(text)
                 patchf.close()
@@ -2209,7 +2210,7 @@ def applied(ui, repo, patch=None, **opts
 
     if patch:
         if patch not in q.series:
-            raise util.Abort(_("patch %s is not in series file") % patch)
+            raise error.Abort(_("patch %s is not in series file") % patch)
         end = q.series.index(patch) + 1
     else:
         end = q.seriesend(True)
@@ -2241,7 +2242,7 @@ def unapplied(ui, repo, patch=None, **op
     q = repo.mq
     if patch:
         if patch not in q.series:
-            raise util.Abort(_("patch %s is not in series file") % patch)
+            raise error.Abort(_("patch %s is not in series file") % patch)
         start = q.series.index(patch) + 1
     else:
         start = q.seriesend(True)
@@ -2408,7 +2409,7 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, **opts)
     try:
         hg.peer(ui, opts, patchespath)
     except error.RepoError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('versioned patch repository not found'
+        raise error.Abort(_('versioned patch repository not found'
                            ' (see init --mq)'))
     qbase, destrev = None, None
     if sr.local():
@@ -2458,7 +2459,7 @@ def commit(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     q = repo.mq
     r = q.qrepo()
     if not r:
-        raise util.Abort('no queue repository')
+        raise error.Abort('no queue repository')
     commands.commit(r.ui, r, *pats, **opts)
 
 @command("qseries",
@@ -2663,9 +2664,9 @@ def fold(ui, repo, *files, **opts):
     Returns 0 on success."""
     q = repo.mq
     if not files:
-        raise util.Abort(_('qfold requires at least one patch name'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('qfold requires at least one patch name'))
     if not q.checktoppatch(repo)[0]:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no patches applied'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no patches applied'))
     q.checklocalchanges(repo)
 
     message = cmdutil.logmessage(ui, opts)
@@ -2678,7 +2679,7 @@ def fold(ui, repo, *files, **opts):
         if p in patches or p == parent:
             ui.warn(_('skipping already folded patch %s\n') % p)
         if q.isapplied(p):
-            raise util.Abort(_('qfold cannot fold already applied patch %s')
+            raise error.Abort(_('qfold cannot fold already applied patch %s')
                              % p)
         patches.append(p)
 
@@ -2690,7 +2691,7 @@ def fold(ui, repo, *files, **opts):
         pf = q.join(p)
         (patchsuccess, files, fuzz) = q.patch(repo, pf)
         if not patchsuccess:
-            raise util.Abort(_('error folding patch %s') % p)
+            raise error.Abort(_('error folding patch %s') % p)
 
     if not message:
         ph = patchheader(q.join(parent), q.plainmode)
@@ -2789,23 +2790,23 @@ def guard(ui, repo, *args, **opts):
     args = list(args)
     if opts.get('list'):
         if args or opts.get('none'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot mix -l/--list with options or '
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot mix -l/--list with options or '
                                'arguments'))
         for i in xrange(len(q.series)):
             status(i)
         return
     if not args or args[0][0:1] in '-+':
         if not q.applied:
-            raise util.Abort(_('no patches applied'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no patches applied'))
         patch = q.applied[-1].name
     if patch is None and args[0][0:1] not in '-+':
         patch = args.pop(0)
     if patch is None:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no patch to work with'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no patch to work with'))
     if args or opts.get('none'):
         idx = q.findseries(patch)
         if idx is None:
-            raise util.Abort(_('no patch named %s') % patch)
+            raise error.Abort(_('no patch named %s') % patch)
         q.setguards(idx, args)
         q.savedirty()
     else:
@@ -3031,10 +3032,10 @@ def save(ui, repo, **opts):
             newpath = os.path.join(q.basepath, opts.get('name'))
             if os.path.exists(newpath):
                 if not os.path.isdir(newpath):
-                    raise util.Abort(_('destination %s exists and is not '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('destination %s exists and is not '
                                        'a directory') % newpath)
                 if not opts.get('force'):
-                    raise util.Abort(_('destination %s exists, '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('destination %s exists, '
                                        'use -f to force') % newpath)
         else:
             newpath = savename(path)
@@ -3178,7 +3179,7 @@ def finish(ui, repo, *revrange, **opts):
     Returns 0 on success.
     """
     if not opts.get('applied') and not revrange:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))
     elif opts.get('applied'):
         revrange = ('qbase::qtip',) + revrange
 
@@ -3267,7 +3268,7 @@ def qqueue(ui, repo, name=None, **opts):
 
     def _setactive(name):
         if q.applied:
-            raise util.Abort(_('new queue created, but cannot make active '
+            raise error.Abort(_('new queue created, but cannot make active '
                                'as patches are applied'))
         _setactivenocheck(name)
 
@@ -3296,12 +3297,12 @@ def qqueue(ui, repo, name=None, **opts):
 
     def _delete(name):
         if name not in existing:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot delete queue that does not exist'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot delete queue that does not exist'))
 
         current = _getcurrent()
 
         if name == current:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot delete currently active queue'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot delete currently active queue'))
 
         fh = repo.vfs('patches.queues.new', 'w')
         for queue in existing:
@@ -3325,14 +3326,14 @@ def qqueue(ui, repo, name=None, **opts):
         return
 
     if not _validname(name):
-        raise util.Abort(
+        raise error.Abort(
                 _('invalid queue name, may not contain the characters ":\\/."'))
 
     existing = _getqueues()
 
     if opts.get('create'):
         if name in existing:
-            raise util.Abort(_('queue "%s" already exists') % name)
+            raise error.Abort(_('queue "%s" already exists') % name)
         if _noqueues():
             _addqueue(_defaultqueue)
         _addqueue(name)
@@ -3340,15 +3341,16 @@ def qqueue(ui, repo, name=None, **opts):
     elif opts.get('rename'):
         current = _getcurrent()
         if name == current:
-            raise util.Abort(_('can\'t rename "%s" to its current name') % name)
+            raise error.Abort(_('can\'t rename "%s" to its current name')
+                              % name)
         if name in existing:
-            raise util.Abort(_('queue "%s" already exists') % name)
+            raise error.Abort(_('queue "%s" already exists') % name)
 
         olddir = _queuedir(current)
         newdir = _queuedir(name)
 
         if os.path.exists(newdir):
-            raise util.Abort(_('non-queue directory "%s" already exists') %
+            raise error.Abort(_('non-queue directory "%s" already exists') %
                     newdir)
 
         fh = repo.vfs('patches.queues.new', 'w')
@@ -3372,7 +3374,7 @@ def qqueue(ui, repo, name=None, **opts):
             shutil.rmtree(qdir)
     else:
         if name not in existing:
-            raise util.Abort(_('use --create to create a new queue'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('use --create to create a new queue'))
         _setactive(name)
 
 def mqphasedefaults(repo, roots):
@@ -3403,7 +3405,7 @@ def reposetup(ui, repo):
                 parents = self.dirstate.parents()
                 patches = [s.node for s in self.mq.applied]
                 if parents[0] in patches or parents[1] in patches:
-                    raise util.Abort(errmsg)
+                    raise error.Abort(errmsg)
 
         def commit(self, text="", user=None, date=None, match=None,
                    force=False, editor=False, extra={}):
@@ -3430,7 +3432,7 @@ def reposetup(ui, repo):
                 # looking for pushed and shared changeset
                 for node in outapplied:
                     if self[node].phase() < phases.secret:
-                        raise util.Abort(_('source has mq patches applied'))
+                        raise error.Abort(_('source has mq patches applied'))
                 # no non-secret patches pushed
             super(mqrepo, self).checkpush(pushop)
 
@@ -3492,12 +3494,12 @@ def mqinit(orig, ui, *args, **kwargs):
     if args:
         repopath = args[0]
         if not hg.islocal(repopath):
-            raise util.Abort(_('only a local queue repository '
+            raise error.Abort(_('only a local queue repository '
                                'may be initialized'))
     else:
         repopath = cmdutil.findrepo(os.getcwd())
         if not repopath:
-            raise util.Abort(_('there is no Mercurial repository here '
+            raise error.Abort(_('there is no Mercurial repository here '
                                '(.hg not found)'))
     repo = hg.repository(ui, repopath)
     return qinit(ui, repo, True)
@@ -3514,7 +3516,7 @@ def mqcommand(orig, ui, repo, *args, **k
     q = repo.mq
     r = q.qrepo()
     if not r:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no queue repository'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no queue repository'))
     return orig(r.ui, r, *args, **kwargs)
 
 def summaryhook(ui, repo):
diff --git a/hgext/notify.py b/hgext/notify.py
--- a/hgext/notify.py
+++ b/hgext/notify.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ web.baseurl
 
 import email, socket, time
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import patch, cmdutil, util, mail
+from mercurial import patch, cmdutil, util, mail, error
 import fnmatch
 
 # Note for extension authors: ONLY specify testedwith = 'internal' for
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class notifier(object):
         try:
             msg = p.parsestr(data)
         except email.Errors.MessageParseError as inst:
-            raise util.Abort(inst)
+            raise error.Abort(inst)
 
         # store sender and subject
         sender, subject = msg['From'], msg['Subject']
diff --git a/hgext/patchbomb.py b/hgext/patchbomb.py
--- a/hgext/patchbomb.py
+++ b/hgext/patchbomb.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ You can set patchbomb to always ask for 
 import os, errno, socket, tempfile, cStringIO
 import email
 
-from mercurial import cmdutil, commands, hg, mail, patch, util
+from mercurial import cmdutil, commands, hg, mail, patch, util, error
 from mercurial import scmutil
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.node import bin
@@ -501,15 +501,15 @@ def patchbomb(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
         mail.validateconfig(ui)
 
     if not (revs or rev or outgoing or bundle or patches):
-        raise util.Abort(_('specify at least one changeset with -r or -o'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('specify at least one changeset with -r or -o'))
 
     if outgoing and bundle:
-        raise util.Abort(_("--outgoing mode always on with --bundle;"
+        raise error.Abort(_("--outgoing mode always on with --bundle;"
                            " do not re-specify --outgoing"))
 
     if outgoing or bundle:
         if len(revs) > 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_("too many destinations"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("too many destinations"))
         if revs:
             dest = revs[0]
         else:
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ def patchbomb(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
 
     if rev:
         if revs:
-            raise util.Abort(_('use only one form to specify the revision'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('use only one form to specify the revision'))
         revs = rev
 
     revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ def patchbomb(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
     to = getaddrs('To', ask=True)
     if not to:
         # we can get here in non-interactive mode
-        raise util.Abort(_('no recipient addresses provided'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no recipient addresses provided'))
     cc = getaddrs('Cc', ask=True, default='') or []
     bcc = getaddrs('Bcc') or []
     replyto = getaddrs('Reply-To')
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ def patchbomb(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
         ui.write('\n')
         if ui.promptchoice(_('are you sure you want to send (yn)?'
                              '$$ &Yes $$ &No')):
-            raise util.Abort(_('patchbomb canceled'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('patchbomb canceled'))
 
     ui.write('\n')
 
diff --git a/hgext/purge.py b/hgext/purge.py
--- a/hgext/purge.py
+++ b/hgext/purge.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 '''command to delete untracked files from the working directory'''
 
-from mercurial import util, commands, cmdutil, scmutil
+from mercurial import util, commands, cmdutil, scmutil, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 import os
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def purge(ui, repo, *dirs, **opts):
             except OSError:
                 m = _('%s cannot be removed') % name
                 if opts['abort_on_err']:
-                    raise util.Abort(m)
+                    raise error.Abort(m)
                 ui.warn(_('warning: %s\n') % m)
         else:
             ui.write('%s%s' % (name, eol))
diff --git a/hgext/rebase.py b/hgext/rebase.py
--- a/hgext/rebase.py
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py
@@ -225,20 +225,20 @@ def rebase(ui, repo, **opts):
             help = "hg%s help -e histedit" % enablehistedit
             msg = _("interactive history editing is supported by the "
                     "'histedit' extension (see \"%s\")") % help
-            raise util.Abort(msg)
+            raise error.Abort(msg)
 
         if collapsemsg and not collapsef:
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _('message can only be specified with collapse'))
 
         if contf or abortf:
             if contf and abortf:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot use both abort and continue'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot use both abort and continue'))
             if collapsef:
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _('cannot use collapse with continue or abort'))
             if srcf or basef or destf:
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _('abort and continue do not allow specifying revisions'))
             if abortf and opts.get('tool', False):
                 ui.warn(_('tool option will be ignored\n'))
@@ -255,19 +255,19 @@ def rebase(ui, repo, **opts):
                 else:
                     msg = _('cannot continue inconsistent rebase')
                     hint = _('use "hg rebase --abort" to clear broken state')
-                    raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+                    raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
             if abortf:
                 return abort(repo, originalwd, target, state,
                              activebookmark=activebookmark)
         else:
             if srcf and basef:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot specify both a '
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot specify both a '
                                    'source and a base'))
             if revf and basef:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot specify both a '
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot specify both a '
                                    'revision and a base'))
             if revf and srcf:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot specify both a '
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot specify both a '
                                    'revision and a source'))
 
             cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def rebase(ui, repo, **opts):
             if (not (keepf or allowunstable)
                   and repo.revs('first(children(%ld) - %ld)',
                                 rebaseset, rebaseset)):
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _("can't remove original changesets with"
                       " unrebased descendants"),
                     hint=_('use --keep to keep original changesets'))
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ def rebase(ui, repo, **opts):
 
             root = min(rebaseset)
             if not keepf and not repo[root].mutable():
-                raise util.Abort(_("can't rebase public changeset %s")
+                raise error.Abort(_("can't rebase public changeset %s")
                                  % repo[root],
                                  hint=_('see "hg help phases" for details'))
 
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def rebase(ui, repo, **opts):
                 for rev in state:
                     branches.add(repo[rev].branch())
                     if len(branches) > 1:
-                        raise util.Abort(_('cannot collapse multiple named '
+                        raise error.Abort(_('cannot collapse multiple named '
                             'branches'))
 
         # Rebase
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ def externalparent(repo, state, targetan
         return nullrev
     if len(parents) == 1:
         return parents.pop()
-    raise util.Abort(_('unable to collapse on top of %s, there is more '
+    raise error.Abort(_('unable to collapse on top of %s, there is more '
                        'than one external parent: %s') %
                      (max(targetancestors),
                       ', '.join(str(p) for p in sorted(parents))))
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ def defineparents(repo, rev, target, sta
                 p2 = state[p2n]
         else: # p2n external
             if p2 != nullrev: # p1n external too => rev is a merged revision
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot use revision %d as base, result '
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot use revision %d as base, result '
                         'would have 3 parents') % rev)
             p2 = p2n
     repo.ui.debug(" future parents are %d and %d\n" %
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ def restorestatus(repo):
                     state[repo[oldrev].rev()] = repo[newrev].rev()
 
         if keepbranches is None:
-            raise util.Abort(_('.hg/rebasestate is incomplete'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('.hg/rebasestate is incomplete'))
 
         skipped = set()
         # recompute the set of skipped revs
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ def restorestatus(repo):
     except IOError as err:
         if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
             raise
-        raise util.Abort(_('no rebase in progress'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no rebase in progress'))
 
 def needupdate(repo, state):
     '''check whether we should `update --clean` away from a merge, or if
@@ -959,18 +959,18 @@ def buildstate(repo, dest, rebaseset, co
     # a partially completed rebase is blocked by mq.
     if 'qtip' in repo.tags() and (dest.node() in
                             [s.node for s in repo.mq.applied]):
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot rebase onto an applied mq patch'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot rebase onto an applied mq patch'))
 
     roots = list(repo.set('roots(%ld)', rebaseset))
     if not roots:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no matching revisions'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no matching revisions'))
     roots.sort()
     state = {}
     detachset = set()
     for root in roots:
         commonbase = root.ancestor(dest)
         if commonbase == root:
-            raise util.Abort(_('source is ancestor of destination'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('source is ancestor of destination'))
         if commonbase == dest:
             samebranch = root.branch() == dest.branch()
             if not collapse and samebranch and root in dest.children():
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ def pullrebase(orig, ui, repo, *args, **
             release(lock, wlock)
     else:
         if opts.get('tool'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('--tool can only be used with --rebase'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('--tool can only be used with --rebase'))
         orig(ui, repo, *args, **opts)
 
 def _setrebasesetvisibility(repo, revs):
diff --git a/hgext/record.py b/hgext/record.py
--- a/hgext/record.py
+++ b/hgext/record.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial import cmdutil, commands, extensions
-from mercurial import util
+from mercurial import error
 
 cmdtable = {}
 command = cmdutil.command(cmdtable)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def record(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     This command is not available when committing a merge.'''
 
     if not ui.interactive():
-        raise util.Abort(_('running non-interactively, use %s instead') %
+        raise error.Abort(_('running non-interactively, use %s instead') %
                          'commit')
 
     opts["interactive"] = True
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def _qrecord(cmdsuggest, ui, repo, patch
     try:
         mq = extensions.find('mq')
     except KeyError:
-        raise util.Abort(_("'mq' extension not loaded"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("'mq' extension not loaded"))
 
     repo.mq.checkpatchname(patch)
 
diff --git a/hgext/relink.py b/hgext/relink.py
--- a/hgext/relink.py
+++ b/hgext/relink.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 """recreates hardlinks between repository clones"""
 
-from mercurial import cmdutil, hg, util
+from mercurial import cmdutil, hg, util, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 import os, stat
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def relink(ui, repo, origin=None, **opts
     """
     if (not util.safehasattr(util, 'samefile') or
         not util.safehasattr(util, 'samedevice')):
-        raise util.Abort(_('hardlinks are not supported on this system'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('hardlinks are not supported on this system'))
     src = hg.repository(repo.baseui, ui.expandpath(origin or 'default-relink',
                                           origin or 'default'))
     ui.status(_('relinking %s to %s\n') % (src.store.path, repo.store.path))
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def relink(ui, repo, origin=None, **opts
 
     if not util.samedevice(src.store.path, repo.store.path):
         # No point in continuing
-        raise util.Abort(_('source and destination are on different devices'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('source and destination are on different devices'))
 
     locallock = repo.lock()
     try:
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def prune(candidates, src, dst, ui):
             return False
         if not util.samedevice(src, dst):
             # No point in continuing
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _('source and destination are on different devices'))
         if st.st_size != ts.st_size:
             return False
diff --git a/hgext/schemes.py b/hgext/schemes.py
--- a/hgext/schemes.py
+++ b/hgext/schemes.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ same name.
 """
 
 import os, re
-from mercurial import extensions, hg, templater, util
+from mercurial import extensions, hg, templater, util, error
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
 # Note for extension authors: ONLY specify testedwith = 'internal' for
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ShortRepository(object):
         try:
             url = url.split('://', 1)[1]
         except IndexError:
-            raise util.Abort(_("no '://' in scheme url '%s'") % url)
+            raise error.Abort(_("no '://' in scheme url '%s'") % url)
         parts = url.split('/', self.parts)
         if len(parts) > self.parts:
             tail = parts[-1]
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def extsetup(ui):
     for scheme, url in schemes.items():
         if (os.name == 'nt' and len(scheme) == 1 and scheme.isalpha()
             and os.path.exists('%s:\\' % scheme)):
-            raise util.Abort(_('custom scheme %s:// conflicts with drive '
+            raise error.Abort(_('custom scheme %s:// conflicts with drive '
                                'letter %s:\\\n') % (scheme, scheme.upper()))
         hg.schemes[scheme] = ShortRepository(url, scheme, t)
 
diff --git a/hgext/share.py b/hgext/share.py
--- a/hgext/share.py
+++ b/hgext/share.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The following ``share.`` config options 
 '''
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import cmdutil, commands, hg, util, extensions, bookmarks
+from mercurial import cmdutil, commands, hg, util, extensions, bookmarks, error
 from mercurial.hg import repository, parseurl
 import errno
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def unshare(ui, repo):
     """
 
     if not repo.shared():
-        raise util.Abort(_("this is not a shared repo"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("this is not a shared repo"))
 
     destlock = lock = None
     lock = repo.lock()
diff --git a/hgext/shelve.py b/hgext/shelve.py
--- a/hgext/shelve.py
+++ b/hgext/shelve.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class shelvedfile(object):
         except IOError as err:
             if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                 raise
-            raise util.Abort(_("shelved change '%s' not found") % self.name)
+            raise error.Abort(_("shelved change '%s' not found") % self.name)
 
     def applybundle(self):
         fp = self.opener()
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class shelvedstate(object):
             version = int(fp.readline().strip())
 
             if version != cls._version:
-                raise util.Abort(_('this version of shelve is incompatible '
+                raise error.Abort(_('this version of shelve is incompatible '
                                    'with the version used in this repo'))
             name = fp.readline().strip()
             wctx = fp.readline().strip()
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def createcmd(ui, repo, pats, opts):
     wctx = repo[None]
     parents = wctx.parents()
     if len(parents) > 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot shelve while merging'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot shelve while merging'))
     parent = parents[0]
 
     # we never need the user, so we use a generic user for all shelve operations
@@ -290,22 +290,22 @@ def createcmd(ui, repo, pats, opts):
 
         if name:
             if shelvedfile(repo, name, 'hg').exists():
-                raise util.Abort(_("a shelved change named '%s' already exists")
-                                 % name)
+                raise error.Abort(_("a shelved change named '%s' already exists"
+                                   ) % name)
         else:
             for n in gennames():
                 if not shelvedfile(repo, n, 'hg').exists():
                     name = n
                     break
             else:
-                raise util.Abort(_("too many shelved changes named '%s'") %
+                raise error.Abort(_("too many shelved changes named '%s'") %
                                  label)
 
         # ensure we are not creating a subdirectory or a hidden file
         if '/' in name or '\\' in name:
-            raise util.Abort(_('shelved change names may not contain slashes'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('shelved change names may not contain slashes'))
         if name.startswith('.'):
-            raise util.Abort(_("shelved change names may not start with '.'"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("shelved change names may not start with '.'"))
         interactive = opts.get('interactive', False)
 
         def interactivecommitfunc(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def cleanupcmd(ui, repo):
 def deletecmd(ui, repo, pats):
     """subcommand that deletes a specific shelve"""
     if not pats:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no shelved changes specified!'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no shelved changes specified!'))
     wlock = repo.wlock()
     try:
         for name in pats:
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def deletecmd(ui, repo, pats):
     except OSError as err:
         if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
             raise
-        raise util.Abort(_("shelved change '%s' not found") % name)
+        raise error.Abort(_("shelved change '%s' not found") % name)
     finally:
         lockmod.release(wlock)
 
@@ -441,18 +441,18 @@ def listcmd(ui, repo, pats, opts):
 def singlepatchcmds(ui, repo, pats, opts, subcommand):
     """subcommand that displays a single shelf"""
     if len(pats) != 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_("--%s expects a single shelf") % subcommand)
+        raise error.Abort(_("--%s expects a single shelf") % subcommand)
     shelfname = pats[0]
 
     if not shelvedfile(repo, shelfname, 'patch').exists():
-        raise util.Abort(_("cannot find shelf %s") % shelfname)
+        raise error.Abort(_("cannot find shelf %s") % shelfname)
 
     listcmd(ui, repo, pats, opts)
 
 def checkparents(repo, state):
     """check parent while resuming an unshelve"""
     if state.parents != repo.dirstate.parents():
-        raise util.Abort(_('working directory parents do not match unshelve '
+        raise error.Abort(_('working directory parents do not match unshelve '
                            'state'))
 
 def pathtofiles(repo, files):
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ def unshelvecontinue(ui, repo, state, op
         checkparents(repo, state)
         ms = merge.mergestate(repo)
         if [f for f in ms if ms[f] == 'u']:
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _("unresolved conflicts, can't continue"),
                 hint=_("see 'hg resolve', then 'hg unshelve --continue'"))
 
@@ -610,9 +610,9 @@ def unshelve(ui, repo, *shelved, **opts)
 
     if abortf or continuef:
         if abortf and continuef:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot use both abort and continue'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot use both abort and continue'))
         if shelved:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot combine abort/continue with '
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot combine abort/continue with '
                                'naming a shelved change'))
 
         try:
@@ -620,25 +620,25 @@ def unshelve(ui, repo, *shelved, **opts)
         except IOError as err:
             if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                 raise
-            raise util.Abort(_('no unshelve operation underway'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no unshelve operation underway'))
 
         if abortf:
             return unshelveabort(ui, repo, state, opts)
         elif continuef:
             return unshelvecontinue(ui, repo, state, opts)
     elif len(shelved) > 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('can only unshelve one change at a time'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('can only unshelve one change at a time'))
     elif not shelved:
         shelved = listshelves(repo)
         if not shelved:
-            raise util.Abort(_('no shelved changes to apply!'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no shelved changes to apply!'))
         basename = util.split(shelved[0][1])[1]
         ui.status(_("unshelving change '%s'\n") % basename)
     else:
         basename = shelved[0]
 
     if not shelvedfile(repo, basename, 'patch').exists():
-        raise util.Abort(_("shelved change '%s' not found") % basename)
+        raise error.Abort(_("shelved change '%s' not found") % basename)
 
     oldquiet = ui.quiet
     wlock = lock = tr = None
@@ -808,12 +808,12 @@ def shelvecmd(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         if opts[opt]:
             for i, allowable in allowables:
                 if opts[i] and opt not in allowable:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("options '--%s' and '--%s' may not be "
+                    raise error.Abort(_("options '--%s' and '--%s' may not be "
                                        "used together") % (opt, i))
             return True
     if checkopt('cleanup'):
         if pats:
-            raise util.Abort(_("cannot specify names when using '--cleanup'"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("cannot specify names when using '--cleanup'"))
         return cleanupcmd(ui, repo)
     elif checkopt('delete'):
         return deletecmd(ui, repo, pats)
diff --git a/hgext/strip.py b/hgext/strip.py
--- a/hgext/strip.py
+++ b/hgext/strip.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository. See the command help for det
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.node import nullid
 from mercurial.lock import release
-from mercurial import cmdutil, hg, scmutil, util
+from mercurial import cmdutil, hg, scmutil, util, error
 from mercurial import repair, bookmarks, merge
 
 cmdtable = {}
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ def checklocalchanges(repo, force=False,
     if not force:
         if s.modified or s.added or s.removed or s.deleted:
             _("local changes found") # i18n tool detection
-            raise util.Abort(_("local changes found" + excsuffix))
+            raise error.Abort(_("local changes found" + excsuffix))
         if checksubstate(repo):
             _("local changed subrepos found") # i18n tool detection
-            raise util.Abort(_("local changed subrepos found" + excsuffix))
+            raise error.Abort(_("local changed subrepos found" + excsuffix))
     return s
 
 def strip(ui, repo, revs, update=True, backup=True, force=None, bookmark=None):
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def stripcmd(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
             mark = opts.get('bookmark')
             marks = repo._bookmarks
             if mark not in marks:
-                raise util.Abort(_("bookmark '%s' not found") % mark)
+                raise error.Abort(_("bookmark '%s' not found") % mark)
 
             # If the requested bookmark is not the only one pointing to a
             # a revision we have to only delete the bookmark and not strip
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def stripcmd(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
                 ui.write(_("bookmark '%s' deleted\n") % mark)
 
         if not revs:
-            raise util.Abort(_('empty revision set'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('empty revision set'))
 
         descendants = set(cl.descendants(revs))
         strippedrevs = revs.union(descendants)
diff --git a/hgext/transplant.py b/hgext/transplant.py
--- a/hgext/transplant.py
+++ b/hgext/transplant.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class transplanter(object):
                     else:
                         parent = source.lookup(opts['parent'])
                         if parent not in parents:
-                            raise util.Abort(_('%s is not a parent of %s') %
+                            raise error.Abort(_('%s is not a parent of %s') %
                                              (short(parent), short(node)))
                 else:
                     parent = parents[0]
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class transplanter(object):
                            environ={'HGUSER': changelog[1],
                                     'HGREVISION': revlog.hex(node),
                                     },
-                           onerr=util.Abort, errprefix=_('filter failed'))
+                           onerr=error.Abort, errprefix=_('filter failed'))
             user, date, msg = self.parselog(file(headerfile))[1:4]
         finally:
             os.unlink(headerfile)
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class transplanter(object):
         self.ui.note('%s %s\n%s\n' % (user, date, message))
 
         if not patchfile and not merge:
-            raise util.Abort(_('can only omit patchfile if merging'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('can only omit patchfile if merging'))
         if patchfile:
             try:
                 files = set()
@@ -332,14 +332,14 @@ class transplanter(object):
         merge = False
 
         if not user or not date or not message or not parents[0]:
-            raise util.Abort(_('transplant log file is corrupt'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('transplant log file is corrupt'))
 
         parent = parents[0]
         if len(parents) > 1:
             if opts.get('parent'):
                 parent = source.lookup(opts['parent'])
                 if parent not in parents:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('%s is not a parent of %s') %
+                    raise error.Abort(_('%s is not a parent of %s') %
                                      (short(parent), short(node)))
             else:
                 merge = True
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ class transplanter(object):
         try:
             p1, p2 = repo.dirstate.parents()
             if p1 != parent:
-                raise util.Abort(_('working directory not at transplant '
+                raise error.Abort(_('working directory not at transplant '
                                    'parent %s') % revlog.hex(parent))
             if merge:
                 repo.setparents(p1, parents[1])
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class transplanter(object):
                 n = repo.commit(message, user, date, extra=extra,
                                 editor=self.getcommiteditor())
                 if not n:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('commit failed'))
+                    raise error.Abort(_('commit failed'))
                 if not merge:
                     self.transplants.set(n, node)
             else:
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class transplanter(object):
                 inmsg = True
                 message.append(line)
         if None in (user, date):
-            raise util.Abort(_("filter corrupted changeset (no user or date)"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("filter corrupted changeset (no user or date)"))
         return (node, user, date, '\n'.join(message), parents)
 
     def log(self, user, date, message, p1, p2, merge=False):
@@ -594,18 +594,18 @@ def transplant(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
     def checkopts(opts, revs):
         if opts.get('continue'):
             if opts.get('branch') or opts.get('all') or opts.get('merge'):
-                raise util.Abort(_('--continue is incompatible with '
+                raise error.Abort(_('--continue is incompatible with '
                                    '--branch, --all and --merge'))
             return
         if not (opts.get('source') or revs or
                 opts.get('merge') or opts.get('branch')):
-            raise util.Abort(_('no source URL, branch revision or revision '
+            raise error.Abort(_('no source URL, branch revision or revision '
                                'list provided'))
         if opts.get('all'):
             if not opts.get('branch'):
-                raise util.Abort(_('--all requires a branch revision'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('--all requires a branch revision'))
             if revs:
-                raise util.Abort(_('--all is incompatible with a '
+                raise error.Abort(_('--all is incompatible with a '
                                    'revision list'))
 
     checkopts(opts, revs)
@@ -622,13 +622,13 @@ def transplant(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
     cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
     p1, p2 = repo.dirstate.parents()
     if len(repo) > 0 and p1 == revlog.nullid:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no revision checked out'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no revision checked out'))
     if not opts.get('continue'):
         if p2 != revlog.nullid:
-            raise util.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted merges'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted merges'))
         m, a, r, d = repo.status()[:4]
         if m or a or r or d:
-            raise util.Abort(_('outstanding local changes'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('outstanding local changes'))
 
     sourcerepo = opts.get('source')
     if sourcerepo:
diff --git a/hgext/win32mbcs.py b/hgext/win32mbcs.py
--- a/hgext/win32mbcs.py
+++ b/hgext/win32mbcs.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ It is useful for the users who want to c
 
 import os, sys
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial import util, encoding
+from mercurial import error, encoding
 # Note for extension authors: ONLY specify testedwith = 'internal' for
 # extensions which SHIP WITH MERCURIAL. Non-mainline extensions should
 # be specifying the version(s) of Mercurial they are tested with, or
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def basewrapper(func, argtype, enc, dec,
         # return value.
         return enc(func(*dec(args), **dec(kwds)))
     except UnicodeError:
-        raise util.Abort(_("[win32mbcs] filename conversion failed with"
+        raise error.Abort(_("[win32mbcs] filename conversion failed with"
                          " %s encoding\n") % (_encoding))
 
 def wrapper(func, args, kwds):
diff --git a/mercurial/archival.py b/mercurial/archival.py
--- a/mercurial/archival.py
+++ b/mercurial/archival.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def tidyprefix(dest, kind, prefix):
     if prefix.startswith('./'):
         prefix = prefix[2:]
     if prefix.startswith('../') or os.path.isabs(lpfx) or '/../' in prefix:
-        raise util.Abort(_('archive prefix contains illegal components'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('archive prefix contains illegal components'))
     return prefix
 
 exts = {
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def archive(repo, dest, node, kind, deco
 
     if kind == 'files':
         if prefix:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot give prefix when archiving to files'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot give prefix when archiving to files'))
     else:
         prefix = tidyprefix(dest, kind, prefix)
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def archive(repo, dest, node, kind, deco
         archiver.addfile(prefix + name, mode, islink, data)
 
     if kind not in archivers:
-        raise util.Abort(_("unknown archive type '%s'") % kind)
+        raise error.Abort(_("unknown archive type '%s'") % kind)
 
     ctx = repo[node]
     archiver = archivers[kind](dest, mtime or ctx.date()[0])
diff --git a/mercurial/branchmap.py b/mercurial/branchmap.py
--- a/mercurial/branchmap.py
+++ b/mercurial/branchmap.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ from .node import (
 )
 from . import (
     encoding,
+    error,
     scmutil,
-    util,
 )
 
 array = array.array
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class branchcache(dict):
             repo.ui.log('branchcache',
                         'wrote %s branch cache with %d labels and %d nodes\n',
                         repo.filtername, len(self), nodecount)
-        except (IOError, OSError, util.Abort) as inst:
+        except (IOError, OSError, error.Abort) as inst:
             repo.ui.debug("couldn't write branch cache: %s\n" % inst)
             # Abort may be raise by read only opener
             pass
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ class revbranchcache(object):
                                   for b in self._names[self._rbcnamescount:]))
                 self._rbcsnameslen = f.tell()
                 f.close()
-            except (IOError, OSError, util.Abort) as inst:
+            except (IOError, OSError, error.Abort) as inst:
                 repo.ui.debug("couldn't write revision branch cache names: "
                               "%s\n" % inst)
                 return
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class revbranchcache(object):
                 end = revs * _rbcrecsize
                 f.write(self._rbcrevs[start:end])
                 f.close()
-            except (IOError, OSError, util.Abort) as inst:
+            except (IOError, OSError, error.Abort) as inst:
                 repo.ui.debug("couldn't write revision branch cache: %s\n" %
                               inst)
                 return
diff --git a/mercurial/bundle2.py b/mercurial/bundle2.py
--- a/mercurial/bundle2.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundle2.py
@@ -627,10 +627,10 @@ def getunbundler(ui, fp, magicstring=Non
         magicstring = changegroup.readexactly(fp, 4)
     magic, version = magicstring[0:2], magicstring[2:4]
     if magic != 'HG':
-        raise util.Abort(_('not a Mercurial bundle'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('not a Mercurial bundle'))
     unbundlerclass = formatmap.get(version)
     if unbundlerclass is None:
-        raise util.Abort(_('unknown bundle version %s') % version)
+        raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle version %s') % version)
     unbundler = unbundlerclass(ui, fp)
     indebug(ui, 'start processing of %s stream' % magicstring)
     return unbundler
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ class unbundlepart(unpackermixin):
             self._payloadstream = util.chunkbuffer(self._payloadchunks(chunk))
             adjust = self.read(internaloffset)
             if len(adjust) != internaloffset:
-                raise util.Abort(_('Seek failed\n'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('Seek failed\n'))
             self._pos = newpos
 
 # These are only the static capabilities.
@@ -1304,19 +1304,19 @@ def handleremotechangegroup(op, inpart):
     try:
         raw_url = inpart.params['url']
     except KeyError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('remote-changegroup: missing "%s" param') % 'url')
+        raise error.Abort(_('remote-changegroup: missing "%s" param') % 'url')
     parsed_url = util.url(raw_url)
     if parsed_url.scheme not in capabilities['remote-changegroup']:
-        raise util.Abort(_('remote-changegroup does not support %s urls') %
+        raise error.Abort(_('remote-changegroup does not support %s urls') %
             parsed_url.scheme)
 
     try:
         size = int(inpart.params['size'])
     except ValueError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('remote-changegroup: invalid value for param "%s"')
+        raise error.Abort(_('remote-changegroup: invalid value for param "%s"')
             % 'size')
     except KeyError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('remote-changegroup: missing "%s" param') % 'size')
+        raise error.Abort(_('remote-changegroup: missing "%s" param') % 'size')
 
     digests = {}
     for typ in inpart.params.get('digests', '').split():
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ def handleremotechangegroup(op, inpart):
         try:
             value = inpart.params[param]
         except KeyError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('remote-changegroup: missing "%s" param') %
+            raise error.Abort(_('remote-changegroup: missing "%s" param') %
                 param)
         digests[typ] = value
 
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ def handleremotechangegroup(op, inpart):
     from . import exchange
     cg = exchange.readbundle(op.repo.ui, real_part, raw_url)
     if not isinstance(cg, changegroup.cg1unpacker):
-        raise util.Abort(_('%s: not a bundle version 1.0') %
+        raise error.Abort(_('%s: not a bundle version 1.0') %
             util.hidepassword(raw_url))
     ret = changegroup.addchangegroup(op.repo, cg, 'bundle2', 'bundle2')
     op.records.add('changegroup', {'return': ret})
@@ -1351,8 +1351,8 @@ def handleremotechangegroup(op, inpart):
         part.addparam('return', '%i' % ret, mandatory=False)
     try:
         real_part.validate()
-    except util.Abort as e:
-        raise util.Abort(_('bundle at %s is corrupted:\n%s') %
+    except error.Abort as e:
+        raise error.Abort(_('bundle at %s is corrupted:\n%s') %
             (util.hidepassword(raw_url), str(e)))
     assert not inpart.read()
 
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ def handlereplycaps(op, inpart):
 @parthandler('error:abort', ('message', 'hint'))
 def handleerrorabort(op, inpart):
     """Used to transmit abort error over the wire"""
-    raise util.Abort(inpart.params['message'], hint=inpart.params.get('hint'))
+    raise error.Abort(inpart.params['message'], hint=inpart.params.get('hint'))
 
 @parthandler('error:pushkey', ('namespace', 'key', 'new', 'old', 'ret',
                                'in-reply-to'))
diff --git a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
--- a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class bundlerepository(localrepo.localre
                             in changegroup.packermap)]
 
             if not cgparts:
-                raise util.Abort('No changegroups found')
+                raise error.Abort('No changegroups found')
             version = cgparts[0].params.get('version', '01')
             cgparts = [p for p in cgparts
                        if p.params.get('version', '01') == version]
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class bundlerepository(localrepo.localre
 
 def instance(ui, path, create):
     if create:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot create new bundle repository'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot create new bundle repository'))
     # internal config: bundle.mainreporoot
     parentpath = ui.config("bundle", "mainreporoot", "")
     if not parentpath:
diff --git a/mercurial/changegroup.py b/mercurial/changegroup.py
--- a/mercurial/changegroup.py
+++ b/mercurial/changegroup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def readexactly(stream, n):
     '''read n bytes from stream.read and abort if less was available'''
     s = stream.read(n)
     if len(s) < n:
-        raise util.Abort(_("stream ended unexpectedly"
+        raise error.Abort(_("stream ended unexpectedly"
                            " (got %d bytes, expected %d)")
                           % (len(s), n))
     return s
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def getchunk(stream):
     l = struct.unpack(">l", d)[0]
     if l <= 4:
         if l:
-            raise util.Abort(_("invalid chunk length %d") % l)
+            raise error.Abort(_("invalid chunk length %d") % l)
         return ""
     return readexactly(stream, l - 4)
 
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ def writebundle(ui, cg, filename, bundle
         # compression argument is only for the bundle2 case
         assert compression is None
         if cg.version != '01':
-            raise util.Abort(_('old bundle types only supports v1 '
-                               'changegroups'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('old bundle types only supports v1 '
+                                'changegroups'))
         header, comp = bundletypes[bundletype]
         if comp not in util.compressors:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown stream compression type: %s')
-                             % comp)
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown stream compression type: %s')
+                              % comp)
         z = util.compressors[comp]()
         subchunkiter = cg.getchunks()
         def chunkiter():
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class cg1unpacker(object):
         if alg == 'UN':
             alg = None # get more modern without breaking too much
         if not alg in util.decompressors:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown stream compression type: %s')
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown stream compression type: %s')
                              % alg)
         if alg == 'BZ':
             alg = '_truncatedBZ'
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class cg1unpacker(object):
         l = struct.unpack(">l", d)[0]
         if l <= 4:
             if l:
-                raise util.Abort(_("invalid chunk length %d") % l)
+                raise error.Abort(_("invalid chunk length %d") % l)
             return 0
         if self.callback:
             self.callback()
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ class cg1packer(object):
         for i, fname in enumerate(sorted(changedfiles)):
             filerevlog = repo.file(fname)
             if not filerevlog:
-                raise util.Abort(_("empty or missing revlog for %s") % fname)
+                raise error.Abort(_("empty or missing revlog for %s") % fname)
 
             linkrevnodes = linknodes(filerevlog, fname)
             # Lookup for filenodes, we collected the linkrev nodes above in the
@@ -688,9 +688,9 @@ def addchangegroupfiles(repo, source, re
         o = len(fl)
         try:
             if not fl.addgroup(source, revmap, trp):
-                raise util.Abort(_("received file revlog group is empty"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("received file revlog group is empty"))
         except error.CensoredBaseError as e:
-            raise util.Abort(_("received delta base is censored: %s") % e)
+            raise error.Abort(_("received delta base is censored: %s") % e)
         revisions += len(fl) - o
         files += 1
         if f in needfiles:
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ def addchangegroupfiles(repo, source, re
                 if n in needs:
                     needs.remove(n)
                 else:
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _("received spurious file revlog entry"))
             if not needs:
                 del needfiles[f]
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ def addchangegroupfiles(repo, source, re
             try:
                 fl.rev(n)
             except error.LookupError:
-                raise util.Abort(
+                raise error.Abort(
                     _('missing file data for %s:%s - run hg verify') %
                     (f, hex(n)))
 
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ def addchangegroup(repo, source, srctype
         efiles = len(efiles)
 
         if not (srccontent or emptyok):
-            raise util.Abort(_("received changelog group is empty"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("received changelog group is empty"))
         clend = len(cl)
         changesets = clend - clstart
         repo.ui.progress(_('changesets'), None)
diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def dorecord(ui, repo, commitfunc, cmdsu
             msg = _('running non-interactively, use %s instead') % cmdsuggest
         else:
             msg = _('running non-interactively')
-        raise util.Abort(msg)
+        raise error.Abort(msg)
 
     # make sure username is set before going interactive
     if not opts.get('user'):
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def dorecord(ui, repo, commitfunc, cmdsu
         checkunfinished(repo, commit=True)
         merge = len(repo[None].parents()) > 1
         if merge:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot partially commit a merge '
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot partially commit a merge '
                                '(use "hg commit" instead)'))
 
         status = repo.status(match=match)
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def dorecord(ui, repo, commitfunc, cmdsu
         try:
             chunks = filterfn(ui, originalchunks)
         except patch.PatchError as err:
-            raise util.Abort(_('error parsing patch: %s') % err)
+            raise error.Abort(_('error parsing patch: %s') % err)
 
         # We need to keep a backup of files that have been newly added and
         # modified during the recording process because there is a previous
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def dorecord(ui, repo, commitfunc, cmdsu
                     ui.debug(fp.getvalue())
                     patch.internalpatch(ui, repo, fp, 1, eolmode=None)
                 except patch.PatchError as err:
-                    raise util.Abort(str(err))
+                    raise error.Abort(str(err))
             del fp
 
             # 4. We prepared working directory according to filtered
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ def findrepo(p):
 
 def bailifchanged(repo, merge=True):
     if merge and repo.dirstate.p2() != nullid:
-        raise util.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted merge'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted merge'))
     modified, added, removed, deleted = repo.status()[:4]
     if modified or added or removed or deleted:
-        raise util.Abort(_('uncommitted changes'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('uncommitted changes'))
     ctx = repo[None]
     for s in sorted(ctx.substate):
         ctx.sub(s).bailifchanged()
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def logmessage(ui, opts):
     logfile = opts.get('logfile')
 
     if message and logfile:
-        raise util.Abort(_('options --message and --logfile are mutually '
+        raise error.Abort(_('options --message and --logfile are mutually '
                            'exclusive'))
     if not message and logfile:
         try:
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def logmessage(ui, opts):
             else:
                 message = '\n'.join(util.readfile(logfile).splitlines())
         except IOError as inst:
-            raise util.Abort(_("can't read commit message '%s': %s") %
+            raise error.Abort(_("can't read commit message '%s': %s") %
                              (logfile, inst.strerror))
     return message
 
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ def loglimit(opts):
         try:
             limit = int(limit)
         except ValueError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('limit must be a positive integer'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('limit must be a positive integer'))
         if limit <= 0:
-            raise util.Abort(_('limit must be positive'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('limit must be positive'))
     else:
         limit = None
     return limit
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def makefilename(repo, pat, node, desc=N
             i += 1
         return ''.join(newname)
     except KeyError as inst:
-        raise util.Abort(_("invalid format spec '%%%s' in output filename") %
+        raise error.Abort(_("invalid format spec '%%%s' in output filename") %
                          inst.args[0])
 
 def makefileobj(repo, pat, node=None, desc=None, total=None,
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ def openrevlog(repo, cmd, file_, opts):
             msg = _('cannot specify --changelog or --manifest or --dir '
                     'without a repository')
     if msg:
-        raise util.Abort(msg)
+        raise error.Abort(msg)
 
     r = None
     if repo:
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ def openrevlog(repo, cmd, file_, opts):
             r = repo.unfiltered().changelog
         elif dir:
             if 'treemanifest' not in repo.requirements:
-                raise util.Abort(_("--dir can only be used on repos with "
+                raise error.Abort(_("--dir can only be used on repos with "
                                    "treemanifest enabled"))
             dirlog = repo.dirlog(file_)
             if len(dirlog):
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ def openrevlog(repo, cmd, file_, opts):
         if not file_:
             raise error.CommandError(cmd, _('invalid arguments'))
         if not os.path.isfile(file_):
-            raise util.Abort(_("revlog '%s' not found") % file_)
+            raise error.Abort(_("revlog '%s' not found") % file_)
         r = revlog.revlog(scmutil.opener(os.getcwd(), audit=False),
                           file_[:-2] + ".i")
     return r
@@ -716,17 +716,17 @@ def copy(ui, repo, pats, opts, rename=Fa
 
     pats = scmutil.expandpats(pats)
     if not pats:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no source or destination specified'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no source or destination specified'))
     if len(pats) == 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no destination specified'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no destination specified'))
     dest = pats.pop()
     destdirexists = os.path.isdir(dest) and not os.path.islink(dest)
     if not destdirexists:
         if len(pats) > 1 or matchmod.patkind(pats[0]):
-            raise util.Abort(_('with multiple sources, destination must be an '
+            raise error.Abort(_('with multiple sources, destination must be an '
                                'existing directory'))
         if util.endswithsep(dest):
-            raise util.Abort(_('destination %s is not a directory') % dest)
+            raise error.Abort(_('destination %s is not a directory') % dest)
 
     tfn = targetpathfn
     if after:
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ def copy(ui, repo, pats, opts, rename=Fa
             continue
         copylist.append((tfn(pat, dest, srcs), srcs))
     if not copylist:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no files to copy'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no files to copy'))
 
     errors = 0
     for targetpath, srcs in copylist:
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ def service(opts, parentfn=None, initfn=
                 return not os.path.exists(lockpath)
             pid = util.rundetached(runargs, condfn)
             if pid < 0:
-                raise util.Abort(_('child process failed to start'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('child process failed to start'))
             writepid(pid)
         finally:
             try:
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ def tryimportone(ui, repo, hunk, parents
             parents.append(repo[nullid])
         if opts.get('exact'):
             if not nodeid or not p1:
-                raise util.Abort(_('not a Mercurial patch'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('not a Mercurial patch'))
             p1 = repo[p1]
             p2 = repo[p2 or nullid]
         elif p2:
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ def tryimportone(ui, repo, hunk, parents
                             files=files, eolmode=None, similarity=sim / 100.0)
             except patch.PatchError as e:
                 if not partial:
-                    raise util.Abort(str(e))
+                    raise error.Abort(str(e))
                 if partial:
                     rejects = True
 
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ def tryimportone(ui, repo, hunk, parents
                     patch.patchrepo(ui, repo, p1, store, tmpname, strip, prefix,
                                     files, eolmode=None)
                 except patch.PatchError as e:
-                    raise util.Abort(str(e))
+                    raise error.Abort(str(e))
                 if opts.get('exact'):
                     editor = None
                 else:
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ def tryimportone(ui, repo, hunk, parents
             # and branch bits
             ui.warn(_("warning: can't check exact import with --no-commit\n"))
         elif opts.get('exact') and hex(n) != nodeid:
-            raise util.Abort(_('patch is damaged or loses information'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('patch is damaged or loses information'))
         if n:
             # i18n: refers to a short changeset id
             msg = _('created %s') % short(n)
@@ -1500,9 +1500,9 @@ class changeset_templater(changeset_prin
                         self.t(self._parts['footer'], **props))
         except KeyError as inst:
             msg = _("%s: no key named '%s'")
-            raise util.Abort(msg % (self.t.mapfile, inst.args[0]))
+            raise error.Abort(msg % (self.t.mapfile, inst.args[0]))
         except SyntaxError as inst:
-            raise util.Abort('%s: %s' % (self.t.mapfile, inst.args[0]))
+            raise error.Abort('%s: %s' % (self.t.mapfile, inst.args[0]))
 
 def gettemplate(ui, tmpl, style):
     """
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ def show_changeset(ui, repo, opts, buffe
         t = changeset_templater(ui, repo, matchfn, opts, tmpl, mapfile,
                                 buffered)
     except SyntaxError as inst:
-        raise util.Abort(inst.args[0])
+        raise error.Abort(inst.args[0])
     return t
 
 def showmarker(ui, marker):
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ def finddate(ui, repo, date):
                       (rev, util.datestr(results[rev])))
             return str(rev)
 
-    raise util.Abort(_("revision matching date not found"))
+    raise error.Abort(_("revision matching date not found"))
 
 def increasingwindows(windowsize=8, sizelimit=512):
     while True:
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ def walkfilerevs(repo, match, follow, re
         for filename in match.files():
             if follow:
                 if filename not in pctx:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('cannot follow file not in parent '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('cannot follow file not in parent '
                                        'revision: "%s"') % filename)
                 yield filename, pctx[filename].filenode()
             else:
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ def walkfilerevs(repo, match, follow, re
                 # A zero count may be a directory or deleted file, so
                 # try to find matching entries on the slow path.
                 if follow:
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _('cannot follow nonexistent file: "%s"') % file_)
                 raise FileWalkError("Cannot walk via filelog")
             else:
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ def walkchangerevs(repo, match, opts, pr
         # changed files
 
         if follow:
-            raise util.Abort(_('can only follow copies/renames for explicit '
+            raise error.Abort(_('can only follow copies/renames for explicit '
                                'filenames'))
 
         # The slow path checks files modified in every changeset.
@@ -1976,14 +1976,14 @@ def _makelogrevset(repo, pats, opts, rev
                     slowpath = True
                     continue
                 else:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('cannot follow file not in parent '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('cannot follow file not in parent '
                                        'revision: "%s"') % f)
             filelog = repo.file(f)
             if not filelog:
                 # A zero count may be a directory or deleted file, so
                 # try to find matching entries on the slow path.
                 if follow:
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _('cannot follow nonexistent file: "%s"') % f)
                 slowpath = True
 
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ def graphlog(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
 def checkunsupportedgraphflags(pats, opts):
     for op in ["newest_first"]:
         if op in opts and opts[op]:
-            raise util.Abort(_("-G/--graph option is incompatible with --%s")
+            raise error.Abort(_("-G/--graph option is incompatible with --%s")
                              % op.replace("_", "-"))
 
 def graphrevs(repo, nodes, opts):
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ def commit(ui, repo, commitfunc, pats, o
     # that doesn't support addremove
     if opts.get('addremove'):
         if scmutil.addremove(repo, matcher, "", opts) != 0:
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _("failed to mark all new/missing files as added/removed"))
 
     return commitfunc(ui, repo, message, matcher, opts)
@@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@ def commitforceeditor(repo, ctx, subs, f
     if finishdesc:
         text = finishdesc(text)
     if not text.strip():
-        raise util.Abort(_("empty commit message"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("empty commit message"))
 
     return text
 
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ def buildcommittemplate(repo, ctx, subs,
     try:
         t = changeset_templater(ui, repo, None, {}, tmpl, mapfile, False)
     except SyntaxError as inst:
-        raise util.Abort(inst.args[0])
+        raise error.Abort(inst.args[0])
 
     for k, v in repo.ui.configitems('committemplate'):
         if k != 'changeset':
@@ -3097,7 +3097,7 @@ def revert(ui, repo, ctx, parents, *pats
                 try:
                     wctx.sub(sub).revert(ctx.substate[sub], *pats, **opts)
                 except KeyError:
-                    raise util.Abort("subrepository '%s' does not exist in %s!"
+                    raise error.Abort("subrepository '%s' does not exist in %s!"
                                       % (sub, short(ctx.node())))
     finally:
         wlock.release()
@@ -3168,7 +3168,7 @@ def _performrevert(repo, parents, ctx, a
                 chunks = patch.reversehunks(chunks)
 
         except patch.PatchError as err:
-            raise util.Abort(_('error parsing patch: %s') % err)
+            raise error.Abort(_('error parsing patch: %s') % err)
 
         newlyaddedandmodifiedfiles = newandmodified(chunks, originalchunks)
         # Apply changes
@@ -3181,7 +3181,7 @@ def _performrevert(repo, parents, ctx, a
             try:
                 patch.internalpatch(repo.ui, repo, fp, 1, eolmode=None)
             except patch.PatchError as err:
-                raise util.Abort(str(err))
+                raise error.Abort(str(err))
         del fp
     else:
         for f in actions['revert'][0]:
@@ -3302,7 +3302,7 @@ def checkunfinished(repo, commit=False):
         if commit and allowcommit:
             continue
         if repo.vfs.exists(f):
-            raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+            raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
 
 def clearunfinished(repo):
     '''Check for unfinished operations (as above), and clear the ones
@@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ def clearunfinished(repo):
     '''
     for f, clearable, allowcommit, msg, hint in unfinishedstates:
         if not clearable and repo.vfs.exists(f):
-            raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+            raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
     for f, clearable, allowcommit, msg, hint in unfinishedstates:
         if clearable and repo.vfs.exists(f):
             util.unlink(repo.join(f))
@@ -3349,7 +3349,7 @@ class dirstateguard(object):
         if not self._active: # already inactivated
             msg = (_("can't close already inactivated backup: %s")
                    % self._filename)
-            raise util.Abort(msg)
+            raise error.Abort(msg)
 
         self._repo.vfs.unlink(self._filename)
         self._active = False
@@ -3368,7 +3368,7 @@ class dirstateguard(object):
             if not self._active: # already inactivated
                 msg = (_("can't release already inactivated backup: %s")
                        % self._filename)
-                raise util.Abort(msg)
+                raise error.Abort(msg)
             self._abort()
 
 _bundlecompspecs = {'none': None,
@@ -3402,7 +3402,7 @@ def parsebundletype(repo, spec):
     elif spec in _bundleversionspecs:
         version = spec
     else:
-        raise util.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
 
     if comp is None:
         comp = 'BZ'
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@ def parsebundletype(repo, spec):
         try:
             comp = _bundlecompspecs[comp]
         except KeyError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
 
     if version is None:
         version = '01'
@@ -3420,6 +3420,6 @@ def parsebundletype(repo, spec):
         try:
             version = _bundleversionspecs[version]
         except KeyError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
 
     return version, comp
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ def addremove(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     try:
         sim = float(opts.get('similarity') or 100)
     except ValueError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('similarity must be a number'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('similarity must be a number'))
     if sim < 0 or sim > 100:
-        raise util.Abort(_('similarity must be between 0 and 100'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('similarity must be between 0 and 100'))
     matcher = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts)
     return scmutil.addremove(repo, matcher, "", opts, similarity=sim / 100.0)
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def annotate(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     Returns 0 on success.
     """
     if not pats:
-        raise util.Abort(_('at least one filename or pattern is required'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('at least one filename or pattern is required'))
 
     if opts.get('follow'):
         # --follow is deprecated and now just an alias for -f/--file
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def annotate(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
 
     linenumber = opts.get('line_number') is not None
     if linenumber and (not opts.get('changeset')) and (not opts.get('number')):
-        raise util.Abort(_('at least one of -n/-c is required for -l'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('at least one of -n/-c is required for -l'))
 
     if fm:
         def makefunc(get, fmt):
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def annotate(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
                       if opts.get(op))
 
     def bad(x, y):
-        raise util.Abort("%s: %s" % (x, y))
+        raise error.Abort("%s: %s" % (x, y))
 
     m = scmutil.match(ctx, pats, opts, badfn=bad)
 
@@ -438,18 +438,18 @@ def archive(ui, repo, dest, **opts):
 
     ctx = scmutil.revsingle(repo, opts.get('rev'))
     if not ctx:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no working directory: please specify a revision'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no working directory: please specify a revision'))
     node = ctx.node()
     dest = cmdutil.makefilename(repo, dest, node)
     if os.path.realpath(dest) == repo.root:
-        raise util.Abort(_('repository root cannot be destination'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('repository root cannot be destination'))
 
     kind = opts.get('type') or archival.guesskind(dest) or 'files'
     prefix = opts.get('prefix')
 
     if dest == '-':
         if kind == 'files':
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot archive plain files to stdout'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot archive plain files to stdout'))
         dest = cmdutil.makefileobj(repo, dest)
         if not prefix:
             prefix = os.path.basename(repo.root) + '-%h'
@@ -504,13 +504,13 @@ def backout(ui, repo, node=None, rev=Non
     files.
     '''
     if rev and node:
-        raise util.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
 
     if not rev:
         rev = node
 
     if not rev:
-        raise util.Abort(_("please specify a revision to backout"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("please specify a revision to backout"))
 
     date = opts.get('date')
     if date:
@@ -522,22 +522,22 @@ def backout(ui, repo, node=None, rev=Non
 
     op1, op2 = repo.dirstate.parents()
     if not repo.changelog.isancestor(node, op1):
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot backout change that is not an ancestor'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot backout change that is not an ancestor'))
 
     p1, p2 = repo.changelog.parents(node)
     if p1 == nullid:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot backout a change with no parents'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot backout a change with no parents'))
     if p2 != nullid:
         if not opts.get('parent'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot backout a merge changeset'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot backout a merge changeset'))
         p = repo.lookup(opts['parent'])
         if p not in (p1, p2):
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s is not a parent of %s') %
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s is not a parent of %s') %
                              (short(p), short(node)))
         parent = p
     else:
         if opts.get('parent'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --parent on non-merge changeset'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot use --parent on non-merge changeset'))
         parent = p1
 
     # the backout should appear on the same branch
@@ -746,9 +746,9 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
             if (good or bad or skip or reset) and interactive:
                 return
             if not state['good']:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot bisect (no known good revisions)'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot bisect (no known good revisions)'))
             else:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot bisect (no known bad revisions)'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot bisect (no known bad revisions)'))
         return True
 
     # backward compatibility
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
         else:
             reset = True
     elif extra or good + bad + skip + reset + extend + bool(command) > 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('incompatible arguments'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('incompatible arguments'))
 
     cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
 
@@ -780,12 +780,12 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
             try:
                 node = state['current'][0]
             except LookupError:
-                raise util.Abort(_('current bisect revision is unknown - '
+                raise error.Abort(_('current bisect revision is unknown - '
                                    'start a new bisect to fix'))
         else:
             node, p2 = repo.dirstate.parents()
             if p2 != nullid:
-                raise util.Abort(_('current bisect revision is a merge'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('current bisect revision is a merge'))
         try:
             while changesets:
                 # update state
@@ -798,9 +798,9 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
                     transition = "good"
                 # status < 0 means process was killed
                 elif status == 127:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("failed to execute %s") % command)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("failed to execute %s") % command)
                 elif status < 0:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("%s killed") % command)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("%s killed") % command)
                 else:
                     transition = "bad"
                 ctx = scmutil.revsingle(repo, rev, node)
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
                     return
                 cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo)
                 return hg.clean(repo, extendnode.node())
-        raise util.Abort(_("nothing to extend"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("nothing to extend"))
 
     if changesets == 0:
         print_result(nodes, good)
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ def bookmark(ui, repo, *names, **opts):
     def checkformat(mark):
         mark = mark.strip()
         if not mark:
-            raise util.Abort(_("bookmark names cannot consist entirely of "
+            raise error.Abort(_("bookmark names cannot consist entirely of "
                                "whitespace"))
         scmutil.checknewlabel(repo, mark, 'bookmark')
         return mark
@@ -967,21 +967,21 @@ def bookmark(ui, repo, *names, **opts):
                     ui.status(_("moving bookmark '%s' forward from %s\n") %
                               (mark, short(bmctx.node())))
                     return
-            raise util.Abort(_("bookmark '%s' already exists "
+            raise error.Abort(_("bookmark '%s' already exists "
                                "(use -f to force)") % mark)
         if ((mark in repo.branchmap() or mark == repo.dirstate.branch())
             and not force):
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _("a bookmark cannot have the name of an existing branch"))
 
     if delete and rename:
-        raise util.Abort(_("--delete and --rename are incompatible"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("--delete and --rename are incompatible"))
     if delete and rev:
-        raise util.Abort(_("--rev is incompatible with --delete"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("--rev is incompatible with --delete"))
     if rename and rev:
-        raise util.Abort(_("--rev is incompatible with --rename"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("--rev is incompatible with --rename"))
     if not names and (delete or rev):
-        raise util.Abort(_("bookmark name required"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("bookmark name required"))
 
     if delete or rename or names or inactive:
         wlock = lock = tr = None
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ def bookmark(ui, repo, *names, **opts):
                 tr = repo.transaction('bookmark')
                 for mark in names:
                     if mark not in marks:
-                        raise util.Abort(_("bookmark '%s' does not exist") %
+                        raise error.Abort(_("bookmark '%s' does not exist") %
                                          mark)
                     if mark == repo._activebookmark:
                         bookmarks.deactivate(repo)
@@ -1003,12 +1003,13 @@ def bookmark(ui, repo, *names, **opts):
             elif rename:
                 tr = repo.transaction('bookmark')
                 if not names:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("new bookmark name required"))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("new bookmark name required"))
                 elif len(names) > 1:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("only one new bookmark name allowed"))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("only one new bookmark name allowed"))
                 mark = checkformat(names[0])
                 if rename not in marks:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("bookmark '%s' does not exist") % rename)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("bookmark '%s' does not exist")
+                                      % rename)
                 checkconflict(repo, mark, cur, force)
                 marks[mark] = marks[rename]
                 if repo._activebookmark == rename and not inactive:
@@ -1119,7 +1120,7 @@ def branch(ui, repo, label=None, **opts)
         elif label:
             if not opts.get('force') and label in repo.branchmap():
                 if label not in [p.branch() for p in repo.parents()]:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('a branch of the same name already'
+                    raise error.Abort(_('a branch of the same name already'
                                        ' exists'),
                                      # i18n: "it" refers to an existing branch
                                      hint=_("use 'hg update' to switch to it"))
@@ -1251,7 +1252,7 @@ def bundle(ui, repo, fname, dest=None, *
     bundlecaps = None
     if base:
         if dest:
-            raise util.Abort(_("--base is incompatible with specifying "
+            raise error.Abort(_("--base is incompatible with specifying "
                                "a destination"))
         common = [repo.lookup(rev) for rev in base]
         heads = revs and map(repo.lookup, revs) or revs
@@ -1429,7 +1430,7 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, **opts)
     Returns 0 on success.
     """
     if opts.get('noupdate') and opts.get('updaterev'):
-        raise util.Abort(_("cannot specify both --noupdate and --updaterev"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("cannot specify both --noupdate and --updaterev"))
 
     r = hg.clone(ui, opts, source, dest,
                  pull=opts.get('pull'),
@@ -1501,7 +1502,7 @@ def commit(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
 
     if opts.get('subrepos'):
         if opts.get('amend'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot amend with --subrepos'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot amend with --subrepos'))
         # Let --subrepos on the command line override config setting.
         ui.setconfig('ui', 'commitsubrepos', True, 'commit')
 
@@ -1515,24 +1516,24 @@ def commit(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         extra['close'] = 1
 
         if not bheads:
-            raise util.Abort(_('can only close branch heads'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('can only close branch heads'))
         elif opts.get('amend'):
             if repo.parents()[0].p1().branch() != branch and \
                     repo.parents()[0].p2().branch() != branch:
-                raise util.Abort(_('can only close branch heads'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('can only close branch heads'))
 
     if opts.get('amend'):
         if ui.configbool('ui', 'commitsubrepos'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot amend with ui.commitsubrepos enabled'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot amend with ui.commitsubrepos enabled'))
 
         old = repo['.']
         if not old.mutable():
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot amend public changesets'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot amend public changesets'))
         if len(repo[None].parents()) > 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot amend while merging'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot amend while merging'))
         allowunstable = obsolete.isenabled(repo, obsolete.allowunstableopt)
         if not allowunstable and old.children():
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot amend changeset with children'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot amend changeset with children'))
 
         # commitfunc is used only for temporary amend commit by cmdutil.amend
         def commitfunc(ui, repo, message, match, opts):
@@ -1614,11 +1615,11 @@ def config(ui, repo, *values, **opts):
 
     if opts.get('edit') or opts.get('local') or opts.get('global'):
         if opts.get('local') and opts.get('global'):
-            raise util.Abort(_("can't use --local and --global together"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("can't use --local and --global together"))
 
         if opts.get('local'):
             if not repo:
-                raise util.Abort(_("can't use --local outside a repository"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("can't use --local outside a repository"))
             paths = [repo.join('hgrc')]
         elif opts.get('global'):
             paths = scmutil.systemrcpath()
@@ -1643,7 +1644,7 @@ def config(ui, repo, *values, **opts):
 
         editor = ui.geteditor()
         ui.system("%s \"%s\"" % (editor, f),
-                  onerr=util.Abort, errprefix=_("edit failed"))
+                  onerr=error.Abort, errprefix=_("edit failed"))
         return
 
     for f in scmutil.rcpath():
@@ -1653,7 +1654,7 @@ def config(ui, repo, *values, **opts):
         sections = [v for v in values if '.' not in v]
         items = [v for v in values if '.' in v]
         if len(items) > 1 or items and sections:
-            raise util.Abort(_('only one config item permitted'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('only one config item permitted'))
     matched = False
     for section, name, value in ui.walkconfig(untrusted=untrusted):
         value = str(value).replace('\n', '\\n')
@@ -1715,13 +1716,13 @@ def debugancestor(ui, repo, *args):
         lookup = r.lookup
     elif len(args) == 2:
         if not repo:
-            raise util.Abort(_("there is no Mercurial repository here "
+            raise error.Abort(_("there is no Mercurial repository here "
                                "(.hg not found)"))
         rev1, rev2 = args
         r = repo.changelog
         lookup = repo.lookup
     else:
-        raise util.Abort(_('either two or three arguments required'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('either two or three arguments required'))
     a = r.ancestor(lookup(rev1), lookup(rev2))
     ui.write("%d:%s\n" % (r.rev(a), hex(a)))
 
@@ -1772,7 +1773,7 @@ def debugbuilddag(ui, repo, text=None,
 
     cl = repo.changelog
     if len(cl) > 0:
-        raise util.Abort(_('repository is not empty'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('repository is not empty'))
 
     # determine number of revs in DAG
     total = 0
@@ -1920,7 +1921,7 @@ def debugbundle(ui, bundlepath, all=None
                 showchunks(fname)
         else:
             if isinstance(gen, bundle2.unbundle20):
-                raise util.Abort(_('use debugbundle2 for this file'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('use debugbundle2 for this file'))
             chunkdata = gen.changelogheader()
             chain = None
             while True:
@@ -1936,7 +1937,7 @@ def debugbundle(ui, bundlepath, all=None
 def _debugbundle2(ui, gen, **opts):
     """lists the contents of a bundle2"""
     if not isinstance(gen, bundle2.unbundle20):
-        raise util.Abort(_('not a bundle2 file'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('not a bundle2 file'))
     ui.write(('Stream params: %s\n' % repr(gen.params)))
     for part in gen.iterparts():
         ui.write('%s -- %r\n' % (part.type, repr(part.params)))
@@ -1979,7 +1980,7 @@ def debugcheckstate(ui, repo):
             errors += 1
     if errors:
         error = _(".hg/dirstate inconsistent with current parent's manifest")
-        raise util.Abort(error)
+        raise error.Abort(error)
 
 @command('debugcommands', [], _('[COMMAND]'), norepo=True)
 def debugcommands(ui, cmd='', *args):
@@ -2067,7 +2068,7 @@ def debugdag(ui, repo, file_=None, *revs
                         for l in ls:
                             yield 'l', (r, l)
     else:
-        raise util.Abort(_('need repo for changelog dag'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('need repo for changelog dag'))
 
     for line in dagparser.dagtextlines(events(),
                                        addspaces=spaces,
@@ -2094,7 +2095,7 @@ def debugdata(ui, repo, file_, rev=None,
     try:
         ui.write(r.revision(r.lookup(rev)))
     except KeyError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('invalid revision identifier %s') % rev)
+        raise error.Abort(_('invalid revision identifier %s') % rev)
 
 @command('debugdate',
     [('e', 'extended', None, _('try extended date formats'))],
@@ -2131,7 +2132,7 @@ def debugdiscovery(ui, repo, remoteurl="
     def doit(localheads, remoteheads, remote=remote):
         if opts.get('old'):
             if localheads:
-                raise util.Abort('cannot use localheads with old style '
+                raise error.Abort('cannot use localheads with old style '
                                  'discovery')
             if not util.safehasattr(remote, 'branches'):
                 # enable in-client legacy support
@@ -2259,7 +2260,7 @@ def debuggetbundle(ui, repopath, bundlep
     """
     repo = hg.peer(ui, opts, repopath)
     if not repo.capable('getbundle'):
-        raise util.Abort("getbundle() not supported by target repository")
+        raise error.Abort("getbundle() not supported by target repository")
     args = {}
     if common:
         args['common'] = [bin(s) for s in common]
@@ -2276,7 +2277,7 @@ def debuggetbundle(ui, repopath, bundlep
               'bundle2': 'HG20'}
     bundletype = btypes.get(bundletype)
     if bundletype not in changegroup.bundletypes:
-        raise util.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
     changegroup.writebundle(ui, bundle, bundlepath, bundletype)
 
 @command('debugignore', [], '')
@@ -2287,7 +2288,7 @@ def debugignore(ui, repo, *values, **opt
     if includepat is not None:
         ui.write("%s\n" % includepat)
     else:
-        raise util.Abort(_("no ignore patterns found"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("no ignore patterns found"))
 
 @command('debugindex',
     [('c', 'changelog', False, _('open changelog')),
@@ -2301,7 +2302,7 @@ def debugindex(ui, repo, file_=None, **o
     r = cmdutil.openrevlog(repo, 'debugindex', file_, opts)
     format = opts.get('format', 0)
     if format not in (0, 1):
-        raise util.Abort(_("unknown format %d") % format)
+        raise error.Abort(_("unknown format %d") % format)
 
     generaldelta = r.version & revlog.REVLOGGENERALDELTA
     if generaldelta:
@@ -2387,7 +2388,7 @@ def debuginstall(ui):
     ui.status(_("checking encoding (%s)...\n") % encoding.encoding)
     try:
         encoding.fromlocal("test")
-    except util.Abort as inst:
+    except error.Abort as inst:
         ui.write(" %s\n" % inst)
         ui.write(_(" (check that your locale is properly set)\n"))
         problems += 1
@@ -2453,7 +2454,7 @@ def debuginstall(ui):
     ui.status(_("checking username...\n"))
     try:
         ui.username()
-    except util.Abort as e:
+    except error.Abort as e:
         ui.write(" %s\n" % e)
         ui.write(_(" (specify a username in your configuration file)\n"))
         problems += 1
@@ -2475,7 +2476,7 @@ def debugknown(ui, repopath, *ids, **opt
     """
     repo = hg.peer(ui, opts, repopath)
     if not repo.capable('known'):
-        raise util.Abort("known() not supported by target repository")
+        raise error.Abort("known() not supported by target repository")
     flags = repo.known([bin(s) for s in ids])
     ui.write("%s\n" % ("".join([f and "1" or "0" for f in flags])))
 
@@ -2663,12 +2664,12 @@ def debugobsolete(ui, repo, precursor=No
                 raise TypeError()
             return n
         except TypeError:
-            raise util.Abort('changeset references must be full hexadecimal '
+            raise error.Abort('changeset references must be full hexadecimal '
                              'node identifiers')
 
     if precursor is not None:
         if opts['rev']:
-            raise util.Abort('cannot select revision when creating marker')
+            raise error.Abort('cannot select revision when creating marker')
         metadata = {}
         metadata['user'] = opts['user'] or ui.username()
         succs = tuple(parsenodeid(succ) for succ in successors)
@@ -2685,7 +2686,7 @@ def debugobsolete(ui, repo, precursor=No
                 parents = None
                 if opts['record_parents']:
                     if prec not in repo.unfiltered():
-                        raise util.Abort('cannot used --record-parents on '
+                        raise error.Abort('cannot used --record-parents on '
                                          'unknown changesets')
                     parents = repo.unfiltered()[prec].parents()
                     parents = tuple(p.node() for p in parents)
@@ -2694,7 +2695,7 @@ def debugobsolete(ui, repo, precursor=No
                                      metadata=metadata)
                 tr.close()
             except ValueError as exc:
-                raise util.Abort(_('bad obsmarker input: %s') % exc)
+                raise error.Abort(_('bad obsmarker input: %s') % exc)
             finally:
                 tr.release()
         finally:
@@ -3319,7 +3320,7 @@ def diff(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
 
     if revs and change:
         msg = _('cannot specify --rev and --change at the same time')
-        raise util.Abort(msg)
+        raise error.Abort(msg)
     elif change:
         node2 = scmutil.revsingle(repo, change, None).node()
         node1 = repo[node2].p1().node()
@@ -3407,7 +3408,7 @@ def export(ui, repo, *changesets, **opts
         changesets = ['.']
     revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, changesets)
     if not revs:
-        raise util.Abort(_("export requires at least one changeset"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("export requires at least one changeset"))
     if len(revs) > 1:
         ui.note(_('exporting patches:\n'))
     else:
@@ -3511,7 +3512,7 @@ def forget(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     """
 
     if not pats:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no files specified'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no files specified'))
 
     m = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts)
     rejected = cmdutil.forget(ui, repo, m, prefix="", explicitonly=False)[0]
@@ -3602,7 +3603,7 @@ def graft(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
     if opts['continue']:
         cont = True
         if revs:
-            raise util.Abort(_("can't specify --continue and revisions"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("can't specify --continue and revisions"))
         # read in unfinished revisions
         try:
             nodes = repo.vfs.read('graftstate').splitlines()
@@ -3610,12 +3611,12 @@ def graft(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
         except IOError as inst:
             if inst.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                 raise
-            raise util.Abort(_("no graft state found, can't continue"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("no graft state found, can't continue"))
     else:
         cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
         cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo)
         if not revs:
-            raise util.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))
         revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)
 
     skipped = set()
@@ -3738,7 +3739,7 @@ def graft(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
                     # write out state for --continue
                     nodelines = [repo[rev].hex() + "\n" for rev in revs[pos:]]
                     repo.vfs.write('graftstate', ''.join(nodelines))
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _("unresolved conflicts, can't continue"),
                         hint=_('use hg resolve and hg graft --continue'))
             else:
@@ -4101,7 +4102,7 @@ def help_(ui, name=None, **opts):
     # to look for, or we could have simply failed to found "foo.bar"
     # because bar isn't a section of foo
     if section and not (formatted and name):
-        raise util.Abort(_("help section not found"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("help section not found"))
 
     if 'verbose' in pruned:
         keep.append('omitted')
@@ -4158,7 +4159,7 @@ def identify(ui, repo, source=None, rev=
     """
 
     if not repo and not source:
-        raise util.Abort(_("there is no Mercurial repository here "
+        raise error.Abort(_("there is no Mercurial repository here "
                            "(.hg not found)"))
 
     if ui.debugflag:
@@ -4177,7 +4178,7 @@ def identify(ui, repo, source=None, rev=
 
     if not repo:
         if num or branch or tags:
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _("can't query remote revision number, branch, or tags"))
         if not rev and revs:
             rev = revs[0]
@@ -4370,7 +4371,7 @@ def import_(ui, repo, patch1=None, *patc
     """
 
     if not patch1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('need at least one patch to import'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('need at least one patch to import'))
 
     patches = (patch1,) + patches
 
@@ -4380,19 +4381,19 @@ def import_(ui, repo, patch1=None, *patc
 
     update = not opts.get('bypass')
     if not update and opts.get('no_commit'):
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --no-commit with --bypass'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot use --no-commit with --bypass'))
     try:
         sim = float(opts.get('similarity') or 0)
     except ValueError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('similarity must be a number'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('similarity must be a number'))
     if sim < 0 or sim > 100:
-        raise util.Abort(_('similarity must be between 0 and 100'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('similarity must be between 0 and 100'))
     if sim and not update:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --similarity with --bypass'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot use --similarity with --bypass'))
     if opts.get('exact') and opts.get('edit'):
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --exact with --edit'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot use --exact with --edit'))
     if opts.get('exact') and opts.get('prefix'):
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --exact with --prefix'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot use --exact with --prefix'))
 
     if update:
         cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
@@ -4444,7 +4445,7 @@ def import_(ui, repo, patch1=None, *patc
                         break
 
                 if not haspatch:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('%s: no diffs found') % patchurl)
+                    raise error.Abort(_('%s: no diffs found') % patchurl)
 
             if tr:
                 tr.close()
@@ -4540,7 +4541,7 @@ def incoming(ui, repo, source="default",
         return 0
 
     if opts.get('bundle') and opts.get('subrepos'):
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot combine --bundle and --subrepos'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot combine --bundle and --subrepos'))
 
     if opts.get('bookmarks'):
         source, branches = hg.parseurl(ui.expandpath(source),
@@ -4806,7 +4807,7 @@ def manifest(ui, repo, node=None, rev=No
 
     if opts.get('all'):
         if rev or node:
-            raise util.Abort(_("can't specify a revision with --all"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("can't specify a revision with --all"))
 
         res = []
         prefix = "data/"
@@ -4827,7 +4828,7 @@ def manifest(ui, repo, node=None, rev=No
         return
 
     if rev and node:
-        raise util.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
 
     if not node:
         node = rev
@@ -4882,7 +4883,7 @@ def merge(ui, repo, node=None, **opts):
     """
 
     if opts.get('rev') and node:
-        raise util.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
     if not node:
         node = opts.get('rev')
 
@@ -5012,7 +5013,7 @@ def parents(ui, repo, file_=None, **opts
     if file_:
         m = scmutil.match(ctx, (file_,), opts)
         if m.anypats() or len(m.files()) != 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('can only specify an explicit filename'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('can only specify an explicit filename'))
         file_ = m.files()[0]
         filenodes = []
         for cp in ctx.parents():
@@ -5023,7 +5024,7 @@ def parents(ui, repo, file_=None, **opts
             except error.LookupError:
                 pass
         if not filenodes:
-            raise util.Abort(_("'%s' not found in manifest!") % file_)
+            raise error.Abort(_("'%s' not found in manifest!") % file_)
         p = []
         for fn in filenodes:
             fctx = repo.filectx(file_, fileid=fn)
@@ -5112,7 +5113,7 @@ def phase(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
     for idx, name in enumerate(phases.phasenames):
         if opts[name]:
             if targetphase is not None:
-                raise util.Abort(_('only one phase can be specified'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('only one phase can be specified'))
             targetphase = idx
 
     # look for specified revision
@@ -5139,7 +5140,7 @@ def phase(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
             tr = repo.transaction("phase")
             # set phase
             if not revs:
-                raise util.Abort(_('empty revision set'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('empty revision set'))
             nodes = [repo[r].node() for r in revs]
             # moving revision from public to draft may hide them
             # We have to check result on an unfiltered repository
@@ -5181,7 +5182,7 @@ def postincoming(ui, repo, modheads, opt
         checkout, movemarkfrom = bookmarks.calculateupdate(ui, repo, checkout)
         try:
             ret = hg.update(repo, checkout)
-        except util.Abort as inst:
+        except error.Abort as inst:
             ui.warn(_("not updating: %s\n") % str(inst))
             if inst.hint:
                 ui.warn(_("(%s)\n") % inst.hint)
@@ -5252,7 +5253,7 @@ def pull(ui, repo, source="default", **o
             pullopargs['remotebookmarks'] = remotebookmarks
             for b in opts['bookmark']:
                 if b not in remotebookmarks:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('remote bookmark %s not found!') % b)
+                    raise error.Abort(_('remote bookmark %s not found!') % b)
                 revs.append(remotebookmarks[b])
 
         if revs:
@@ -5270,7 +5271,7 @@ def pull(ui, repo, source="default", **o
             except error.CapabilityError:
                 err = _("other repository doesn't support revision lookup, "
                         "so a rev cannot be specified.")
-                raise util.Abort(err)
+                raise error.Abort(err)
 
         modheads = exchange.pull(repo, other, heads=revs,
                                  force=opts.get('force'),
@@ -5350,7 +5351,7 @@ def push(ui, repo, dest=None, **opts):
 
     path = ui.paths.getpath(dest, default='default')
     if not path:
-        raise util.Abort(_('default repository not configured!'),
+        raise error.Abort(_('default repository not configured!'),
                          hint=_('see the "path" section in "hg help config"'))
     dest, branches = path.pushloc, (path.branch, opts.get('branch') or [])
     ui.status(_('pushing to %s\n') % util.hidepassword(dest))
@@ -5360,7 +5361,7 @@ def push(ui, repo, dest=None, **opts):
     if revs:
         revs = [repo.lookup(r) for r in scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)]
         if not revs:
-            raise util.Abort(_("specified revisions evaluate to an empty set"),
+            raise error.Abort(_("specified revisions evaluate to an empty set"),
                              hint=_("use different revision arguments"))
 
     repo._subtoppath = dest
@@ -5450,7 +5451,7 @@ def remove(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
 
     after, force = opts.get('after'), opts.get('force')
     if not pats and not after:
-        raise util.Abort(_('no files specified'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('no files specified'))
 
     m = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts)
     subrepos = opts.get('subrepos')
@@ -5534,11 +5535,11 @@ def resolve(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         [opts.get(o) for o in 'all mark unmark list no_status'.split()]
 
     if (show and (mark or unmark)) or (mark and unmark):
-        raise util.Abort(_("too many options specified"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("too many options specified"))
     if pats and all:
-        raise util.Abort(_("can't specify --all and patterns"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("can't specify --all and patterns"))
     if not (all or pats or show or mark or unmark):
-        raise util.Abort(_('no files or directories specified'),
+        raise error.Abort(_('no files or directories specified'),
                          hint=('use --all to re-merge all unresolved files'))
 
     if show:
@@ -5560,7 +5561,7 @@ def resolve(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         ms = mergemod.mergestate(repo)
 
         if not (ms.active() or repo.dirstate.p2() != nullid):
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _('resolve command not applicable when not merging'))
 
         m = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts)
@@ -5656,13 +5657,13 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
 
     if opts.get("date"):
         if opts.get("rev"):
-            raise util.Abort(_("you can't specify a revision and a date"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("you can't specify a revision and a date"))
         opts["rev"] = cmdutil.finddate(ui, repo, opts["date"])
 
     parent, p2 = repo.dirstate.parents()
     if not opts.get('rev') and p2 != nullid:
         # revert after merge is a trap for new users (issue2915)
-        raise util.Abort(_('uncommitted merge with no revision specified'),
+        raise error.Abort(_('uncommitted merge with no revision specified'),
                          hint=_('use "hg update" or see "hg help revert"'))
 
     ctx = scmutil.revsingle(repo, opts.get('rev'))
@@ -5673,7 +5674,7 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         if p2 != nullid:
             hint = _("uncommitted merge, use --all to discard all changes,"
                      " or 'hg update -C .' to abort the merge")
-            raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+            raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
         dirty = any(repo.status())
         node = ctx.node()
         if node != parent:
@@ -5687,7 +5688,7 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
             hint = _("uncommitted changes, use --all to discard all changes")
         else:
             hint = _("use --all to revert all files")
-        raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+        raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
 
     return cmdutil.revert(ui, repo, ctx, (parent, p2), *pats, **opts)
 
@@ -5799,7 +5800,7 @@ def serve(ui, repo, **opts):
     """
 
     if opts["stdio"] and opts["cmdserver"]:
-        raise util.Abort(_("cannot use --stdio with --cmdserver"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("cannot use --stdio with --cmdserver"))
 
     if opts["stdio"]:
         if repo is None:
@@ -5968,7 +5969,7 @@ def status(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
 
     if revs and change:
         msg = _('cannot specify --rev and --change at the same time')
-        raise util.Abort(msg)
+        raise error.Abort(msg)
     elif change:
         node2 = scmutil.revsingle(repo, change, None).node()
         node1 = repo[node2].p1().node()
@@ -6320,14 +6321,14 @@ def tag(ui, repo, name1, *names, **opts)
         rev_ = "."
         names = [t.strip() for t in (name1,) + names]
         if len(names) != len(set(names)):
-            raise util.Abort(_('tag names must be unique'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('tag names must be unique'))
         for n in names:
             scmutil.checknewlabel(repo, n, 'tag')
             if not n:
-                raise util.Abort(_('tag names cannot consist entirely of '
+                raise error.Abort(_('tag names cannot consist entirely of '
                                    'whitespace'))
         if opts.get('rev') and opts.get('remove'):
-            raise util.Abort(_("--rev and --remove are incompatible"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("--rev and --remove are incompatible"))
         if opts.get('rev'):
             rev_ = opts['rev']
         message = opts.get('message')
@@ -6339,12 +6340,12 @@ def tag(ui, repo, name1, *names, **opts)
 
             for n in names:
                 if not repo.tagtype(n):
-                    raise util.Abort(_("tag '%s' does not exist") % n)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("tag '%s' does not exist") % n)
                 if repo.tagtype(n) != expectedtype:
                     if expectedtype == 'global':
-                        raise util.Abort(_("tag '%s' is not a global tag") % n)
+                        raise error.Abort(_("tag '%s' is not a global tag") % n)
                     else:
-                        raise util.Abort(_("tag '%s' is not a local tag") % n)
+                        raise error.Abort(_("tag '%s' is not a local tag") % n)
             rev_ = 'null'
             if not message:
                 # we don't translate commit messages
@@ -6352,15 +6353,15 @@ def tag(ui, repo, name1, *names, **opts)
         elif not opts.get('force'):
             for n in names:
                 if n in repo.tags():
-                    raise util.Abort(_("tag '%s' already exists "
+                    raise error.Abort(_("tag '%s' already exists "
                                        "(use -f to force)") % n)
         if not opts.get('local'):
             p1, p2 = repo.dirstate.parents()
             if p2 != nullid:
-                raise util.Abort(_('uncommitted merge'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('uncommitted merge'))
             bheads = repo.branchheads()
             if not opts.get('force') and bheads and p1 not in bheads:
-                raise util.Abort(_('not at a branch head (use -f to force)'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('not at a branch head (use -f to force)'))
         r = scmutil.revsingle(repo, rev_).node()
 
         if not message:
@@ -6381,7 +6382,7 @@ def tag(ui, repo, name1, *names, **opts)
         # don't allow tagging the null rev
         if (not opts.get('remove') and
             scmutil.revsingle(repo, rev_).rev() == nullrev):
-            raise util.Abort(_("cannot tag null revision"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("cannot tag null revision"))
 
         repo.tag(names, r, message, opts.get('local'), opts.get('user'), date,
                  editor=editor)
@@ -6470,7 +6471,7 @@ def unbundle(ui, repo, fname1, *fnames, 
                     op = bundle2.processbundle(repo, gen, lambda: tr)
                     tr.close()
                 except error.BundleUnknownFeatureError as exc:
-                    raise util.Abort(_('%s: unknown bundle feature, %s')
+                    raise error.Abort(_('%s: unknown bundle feature, %s')
                                      % (fname, exc),
                                      hint=_("see https://mercurial-scm.org/"
                                             "wiki/BundleFeature for more "
@@ -6549,7 +6550,7 @@ def update(ui, repo, node=None, rev=None
     Returns 0 on success, 1 if there are unresolved files.
     """
     if rev and node:
-        raise util.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
 
     if rev is None or rev == '':
         rev = node
@@ -6560,7 +6561,7 @@ def update(ui, repo, node=None, rev=None
 
         if date:
             if rev is not None:
-                raise util.Abort(_("you can't specify a revision and a date"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("you can't specify a revision and a date"))
             rev = cmdutil.finddate(ui, repo, date)
 
         # with no argument, we also move the active bookmark, if any
@@ -6571,7 +6572,8 @@ def update(ui, repo, node=None, rev=None
         rev = scmutil.revsingle(repo, rev, rev).rev()
 
         if check and clean:
-            raise util.Abort(_("cannot specify both -c/--check and -C/--clean"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("cannot specify both -c/--check and -C/--clean")
+                             )
 
         if check:
             cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo, merge=False)
diff --git a/mercurial/commandserver.py b/mercurial/commandserver.py
--- a/mercurial/commandserver.py
+++ b/mercurial/commandserver.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from i18n import _
 import struct
 import sys, os, errno, traceback, SocketServer
-import dispatch, encoding, util
+import dispatch, encoding, util, error
 
 logfile = None
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class server(object):
             else:
                 # clients are expected to check what commands are supported by
                 # looking at the servers capabilities
-                raise util.Abort(_('unknown command %s') % cmd)
+                raise error.Abort(_('unknown command %s') % cmd)
 
         return cmd != ''
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class _requesthandler(SocketServer.Strea
                 sv.serve()
             # handle exceptions that may be raised by command server. most of
             # known exceptions are caught by dispatch.
-            except util.Abort as inst:
+            except error.Abort as inst:
                 ui.warn(_('abort: %s\n') % inst)
             except IOError as inst:
                 if inst.errno != errno.EPIPE:
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ class unixservice(object):
         self.repo = repo
         self.address = opts['address']
         if not util.safehasattr(SocketServer, 'UnixStreamServer'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('unsupported platform'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('unsupported platform'))
         if not self.address:
-            raise util.Abort(_('no socket path specified with --address'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('no socket path specified with --address'))
 
     def init(self):
         class cls(SocketServer.ForkingMixIn, SocketServer.UnixStreamServer):
@@ -351,4 +351,4 @@ def createservice(ui, repo, opts):
     try:
         return _servicemap[mode](ui, repo, opts)
     except KeyError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('unknown mode %s') % mode)
+        raise error.Abort(_('unknown mode %s') % mode)
diff --git a/mercurial/context.py b/mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py
+++ b/mercurial/context.py
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ class filectx(basefilectx):
         except error.CensoredNodeError:
             if self._repo.ui.config("censor", "policy", "abort") == "ignore":
                 return ""
-            raise util.Abort(_("censored node: %s") % short(self._filenode),
+            raise error.Abort(_("censored node: %s") % short(self._filenode),
                              hint=_("set censor.policy to ignore errors"))
 
     def size(self):
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ class committablectx(basectx):
             try:
                 branch = encoding.fromlocal(self._repo.dirstate.branch())
             except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                raise util.Abort(_('branch name not in UTF-8!'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('branch name not in UTF-8!'))
             self._extra['branch'] = branch
         if self._extra['branch'] == '':
             self._extra['branch'] = 'default'
diff --git a/mercurial/crecord.py b/mercurial/crecord.py
--- a/mercurial/crecord.py
+++ b/mercurial/crecord.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import tempfile
 from .i18n import _
 from . import (
     encoding,
+    error,
     patch as patchmod,
-    util,
 )
 
 # This is required for ncurses to display non-ASCII characters in default user
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ try:
     curses
 except NameError:
     if os.name != 'nt':  # Temporary hack to get running on Windows again
-        raise util.Abort(
+        raise error.Abort(
             _('the python curses/wcurses module is not available/installed'))
 
 _origstdout = sys.__stdout__ # used by gethw()
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ def chunkselector(ui, headerlist):
     f = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGTSTP)
     curses.wrapper(chunkselector.main)
     if chunkselector.initerr is not None:
-        raise util.Abort(chunkselector.initerr)
+        raise error.Abort(chunkselector.initerr)
     # ncurses does not restore signal handler for SIGTSTP
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTSTP, f)
 
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ are you sure you want to review/edit and
         elif keypressed in ["H", "KEY_SLEFT"]:
             self.leftarrowshiftevent()
         elif keypressed in ["q"]:
-            raise util.Abort(_('user quit'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('user quit'))
         elif keypressed in ["c"]:
             if self.confirmcommit():
                 return True
diff --git a/mercurial/dagparser.py b/mercurial/dagparser.py
--- a/mercurial/dagparser.py
+++ b/mercurial/dagparser.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import re
 import string
 
 from .i18n import _
-from . import util
+from . import error
 
 def parsedag(desc):
     '''parses a DAG from a concise textual description; generates events
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def parsedag(desc):
                 s += c
                 i += 1
                 c = nextch()
-            raise util.Abort(_('invalid character in dag description: '
+            raise error.Abort(_('invalid character in dag description: '
                                '%s...') % s)
 
 def dagtextlines(events,
@@ -298,13 +298,13 @@ def dagtextlines(events,
 
                 # sanity check
                 if r != wantr:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("expected id %i, got %i") % (wantr, r))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("expected id %i, got %i") % (wantr, r))
                 if not ps:
                     ps = [-1]
                 else:
                     for p in ps:
                         if p >= r:
-                            raise util.Abort(_("parent id %i is larger than "
+                            raise error.Abort(_("parent id %i is larger than "
                                                "current id %i") % (p, r))
                 wantr += 1
 
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ def dagtextlines(events,
                     yield '#' + data
                     yield '\n'
                 else:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("invalid event type in dag: %s")
+                    raise error.Abort(_("invalid event type in dag: %s")
                                      % str((type, data)))
         if run:
             yield '+' + str(run)
diff --git a/mercurial/destutil.py b/mercurial/destutil.py
--- a/mercurial/destutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/destutil.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from .i18n import _
 from . import (
     error,
-    util,
     obsolete,
 )
 
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ def destupdate(repo):
         if wc.branch() == 'default': # no default branch!
             node = repo.lookup('tip') # update to tip
         else:
-            raise util.Abort(_("branch %s not found") % wc.branch())
+            raise error.Abort(_("branch %s not found") % wc.branch())
 
     if p1.obsolete() and not p1.children():
         # allow updating to successors
diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from node import nullid
 from i18n import _
-import scmutil, util, osutil, parsers, encoding, pathutil
+import scmutil, util, osutil, parsers, encoding, pathutil, error
 import os, stat, errno
 import match as matchmod
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class dirstate(object):
             if l == 40:
                 return st[:20], st[20:40]
             elif l > 0 and l < 40:
-                raise util.Abort(_('working directory state appears damaged!'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('working directory state appears damaged!'))
         except IOError as err:
             if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                 raise
@@ -412,13 +412,13 @@ class dirstate(object):
         if state == 'a' or oldstate == 'r':
             scmutil.checkfilename(f)
             if f in self._dirs:
-                raise util.Abort(_('directory %r already in dirstate') % f)
+                raise error.Abort(_('directory %r already in dirstate') % f)
             # shadows
             for d in util.finddirs(f):
                 if d in self._dirs:
                     break
                 if d in self._map and self[d] != 'r':
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _('file %r in dirstate clashes with %r') % (d, f))
         if oldstate in "?r" and "_dirs" in self.__dict__:
             self._dirs.addpath(f)
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ class dirstate(object):
     def otherparent(self, f):
         '''Mark as coming from the other parent, always dirty.'''
         if self._pl[1] == nullid:
-            raise util.Abort(_("setting %r to other parent "
+            raise error.Abort(_("setting %r to other parent "
                                "only allowed in merges") % f)
         if f in self and self[f] == 'n':
             # merge-like
diff --git a/mercurial/discovery.py b/mercurial/discovery.py
--- a/mercurial/discovery.py
+++ b/mercurial/discovery.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from .node import (
 from . import (
     bookmarks,
     branchmap,
+    error,
     obsolete,
     phases,
     setdiscovery,
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ def checkheads(repo, remote, outgoing, r
     # 1. Check for new branches on the remote.
     if newbranches and not newbranch:  # new branch requires --new-branch
         branchnames = ', '.join(sorted(newbranches))
-        raise util.Abort(_("push creates new remote branches: %s!")
+        raise error.Abort(_("push creates new remote branches: %s!")
                            % branchnames,
                          hint=_("use 'hg push --new-branch' to create"
                                 " new remote branches"))
@@ -390,4 +391,4 @@ def checkheads(repo, remote, outgoing, r
             for h in dhs:
                 repo.ui.note((" %s\n") % short(h))
     if errormsg:
-        raise util.Abort(errormsg, hint=hint)
+        raise error.Abort(errormsg, hint=hint)
diff --git a/mercurial/dispatch.py b/mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def dispatch(req):
             req.ui.fout = req.fout
         if req.ferr:
             req.ui.ferr = req.ferr
-    except util.Abort as inst:
+    except error.Abort as inst:
         ferr.write(_("abort: %s\n") % inst)
         if inst.hint:
             ferr.write(_("(%s)\n") % inst.hint)
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def _runcatch(req):
             # check if the command is in a disabled extension
             # (but don't check for extensions themselves)
             commands.help_(ui, inst.args[0], unknowncmd=True)
-        except (error.UnknownCommand, util.Abort):
+        except (error.UnknownCommand, error.Abort):
             suggested = False
             if len(inst.args) == 2:
                 sim = _getsimilar(inst.args[1], inst.args[0])
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def _runcatch(req):
     except error.InterventionRequired as inst:
         ui.warn("%s\n" % inst)
         return 1
-    except util.Abort as inst:
+    except error.Abort as inst:
         ui.warn(_("abort: %s\n") % inst)
         if inst.hint:
             ui.warn(_("(%s)\n") % inst.hint)
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ def aliasargs(fn, givenargs):
             nums.append(num)
             if num < len(givenargs):
                 return givenargs[num]
-            raise util.Abort(_('too few arguments for command alias'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('too few arguments for command alias'))
         cmd = re.sub(r'\$(\d+|\$)', replacer, cmd)
         givenargs = [x for i, x in enumerate(givenargs)
                      if i not in nums]
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ class cmdalias(object):
                     hint = _("'%s' is provided by '%s' extension") % (cmd, ext)
                 except error.UnknownCommand:
                     pass
-            raise util.Abort(self.badalias, hint=hint)
+            raise error.Abort(self.badalias, hint=hint)
         if self.shadows:
             ui.debug("alias '%s' shadows command '%s'\n" %
                      (self.name, self.cmdname))
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ def _parseconfig(ui, config):
             ui.setconfig(section, name, value, '--config')
             configs.append((section, name, value))
         except (IndexError, ValueError):
-            raise util.Abort(_('malformed --config option: %r '
+            raise error.Abort(_('malformed --config option: %r '
                                '(use --config section.name=value)') % cfg)
 
     return configs
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ def _getlocal(ui, rpath):
     try:
         wd = os.getcwd()
     except OSError as e:
-        raise util.Abort(_("error getting current working directory: %s") %
+        raise error.Abort(_("error getting current working directory: %s") %
                          e.strerror)
     path = cmdutil.findrepo(wd) or ""
     if not path:
@@ -813,11 +813,11 @@ def _dispatch(req):
     cmd, func, args, options, cmdoptions = _parse(lui, args)
 
     if options["config"]:
-        raise util.Abort(_("option --config may not be abbreviated!"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("option --config may not be abbreviated!"))
     if options["cwd"]:
-        raise util.Abort(_("option --cwd may not be abbreviated!"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("option --cwd may not be abbreviated!"))
     if options["repository"]:
-        raise util.Abort(_(
+        raise error.Abort(_(
             "option -R has to be separated from other options (e.g. not -qR) "
             "and --repository may only be abbreviated as --repo!"))
 
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ def _dispatch(req):
             try:
                 repo = hg.repository(ui, path=path)
                 if not repo.local():
-                    raise util.Abort(_("repository '%s' is not local") % path)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("repository '%s' is not local") % path)
                 repo.ui.setconfig("bundle", "mainreporoot", repo.root, 'repo')
             except error.RequirementError:
                 raise
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ def lsprofile(ui, func, fp):
     try:
         from . import lsprof
     except ImportError:
-        raise util.Abort(_(
+        raise error.Abort(_(
             'lsprof not available - install from '
             'http://codespeak.net/svn/user/arigo/hack/misc/lsprof/'))
     p = lsprof.Profiler()
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ def flameprofile(ui, func, fp):
     try:
         from flamegraph import flamegraph
     except ImportError:
-        raise util.Abort(_(
+        raise error.Abort(_(
             'flamegraph not available - install from '
             'https://github.com/evanhempel/python-flamegraph'))
     # developer config: profiling.freq
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ def statprofile(ui, func, fp):
     try:
         import statprof
     except ImportError:
-        raise util.Abort(_(
+        raise error.Abort(_(
             'statprof not available - install using "easy_install statprof"'))
 
     freq = ui.configint('profiling', 'freq', default=1000)
diff --git a/mercurial/exchange.py b/mercurial/exchange.py
--- a/mercurial/exchange.py
+++ b/mercurial/exchange.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def readbundle(ui, fh, fname, vfs=None):
     magic, version = header[0:2], header[2:4]
 
     if magic != 'HG':
-        raise util.Abort(_('%s: not a Mercurial bundle') % fname)
+        raise error.Abort(_('%s: not a Mercurial bundle') % fname)
     if version == '10':
         if alg is None:
             alg = changegroup.readexactly(fh, 2)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def readbundle(ui, fh, fname, vfs=None):
     elif version.startswith('2'):
         return bundle2.getunbundler(ui, fh, magicstring=magic + version)
     else:
-        raise util.Abort(_('%s: unknown bundle version %s') % (fname, version))
+        raise error.Abort(_('%s: unknown bundle version %s') % (fname, version))
 
 def buildobsmarkerspart(bundler, markers):
     """add an obsmarker part to the bundler with <markers>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def push(repo, remote, force=False, revs
             msg = _("required features are not"
                     " supported in the destination:"
                     " %s") % (', '.join(sorted(missing)))
-            raise util.Abort(msg)
+            raise error.Abort(msg)
 
     # there are two ways to push to remote repo:
     #
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def push(repo, remote, force=False, revs
     # servers, http servers).
 
     if not pushop.remote.canpush():
-        raise util.Abort(_("destination does not support push"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("destination does not support push"))
     # get local lock as we might write phase data
     localwlock = locallock = None
     try:
@@ -435,9 +435,9 @@ def _pushcheckoutgoing(pushop):
             for node in outgoing.missingheads:
                 ctx = unfi[node]
                 if ctx.obsolete():
-                    raise util.Abort(mso % ctx)
+                    raise error.Abort(mso % ctx)
                 elif ctx.troubled():
-                    raise util.Abort(mst[ctx.troubles()[0]] % ctx)
+                    raise error.Abort(mst[ctx.troubles()[0]] % ctx)
 
         # internal config: bookmarks.pushing
         newbm = pushop.ui.configlist('bookmarks', 'pushing')
@@ -658,14 +658,14 @@ def _pushbundle2(pushop):
         try:
             reply = pushop.remote.unbundle(stream, ['force'], 'push')
         except error.BundleValueError as exc:
-            raise util.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
+            raise error.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
         try:
             trgetter = None
             if pushback:
                 trgetter = pushop.trmanager.transaction
             op = bundle2.processbundle(pushop.repo, reply, trgetter)
         except error.BundleValueError as exc:
-            raise util.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
+            raise error.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
     except error.PushkeyFailed as exc:
         partid = int(exc.partid)
         if partid not in pushop.pkfailcb:
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ def pull(repo, remote, heads=None, force
             msg = _("required features are not"
                     " supported in the destination:"
                     " %s") % (', '.join(sorted(missing)))
-            raise util.Abort(msg)
+            raise error.Abort(msg)
 
     lock = pullop.repo.lock()
     try:
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ def _pullbundle2(pullop):
     try:
         op = bundle2.processbundle(pullop.repo, bundle, pullop.gettransaction)
     except error.BundleValueError as exc:
-        raise util.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
+        raise error.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
 
     if pullop.fetch:
         results = [cg['return'] for cg in op.records['changegroup']]
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ def _pullchangeset(pullop):
     elif pullop.heads is None:
         cg = pullop.remote.changegroup(pullop.fetch, 'pull')
     elif not pullop.remote.capable('changegroupsubset'):
-        raise util.Abort(_("partial pull cannot be done because "
+        raise error.Abort(_("partial pull cannot be done because "
                            "other repository doesn't support "
                            "changegroupsubset."))
     else:
diff --git a/mercurial/fancyopts.py b/mercurial/fancyopts.py
--- a/mercurial/fancyopts.py
+++ b/mercurial/fancyopts.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 import getopt
 
 from .i18n import _
-from . import util
+from . import error
 
 def gnugetopt(args, options, longoptions):
     """Parse options mostly like getopt.gnu_getopt.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def fancyopts(args, options, state, gnu=
             try:
                 state[name] = int(val)
             except ValueError:
-                raise util.Abort(_('invalid value %r for option %s, '
+                raise error.Abort(_('invalid value %r for option %s, '
                                    'expected int') % (val, opt))
         elif t is type(''):
             state[name] = val
diff --git a/mercurial/fileset.py b/mercurial/fileset.py
--- a/mercurial/fileset.py
+++ b/mercurial/fileset.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def encoding(mctx, x):
         try:
             d.decode(enc)
         except LookupError:
-            raise util.Abort(_("unknown encoding '%s'") % enc)
+            raise error.Abort(_("unknown encoding '%s'") % enc)
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             continue
         s.append(f)
diff --git a/mercurial/formatter.py b/mercurial/formatter.py
--- a/mercurial/formatter.py
+++ b/mercurial/formatter.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ from .node import (
 
 from . import (
     encoding,
+    error,
     templater,
-    util,
 )
 
 class baseformatter(object):
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def lookuptemplate(ui, topic, tmpl):
 
     if tmpl == 'list':
         ui.write(_("available styles: %s\n") % templater.stylelist())
-        raise util.Abort(_("specify a template"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("specify a template"))
 
     # perhaps it's a path to a map or a template
     if ('/' in tmpl or '\\' in tmpl) and os.path.isfile(tmpl):
diff --git a/mercurial/hbisect.py b/mercurial/hbisect.py
--- a/mercurial/hbisect.py
+++ b/mercurial/hbisect.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from .node import (
 )
 from . import (
     error,
-    util,
 )
 
 def bisect(changelog, state):
@@ -74,8 +73,8 @@ def bisect(changelog, state):
     if not ancestors: # now we're confused
         if (len(state['bad']) == 1 and len(state['good']) == 1 and
             state['bad'] != state['good']):
-            raise util.Abort(_("starting revisions are not directly related"))
-        raise util.Abort(_("inconsistent state, %s:%s is good and bad")
+            raise error.Abort(_("starting revisions are not directly related"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("inconsistent state, %s:%s is good and bad")
                          % (badrev, short(bad)))
 
     # build children dict
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ def load_state(repo):
             kind, node = l[:-1].split()
             node = repo.lookup(node)
             if kind not in state:
-                raise util.Abort(_("unknown bisect kind %s") % kind)
+                raise error.Abort(_("unknown bisect kind %s") % kind)
             state[kind].append(node)
     return state
 
diff --git a/mercurial/help.py b/mercurial/help.py
--- a/mercurial/help.py
+++ b/mercurial/help.py
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def help_(ui, name, unknowncmd=False, fu
         if not rst:
             msg = _('no matches')
             hint = _('try "hg help" for a list of topics')
-            raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+            raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
     elif name and name != 'shortlist':
         queries = []
         if unknowncmd:
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ def help_(ui, name, unknowncmd=False, fu
             else:
                 msg = _('no such help topic: %s') % name
                 hint = _('try "hg help --keyword %s"') % name
-                raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+                raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
     else:
         # program name
         if not ui.quiet:
diff --git a/mercurial/hg.py b/mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def addbranchrevs(lrepo, other, branches
 
     if not peer.capable('branchmap'):
         if branches:
-            raise util.Abort(_("remote branch lookup not supported"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("remote branch lookup not supported"))
         revs.append(hashbranch)
         return revs, revs[0]
     branchmap = peer.branchmap()
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def addbranchrevs(lrepo, other, branches
     def primary(branch):
         if branch == '.':
             if not lrepo:
-                raise util.Abort(_("dirstate branch not accessible"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("dirstate branch not accessible"))
             branch = lrepo.dirstate.branch()
         if branch in branchmap:
             revs.extend(node.hex(r) for r in reversed(branchmap[branch]))
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def repository(ui, path='', create=False
     peer = _peerorrepo(ui, path, create)
     repo = peer.local()
     if not repo:
-        raise util.Abort(_("repository '%s' is not local") %
+        raise error.Abort(_("repository '%s' is not local") %
                          (path or peer.url()))
     return repo.filtered('visible')
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def share(ui, source, dest=None, update=
     '''create a shared repository'''
 
     if not islocal(source):
-        raise util.Abort(_('can only share local repositories'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('can only share local repositories'))
 
     if not dest:
         dest = defaultdest(source)
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def share(ui, source, dest=None, update=
     destvfs = scmutil.vfs(os.path.join(destwvfs.base, '.hg'), realpath=True)
 
     if destvfs.lexists():
-        raise util.Abort(_('destination already exists'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('destination already exists'))
 
     if not destwvfs.isdir():
         destwvfs.mkdir()
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def clonewithshare(ui, peeropts, sharepa
     revs = None
     if rev:
         if not srcpeer.capable('lookup'):
-            raise util.Abort(_("src repository does not support "
+            raise error.Abort(_("src repository does not support "
                                "revision lookup and so doesn't "
                                "support clone by revision"))
         revs = [srcpeer.lookup(r) for r in rev]
@@ -416,14 +416,14 @@ def clone(ui, peeropts, source, dest=Non
     source = util.urllocalpath(source)
 
     if not dest:
-        raise util.Abort(_("empty destination path is not valid"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("empty destination path is not valid"))
 
     destvfs = scmutil.vfs(dest, expandpath=True)
     if destvfs.lexists():
         if not destvfs.isdir():
-            raise util.Abort(_("destination '%s' already exists") % dest)
+            raise error.Abort(_("destination '%s' already exists") % dest)
         elif destvfs.listdir():
-            raise util.Abort(_("destination '%s' is not empty") % dest)
+            raise error.Abort(_("destination '%s' is not empty") % dest)
 
     shareopts = shareopts or {}
     sharepool = shareopts.get('pool')
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ def clone(ui, peeropts, source, dest=Non
         elif sharenamemode == 'remote':
             sharepath = os.path.join(sharepool, util.sha1(source).hexdigest())
         else:
-            raise util.Abort('unknown share naming mode: %s' % sharenamemode)
+            raise error.Abort('unknown share naming mode: %s' % sharenamemode)
 
         if sharepath:
             return clonewithshare(ui, peeropts, sharepath, source, srcpeer,
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ def clone(ui, peeropts, source, dest=Non
             except OSError as inst:
                 if inst.errno == errno.EEXIST:
                     cleandir = None
-                    raise util.Abort(_("destination '%s' already exists")
+                    raise error.Abort(_("destination '%s' already exists")
                                      % dest)
                 raise
 
@@ -534,14 +534,14 @@ def clone(ui, peeropts, source, dest=Non
             except OSError as inst:
                 if inst.errno == errno.EEXIST:
                     cleandir = None
-                    raise util.Abort(_("destination '%s' already exists")
+                    raise error.Abort(_("destination '%s' already exists")
                                      % dest)
                 raise
 
             revs = None
             if rev:
                 if not srcpeer.capable('lookup'):
-                    raise util.Abort(_("src repository does not support "
+                    raise error.Abort(_("src repository does not support "
                                        "revision lookup and so doesn't "
                                        "support clone by revision"))
                 revs = [srcpeer.lookup(r) for r in rev]
@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ def clone(ui, peeropts, source, dest=Non
                 exchange.push(srcrepo, destpeer, revs=revs,
                               bookmarks=srcrepo._bookmarks.keys())
             else:
-                raise util.Abort(_("clone from remote to remote not supported"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("clone from remote to remote not supported")
+                                 )
 
         cleandir = None
 
diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class hgwebdir(object):
         if not isinstance(self.conf, (dict, list, tuple)):
             map = {'paths': 'hgweb-paths'}
             if not os.path.exists(self.conf):
-                raise util.Abort(_('config file %s not found!') % self.conf)
+                raise error.Abort(_('config file %s not found!') % self.conf)
             u.readconfig(self.conf, remap=map, trust=True)
             paths = []
             for name, ignored in u.configitems('hgweb-paths'):
diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class _httprequesthandleropenssl(_httpre
             import OpenSSL
             OpenSSL.SSL.Context
         except ImportError:
-            raise util.Abort(_("SSL support is unavailable"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("SSL support is unavailable"))
         ctx = OpenSSL.SSL.Context(OpenSSL.SSL.TLSv1_METHOD)
         ctx.use_privatekey_file(ssl_cert)
         ctx.use_certificate_file(ssl_cert)
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class _httprequesthandlerssl(_httpreques
             import ssl
             ssl.wrap_socket
         except ImportError:
-            raise util.Abort(_("SSL support is unavailable"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("SSL support is unavailable"))
         httpserver.socket = ssl.wrap_socket(
             httpserver.socket, server_side=True,
             certfile=ssl_cert, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
@@ -345,5 +345,5 @@ def create_server(ui, app):
     try:
         return cls(ui, app, (address, port), handler)
     except socket.error as inst:
-        raise util.Abort(_("cannot start server at '%s:%d': %s")
+        raise error.Abort(_("cannot start server at '%s:%d': %s")
                          % (address, port, inst.args[1]))
diff --git a/mercurial/hook.py b/mercurial/hook.py
--- a/mercurial/hook.py
+++ b/mercurial/hook.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _pythonhook(ui, repo, name, hname, f
     else:
         d = funcname.rfind('.')
         if d == -1:
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s hook is invalid ("%s" not in '
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s hook is invalid ("%s" not in '
                                'a module)') % (hname, funcname))
         modname = funcname[:d]
         oldpaths = sys.path
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _pythonhook(ui, repo, name, hname, f
                         ui.warn(_('exception from second failed import '
                                   'attempt:\n'))
                     ui.traceback(e2)
-                    raise util.Abort(_('%s hook is invalid '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('%s hook is invalid '
                                        '(import of "%s" failed)') %
                                      (hname, modname))
         sys.path = oldpaths
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ def _pythonhook(ui, repo, name, hname, f
             for p in funcname.split('.')[1:]:
                 obj = getattr(obj, p)
         except AttributeError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s hook is invalid '
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s hook is invalid '
                                '("%s" is not defined)') %
                              (hname, funcname))
         if not callable(obj):
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s hook is invalid '
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s hook is invalid '
                                '("%s" is not callable)') %
                              (hname, funcname))
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def _pythonhook(ui, repo, name, hname, f
 
         r = obj(ui=ui, repo=repo, hooktype=name, **args)
     except Exception as exc:
-        if isinstance(exc, util.Abort):
+        if isinstance(exc, error.Abort):
             ui.warn(_('error: %s hook failed: %s\n') %
                          (hname, exc.args[0]))
         else:
diff --git a/mercurial/httppeer.py b/mercurial/httppeer.py
--- a/mercurial/httppeer.py
+++ b/mercurial/httppeer.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class httppeer(wireproto.wirepeer):
         self.requestbuilder = None
         u = util.url(path)
         if u.query or u.fragment:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unsupported URL component: "%s"') %
+            raise error.Abort(_('unsupported URL component: "%s"') %
                              (u.query or u.fragment))
 
         # urllib cannot handle URLs with embedded user or passwd
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class httppeer(wireproto.wirepeer):
         return self.caps
 
     def lock(self):
-        raise util.Abort(_('operation not supported over http'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('operation not supported over http'))
 
     def _callstream(self, cmd, **args):
         if cmd == 'pushkey':
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class httppeer(wireproto.wirepeer):
             resp = self.urlopener.open(req)
         except urllib2.HTTPError as inst:
             if inst.code == 401:
-                raise util.Abort(_('authorization failed'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('authorization failed'))
             raise
         except httplib.HTTPException as inst:
             self.ui.debug('http error while sending %s command\n' % cmd)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class httppeer(wireproto.wirepeer):
             raise IOError(None, inst)
         except IndexError:
             # this only happens with Python 2.3, later versions raise URLError
-            raise util.Abort(_('http error, possibly caused by proxy setting'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('http error, possibly caused by proxy setting'))
         # record the url we got redirected to
         resp_url = resp.geturl()
         if resp_url.endswith(qs):
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ class httppeer(wireproto.wirepeer):
             return vals
         except socket.error as err:
             if err.args[0] in (errno.ECONNRESET, errno.EPIPE):
-                raise util.Abort(_('push failed: %s') % err.args[1])
-            raise util.Abort(err.args[1])
+                raise error.Abort(_('push failed: %s') % err.args[1])
+            raise error.Abort(err.args[1])
         finally:
             fp.close()
             os.unlink(tempname)
@@ -263,13 +263,13 @@ class httppeer(wireproto.wirepeer):
 class httpspeer(httppeer):
     def __init__(self, ui, path):
         if not url.has_https:
-            raise util.Abort(_('Python support for SSL and HTTPS '
+            raise error.Abort(_('Python support for SSL and HTTPS '
                                'is not installed'))
         httppeer.__init__(self, ui, path)
 
 def instance(ui, path, create):
     if create:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot create new http repository'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot create new http repository'))
     try:
         if path.startswith('https:'):
             inst = httpspeer(ui, path)
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
         if not local:
             m = matchmod.exact(self.root, '', ['.hgtags'])
             if any(self.status(match=m, unknown=True, ignored=True)):
-                raise util.Abort(_('working copy of .hgtags is changed'),
+                raise error.Abort(_('working copy of .hgtags is changed'),
                                  hint=_('please commit .hgtags manually'))
 
         self.tags() # instantiate the cache
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
             desc = None
 
         if not force and self['.'] != self['tip'] and desc == 'commit':
-            raise util.Abort(
+            raise error.Abort(
                 _('rollback of last commit while not checked out '
                   'may lose data'), hint=_('use -f to force'))
 
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
             extra = {}
 
         def fail(f, msg):
-            raise util.Abort('%s: %s' % (f, msg))
+            raise error.Abort('%s: %s' % (f, msg))
 
         if not match:
             match = matchmod.always(self.root, '')
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
             merge = len(wctx.parents()) > 1
 
             if not force and merge and match.ispartial():
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot partially commit a merge '
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot partially commit a merge '
                                    '(do not specify files or patterns)'))
 
             status = self.status(match=match, clean=force)
@@ -1477,12 +1477,12 @@ class localrepository(object):
                             newstate[s] = oldstate[s]
                             continue
                         if not force:
-                            raise util.Abort(
+                            raise error.Abort(
                                 _("commit with new subrepo %s excluded") % s)
                     dirtyreason = wctx.sub(s).dirtyreason(True)
                     if dirtyreason:
                         if not self.ui.configbool('ui', 'commitsubrepos'):
-                            raise util.Abort(dirtyreason,
+                            raise error.Abort(dirtyreason,
                                 hint=_("use --subrepos for recursive commit"))
                         subs.append(s)
                         commitsubs.add(s)
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
                 if subs:
                     if (not match('.hgsub') and
                         '.hgsub' in (wctx.modified() + wctx.added())):
-                        raise util.Abort(
+                        raise error.Abort(
                             _("can't commit subrepos without .hgsub"))
                     status.modified.insert(0, '.hgsubstate')
 
@@ -1541,12 +1541,12 @@ class localrepository(object):
                 return None
 
             if merge and cctx.deleted():
-                raise util.Abort(_("cannot commit merge with missing files"))
+                raise error.Abort(_("cannot commit merge with missing files"))
 
             ms = mergemod.mergestate(self)
             for f in status.modified:
                 if f in ms and ms[f] == 'u':
-                    raise util.Abort(_('unresolved merge conflicts '
+                    raise error.Abort(_('unresolved merge conflicts '
                                        '(see "hg help resolve")'))
 
             if editor:
diff --git a/mercurial/mail.py b/mercurial/mail.py
--- a/mercurial/mail.py
+++ b/mercurial/mail.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import time
 from .i18n import _
 from . import (
     encoding,
+    error,
     sslutil,
     util,
 )
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ if util.safehasattr(smtplib.SMTP, '_get_
             return new_socket
 else:
     def SMTPS(sslkwargs, keyfile=None, certfile=None, **kwargs):
-        raise util.Abort(_('SMTPS requires Python 2.6 or later'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('SMTPS requires Python 2.6 or later'))
 
 def _smtp(ui):
     '''build an smtp connection and return a function to send mail'''
@@ -103,14 +104,14 @@ def _smtp(ui):
     starttls = tls == 'starttls' or util.parsebool(tls)
     smtps = tls == 'smtps'
     if (starttls or smtps) and not util.safehasattr(socket, 'ssl'):
-        raise util.Abort(_("can't use TLS: Python SSL support not installed"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("can't use TLS: Python SSL support not installed"))
     mailhost = ui.config('smtp', 'host')
     if not mailhost:
-        raise util.Abort(_('smtp.host not configured - cannot send mail'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('smtp.host not configured - cannot send mail'))
     verifycert = ui.config('smtp', 'verifycert', 'strict')
     if verifycert not in ['strict', 'loose']:
         if util.parsebool(verifycert) is not False:
-            raise util.Abort(_('invalid smtp.verifycert configuration: %s')
+            raise error.Abort(_('invalid smtp.verifycert configuration: %s')
                              % (verifycert))
         verifycert = False
     if (starttls or smtps) and verifycert:
@@ -151,16 +152,16 @@ def _smtp(ui):
         try:
             s.login(username, password)
         except smtplib.SMTPException as inst:
-            raise util.Abort(inst)
+            raise error.Abort(inst)
 
     def send(sender, recipients, msg):
         try:
             return s.sendmail(sender, recipients, msg)
         except smtplib.SMTPRecipientsRefused as inst:
             recipients = [r[1] for r in inst.recipients.values()]
-            raise util.Abort('\n' + '\n'.join(recipients))
+            raise error.Abort('\n' + '\n'.join(recipients))
         except smtplib.SMTPException as inst:
-            raise util.Abort(inst)
+            raise error.Abort(inst)
 
     return send
 
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ def _sendmail(ui, sender, recipients, ms
     fp.write(msg)
     ret = fp.close()
     if ret:
-        raise util.Abort('%s %s' % (
+        raise error.Abort('%s %s' % (
             os.path.basename(program.split(None, 1)[0]),
             util.explainexit(ret)[0]))
 
@@ -208,11 +209,11 @@ def validateconfig(ui):
     method = ui.config('email', 'method', 'smtp')
     if method == 'smtp':
         if not ui.config('smtp', 'host'):
-            raise util.Abort(_('smtp specified as email transport, '
+            raise error.Abort(_('smtp specified as email transport, '
                                'but no smtp host configured'))
     else:
         if not util.findexe(method):
-            raise util.Abort(_('%r specified as email transport, '
+            raise error.Abort(_('%r specified as email transport, '
                                'but not in PATH') % method)
 
 def mimetextpatch(s, subtype='plain', display=False):
@@ -302,13 +303,13 @@ def _addressencode(ui, name, addr, chars
         dom = dom.decode(encoding.encoding).encode('idna')
         addr = '%s@%s' % (acc, dom)
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
-        raise util.Abort(_('invalid email address: %s') % addr)
+        raise error.Abort(_('invalid email address: %s') % addr)
     except ValueError:
         try:
             # too strict?
             addr = addr.encode('ascii')
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('invalid local address: %s') % addr)
+            raise error.Abort(_('invalid local address: %s') % addr)
     return email.Utils.formataddr((name, addr))
 
 def addressencode(ui, address, charsets=None, display=False):
diff --git a/mercurial/match.py b/mercurial/match.py
--- a/mercurial/match.py
+++ b/mercurial/match.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import re
 
 from .i18n import _
 from . import (
+    error,
     pathutil,
     util,
 )
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ def _expandsets(kindpats, ctx, listsubre
     for kind, pat, source in kindpats:
         if kind == 'set':
             if not ctx:
-                raise util.Abort("fileset expression with no context")
+                raise error.Abort("fileset expression with no context")
             s = ctx.getfileset(pat)
             fset.update(s)
 
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ class match(object):
                         files = files.splitlines()
                     files = [f for f in files if f]
                 except EnvironmentError:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("unable to read file list (%s)") % pat)
+                    raise error.Abort(_("unable to read file list (%s)") % pat)
                 for k, p, source in self._normalize(files, default, root, cwd,
                                                     auditor):
                     kindpats.append((k, p, pat))
@@ -302,8 +303,8 @@ class match(object):
                     for k, p, source in self._normalize(includepats, default,
                                                         root, cwd, auditor):
                         kindpats.append((k, p, source or pat))
-                except util.Abort as inst:
-                    raise util.Abort('%s: %s' % (pat, inst[0]))
+                except error.Abort as inst:
+                    raise error.Abort('%s: %s' % (pat, inst[0]))
                 except IOError as inst:
                     if self._warn:
                         self._warn(_("skipping unreadable pattern file "
@@ -587,11 +588,11 @@ def _buildregexmatch(kindpats, globsuffi
                 _rematcher('(?:%s)' % _regex(k, p, globsuffix))
             except re.error:
                 if s:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("%s: invalid pattern (%s): %s") %
+                    raise error.Abort(_("%s: invalid pattern (%s): %s") %
                                      (s, k, p))
                 else:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("invalid pattern (%s): %s") % (k, p))
-        raise util.Abort(_("invalid pattern"))
+                    raise error.Abort(_("invalid pattern (%s): %s") % (k, p))
+        raise error.Abort(_("invalid pattern"))
 
 def _roots(kindpats):
     '''return roots and exact explicitly listed files from patterns
diff --git a/mercurial/mdiff.py b/mercurial/mdiff.py
--- a/mercurial/mdiff.py
+++ b/mercurial/mdiff.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
 from i18n import _
-import bdiff, mpatch, util, base85
+import bdiff, mpatch, util, base85, error
 import re, struct, zlib
 
 def splitnewlines(text):
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class diffopts(object):
         try:
             self.context = int(self.context)
         except ValueError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('diff context lines count must be '
+            raise error.Abort(_('diff context lines count must be '
                                'an integer, not %r') % self.context)
 
     def copy(self, **kwargs):
diff --git a/mercurial/merge.py b/mercurial/merge.py
--- a/mercurial/merge.py
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from .node import (
 from . import (
     copies,
     destutil,
+    error,
     filemerge,
     obsolete,
     subrepo,
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ class mergestate(object):
                 bits = record.split('\0')
                 self._state[bits[0]] = bits[1:]
             elif not rtype.islower():
-                raise util.Abort(_('unsupported merge state record: %s')
+                raise error.Abort(_('unsupported merge state record: %s')
                                    % rtype)
         self._dirty = False
 
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ def _checkunknownfiles(repo, wctx, mctx,
     for f in sorted(aborts):
         repo.ui.warn(_("%s: untracked file differs\n") % f)
     if aborts:
-        raise util.Abort(_("untracked files in working directory differ "
+        raise error.Abort(_("untracked files in working directory differ "
                            "from files in requested revision"))
 
     for f, (m, args, msg) in actions.iteritems():
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ def _checkcollision(repo, wmf, actions):
     for f in sorted(pmmf):
         fold = util.normcase(f)
         if fold in foldmap:
-            raise util.Abort(_("case-folding collision between %s and %s")
+            raise error.Abort(_("case-folding collision between %s and %s")
                              % (f, foldmap[fold]))
         foldmap[fold] = f
 
@@ -1011,18 +1012,18 @@ def update(repo, node, branchmerge, forc
 
         ### check phase
         if not overwrite and len(pl) > 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_("outstanding uncommitted merge"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("outstanding uncommitted merge"))
         if branchmerge:
             if pas == [p2]:
-                raise util.Abort(_("merging with a working directory ancestor"
+                raise error.Abort(_("merging with a working directory ancestor"
                                    " has no effect"))
             elif pas == [p1]:
                 if not mergeancestor and p1.branch() == p2.branch():
-                    raise util.Abort(_("nothing to merge"),
+                    raise error.Abort(_("nothing to merge"),
                                      hint=_("use 'hg update' "
                                             "or check 'hg heads'"))
             if not force and (wc.files() or wc.deleted()):
-                raise util.Abort(_("uncommitted changes"),
+                raise error.Abort(_("uncommitted changes"),
                                  hint=_("use 'hg status' to list changes"))
             for s in sorted(wc.substate):
                 wc.sub(s).bailifchanged()
@@ -1051,11 +1052,11 @@ def update(repo, node, branchmerge, forc
                         else:
                             hint = _("commit or update --clean to discard"
                                      " changes")
-                        raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+                        raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
                     else:  # node is none
                         msg = _("not a linear update")
                         hint = _("merge or update --check to force update")
-                        raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+                        raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
                 else:
                     # Allow jumping branches if clean and specific rev given
                     pas = [p1]
diff --git a/mercurial/obsolete.py b/mercurial/obsolete.py
--- a/mercurial/obsolete.py
+++ b/mercurial/obsolete.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ comment associated with each format for 
 
 """
 import errno, struct
-import util, base85, node, parsers
+import util, base85, node, parsers, error
 import phases
 from i18n import _
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def _fm0readmarkers(data, off):
         # (metadata will be decoded on demand)
         metadata = data[off:off + mdsize]
         if len(metadata) != mdsize:
-            raise util.Abort(_('parsing obsolete marker: metadata is too '
+            raise error.Abort(_('parsing obsolete marker: metadata is too '
                                'short, %d bytes expected, got %d')
                              % (mdsize, len(metadata)))
         off += mdsize
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def _fm0readmarkers(data, off):
 def _fm0encodeonemarker(marker):
     pre, sucs, flags, metadata, date, parents = marker
     if flags & usingsha256:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot handle sha256 with old obsstore format'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot handle sha256 with old obsstore format'))
     metadata = dict(metadata)
     time, tz = date
     metadata['date'] = '%r %i' % (time, tz)
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ def _readmarkers(data):
     diskversion = _unpack('>B', data[off:off + 1])[0]
     off += 1
     if diskversion not in formats:
-        raise util.Abort(_('parsing obsolete marker: unknown version %r')
+        raise error.Abort(_('parsing obsolete marker: unknown version %r')
                          % diskversion)
     return diskversion, formats[diskversion][0](data, off)
 
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def _checkinvalidmarkers(markers):
     """
     for mark in markers:
         if node.nullid in mark[1]:
-            raise util.Abort(_('bad obsolescence marker detected: '
+            raise error.Abort(_('bad obsolescence marker detected: '
                                'invalid successors nullid'))
 
 class obsstore(object):
@@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ class obsstore(object):
         Take care of filtering duplicate.
         Return the number of new marker."""
         if self._readonly:
-            raise util.Abort('creating obsolete markers is not enabled on this '
-                             'repo')
+            raise error.Abort('creating obsolete markers is not enabled on '
+                              'this repo')
         known = set(self._all)
         new = []
         for m in markers:
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ def createmarkers(repo, relations, flag=
                 localmetadata.update(rel[2])
 
             if not prec.mutable():
-                raise util.Abort("cannot obsolete public changeset: %s"
+                raise error.Abort("cannot obsolete public changeset: %s"
                                  % prec,
                                  hint='see "hg help phases" for details')
             nprec = prec.node()
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ def createmarkers(repo, relations, flag=
             if not nsucs:
                 npare = tuple(p.node() for p in prec.parents())
             if nprec in nsucs:
-                raise util.Abort("changeset %s cannot obsolete itself" % prec)
+                raise error.Abort("changeset %s cannot obsolete itself" % prec)
             repo.obsstore.create(tr, nprec, nsucs, flag, parents=npare,
                                  date=date, metadata=localmetadata)
             repo.filteredrevcache.clear()
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ def isenabled(repo, option):
     # createmarkers must be enabled if other options are enabled
     if ((allowunstableopt in result or exchangeopt in result) and
         not createmarkersopt in result):
-        raise util.Abort(_("'createmarkers' obsolete option must be enabled "
+        raise error.Abort(_("'createmarkers' obsolete option must be enabled "
                            "if other obsolete options are enabled"))
 
     return option in result
diff --git a/mercurial/patch.py b/mercurial/patch.py
--- a/mercurial/patch.py
+++ b/mercurial/patch.py
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ the hunk is left unchanged.
             elif r == 6: # all
                 ret = skipall = True
             elif r == 7: # quit
-                raise util.Abort(_('user quit'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('user quit'))
             return ret, skipfile, skipall, newpatches
 
     seen = set()
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ def _applydiff(ui, fp, patcher, backend,
                 else:
                     store.setfile(path, data, mode)
         else:
-            raise util.Abort(_('unsupported parser state: %s') % state)
+            raise error.Abort(_('unsupported parser state: %s') % state)
 
     if current_file:
         rejects += current_file.close()
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ def patchbackend(ui, backend, patchobj, 
     if eolmode is None:
         eolmode = ui.config('patch', 'eol', 'strict')
     if eolmode.lower() not in eolmodes:
-        raise util.Abort(_('unsupported line endings type: %s') % eolmode)
+        raise error.Abort(_('unsupported line endings type: %s') % eolmode)
     eolmode = eolmode.lower()
 
     store = filestore()
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ def changedfiles(ui, repo, patchpath, st
                 if gp.op == 'RENAME':
                     changed.add(gp.oldpath)
             elif state not in ('hunk', 'git'):
-                raise util.Abort(_('unsupported parser state: %s') % state)
+                raise error.Abort(_('unsupported parser state: %s') % state)
         return changed
     finally:
         fp.close()
diff --git a/mercurial/pathutil.py b/mercurial/pathutil.py
--- a/mercurial/pathutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/pathutil.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import stat
 from .i18n import _
 from . import (
     encoding,
+    error,
     util,
 )
 
@@ -47,18 +48,18 @@ class pathauditor(object):
             return
         # AIX ignores "/" at end of path, others raise EISDIR.
         if util.endswithsep(path):
-            raise util.Abort(_("path ends in directory separator: %s") % path)
+            raise error.Abort(_("path ends in directory separator: %s") % path)
         parts = util.splitpath(path)
         if (os.path.splitdrive(path)[0]
             or _lowerclean(parts[0]) in ('.hg', '.hg.', '')
             or os.pardir in parts):
-            raise util.Abort(_("path contains illegal component: %s") % path)
+            raise error.Abort(_("path contains illegal component: %s") % path)
         # Windows shortname aliases
         for p in parts:
             if "~" in p:
                 first, last = p.split("~", 1)
                 if last.isdigit() and first.upper() in ["HG", "HG8B6C"]:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("path contains illegal component: %s")
+                    raise error.Abort(_("path contains illegal component: %s")
                                      % path)
         if '.hg' in _lowerclean(path):
             lparts = [_lowerclean(p.lower()) for p in parts]
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class pathauditor(object):
                 if p in lparts[1:]:
                     pos = lparts.index(p)
                     base = os.path.join(*parts[:pos])
-                    raise util.Abort(_("path '%s' is inside nested repo %r")
+                    raise error.Abort(_("path '%s' is inside nested repo %r")
                                      % (path, base))
 
         normparts = util.splitpath(normpath)
@@ -90,13 +91,13 @@ class pathauditor(object):
                     raise
             else:
                 if stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode):
-                    raise util.Abort(
+                    raise error.Abort(
                         _('path %r traverses symbolic link %r')
                         % (path, prefix))
                 elif (stat.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) and
                       os.path.isdir(os.path.join(curpath, '.hg'))):
                     if not self.callback or not self.callback(curpath):
-                        raise util.Abort(_("path '%s' is inside nested "
+                        raise error.Abort(_("path '%s' is inside nested "
                                            "repo %r")
                                          % (path, prefix))
             prefixes.append(normprefix)
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ class pathauditor(object):
         try:
             self(path)
             return True
-        except (OSError, util.Abort):
+        except (OSError, error.Abort):
             return False
 
 def canonpath(root, cwd, myname, auditor=None):
@@ -167,10 +168,10 @@ def canonpath(root, cwd, myname, auditor
                 canonpath(root, root, myname, auditor)
                 hint = (_("consider using '--cwd %s'")
                         % os.path.relpath(root, cwd))
-        except util.Abort:
+        except error.Abort:
             pass
 
-        raise util.Abort(_("%s not under root '%s'") % (myname, root),
+        raise error.Abort(_("%s not under root '%s'") % (myname, root),
                          hint=hint)
 
 def normasprefix(path):
diff --git a/mercurial/phases.py b/mercurial/phases.py
--- a/mercurial/phases.py
+++ b/mercurial/phases.py
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ from .node import (
 )
 from . import (
     error,
-    util,
 )
 
 allphases = public, draft, secret = range(3)
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ class phasecache(object):
                     if self.phase(repo, repo[n].rev()) < targetphase]
         if newroots:
             if nullid in newroots:
-                raise util.Abort(_('cannot change null revision phase'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('cannot change null revision phase'))
             currentroots = currentroots.copy()
             currentroots.update(newroots)
             ctxs = repo.set('roots(%ln::)', currentroots)
diff --git a/mercurial/repair.py b/mercurial/repair.py
--- a/mercurial/repair.py
+++ b/mercurial/repair.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .node import short
 from . import (
     bundle2,
     changegroup,
+    error,
     exchange,
     util,
 )
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ def strip(ui, repo, nodelist, backup=Tru
     if curtr is not None:
         del curtr  # avoid carrying reference to transaction for nothing
         msg = _('programming error: cannot strip from inside a transaction')
-        raise util.Abort(msg, hint=_('contact your extension maintainer'))
+        raise error.Abort(msg, hint=_('contact your extension maintainer'))
 
     tr = repo.transaction("strip")
     offset = len(tr.entries)
diff --git a/mercurial/revset.py b/mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py
@@ -480,11 +480,11 @@ def _mergedefaultdest(repo, subset, x):
             else:
                 node = bmheads[0]
         elif len(bmheads) > 2:
-            raise util.Abort(_("multiple matching bookmarks to merge - "
+            raise error.Abort(_("multiple matching bookmarks to merge - "
                 "please merge with an explicit rev or bookmark"),
                 hint=_("run 'hg heads' to see all heads"))
         elif len(bmheads) <= 1:
-            raise util.Abort(_("no matching bookmark to merge - "
+            raise error.Abort(_("no matching bookmark to merge - "
                 "please merge with an explicit rev or bookmark"),
                 hint=_("run 'hg heads' to see all heads"))
     else:
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def _mergedefaultdest(repo, subset, x):
         nbhs = [bh for bh in bheads if not repo[bh].bookmarks()]
 
         if len(nbhs) > 2:
-            raise util.Abort(_("branch '%s' has %d heads - "
+            raise error.Abort(_("branch '%s' has %d heads - "
                                "please merge with an explicit rev")
                              % (branch, len(bheads)),
                              hint=_("run 'hg heads .' to see heads"))
@@ -501,21 +501,21 @@ def _mergedefaultdest(repo, subset, x):
         parent = repo.dirstate.p1()
         if len(nbhs) <= 1:
             if len(bheads) > 1:
-                raise util.Abort(_("heads are bookmarked - "
+                raise error.Abort(_("heads are bookmarked - "
                                    "please merge with an explicit rev"),
                                  hint=_("run 'hg heads' to see all heads"))
             if len(repo.heads()) > 1:
-                raise util.Abort(_("branch '%s' has one head - "
+                raise error.Abort(_("branch '%s' has one head - "
                                    "please merge with an explicit rev")
                                  % branch,
                                  hint=_("run 'hg heads' to see all heads"))
             msg, hint = _('nothing to merge'), None
             if parent != repo.lookup(branch):
                 hint = _("use 'hg update' instead")
-            raise util.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
+            raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
 
         if parent not in bheads:
-            raise util.Abort(_('working directory not at a head revision'),
+            raise error.Abort(_('working directory not at a head revision'),
                              hint=_("use 'hg update' or merge with an "
                                     "explicit revision"))
         if parent == nbhs[0]:
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ def bundle(repo, subset, x):
     try:
         bundlerevs = repo.changelog.bundlerevs
     except AttributeError:
-        raise util.Abort(_("no bundle provided - specify with -R"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("no bundle provided - specify with -R"))
     return subset & bundlerevs
 
 def checkstatus(repo, subset, pat, field):
@@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@ def _expandaliases(aliases, tree, expand
     alias = _getalias(aliases, tree)
     if alias is not None:
         if alias.error:
-            raise util.Abort(alias.error)
+            raise error.Abort(alias.error)
         if alias in expanding:
             raise error.ParseError(_('infinite expansion of revset alias "%s" '
                                      'detected') % alias.name)
@@ -2868,7 +2868,7 @@ def formatspec(expr, *args):
                 ret += listexp(list(args[arg]), d)
                 arg += 1
             else:
-                raise util.Abort('unexpected revspec format character %s' % d)
+                raise error.Abort('unexpected revspec format character %s' % d)
         else:
             ret += c
         pos += 1
diff --git a/mercurial/scmutil.py b/mercurial/scmutil.py
--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py
@@ -123,20 +123,20 @@ def checknewlabel(repo, lbl, kind):
     # Do not use the "kind" parameter in ui output.
     # It makes strings difficult to translate.
     if lbl in ['tip', '.', 'null']:
-        raise util.Abort(_("the name '%s' is reserved") % lbl)
+        raise error.Abort(_("the name '%s' is reserved") % lbl)
     for c in (':', '\0', '\n', '\r'):
         if c in lbl:
-            raise util.Abort(_("%r cannot be used in a name") % c)
+            raise error.Abort(_("%r cannot be used in a name") % c)
     try:
         int(lbl)
-        raise util.Abort(_("cannot use an integer as a name"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("cannot use an integer as a name"))
     except ValueError:
         pass
 
 def checkfilename(f):
     '''Check that the filename f is an acceptable filename for a tracked file'''
     if '\r' in f or '\n' in f:
-        raise util.Abort(_("'\\n' and '\\r' disallowed in filenames: %r") % f)
+        raise error.Abort(_("'\\n' and '\\r' disallowed in filenames: %r") % f)
 
 def checkportable(ui, f):
     '''Check if filename f is portable and warn or abort depending on config'''
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def checkportable(ui, f):
         if msg:
             msg = "%s: %r" % (msg, f)
             if abort:
-                raise util.Abort(msg)
+                raise error.Abort(msg)
             ui.warn(_("warning: %s\n") % msg)
 
 def checkportabilityalert(ui):
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class casecollisionauditor(object):
         if fl in self._loweredfiles and f not in self._dirstate:
             msg = _('possible case-folding collision for %s') % f
             if self._abort:
-                raise util.Abort(msg)
+                raise error.Abort(msg)
             self._ui.warn(_("warning: %s\n") % msg)
         self._loweredfiles.add(fl)
         self._newfiles.add(f)
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ class vfs(abstractvfs):
         if self._audit:
             r = util.checkosfilename(path)
             if r:
-                raise util.Abort("%s: %r" % (r, path))
+                raise error.Abort("%s: %r" % (r, path))
         self.audit(path)
         f = self.join(path)
 
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class readonlyvfs(abstractvfs, auditvfs)
 
     def __call__(self, path, mode='r', *args, **kw):
         if mode not in ('r', 'rb'):
-            raise util.Abort('this vfs is read only')
+            raise error.Abort('this vfs is read only')
         return self.vfs(path, mode, *args, **kw)
 
     def join(self, path, *insidef):
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ def revsingle(repo, revspec, default='.'
 
     l = revrange(repo, [revspec])
     if not l:
-        raise util.Abort(_('empty revision set'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('empty revision set'))
     return repo[l.last()]
 
 def _pairspec(revspec):
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ def revpair(repo, revs):
         second = l.last()
 
     if first is None:
-        raise util.Abort(_('empty revision range'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('empty revision range'))
 
     # if top-level is range expression, the result must always be a pair
     if first == second and len(revs) == 1 and not _pairspec(revs[0]):
diff --git a/mercurial/setdiscovery.py b/mercurial/setdiscovery.py
--- a/mercurial/setdiscovery.py
+++ b/mercurial/setdiscovery.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from .node import (
 )
 from . import (
     dagutil,
-    util,
+    error,
 )
 
 def _updatesample(dag, nodes, sample, quicksamplesize=0):
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def findcommonheads(ui, local, remote,
 
     if not result and srvheadhashes != [nullid]:
         if abortwhenunrelated:
-            raise util.Abort(_("repository is unrelated"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("repository is unrelated"))
         else:
             ui.warn(_("warning: repository is unrelated\n"))
         return (set([nullid]), True, srvheadhashes,)
diff --git a/mercurial/simplemerge.py b/mercurial/simplemerge.py
--- a/mercurial/simplemerge.py
+++ b/mercurial/simplemerge.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import sys
 
 from .i18n import _
 from . import (
+    error,
     mdiff,
     scmutil,
     util,
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ def simplemerge(ui, local, base, other, 
             if not opts.get('quiet'):
                 ui.warn(_('warning: %s\n') % msg)
             if not opts.get('text'):
-                raise util.Abort(msg)
+                raise error.Abort(msg)
         return text
 
     mode = opts.get('mode','merge')
@@ -381,13 +382,13 @@ def simplemerge(ui, local, base, other, 
         if len(labels) > 2:
             name_base = labels[2]
         if len(labels) > 3:
-            raise util.Abort(_("can only specify three labels."))
+            raise error.Abort(_("can only specify three labels."))
 
     try:
         localtext = readfile(local)
         basetext = readfile(base)
         othertext = readfile(other)
-    except util.Abort:
+    except error.Abort:
         return 1
 
     local = os.path.realpath(local)
diff --git a/mercurial/sshpeer.py b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
--- a/mercurial/sshpeer.py
+++ b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class sshpeer(wireproto.wirepeer):
         r = self._call(cmd, **args)
         if r:
             # XXX needs to be made better
-            raise util.Abort('unexpected remote reply: %s' % r)
+            raise error.Abort('unexpected remote reply: %s' % r)
         while True:
             d = fp.read(4096)
             if not d:
diff --git a/mercurial/sshserver.py b/mercurial/sshserver.py
--- a/mercurial/sshserver.py
+++ b/mercurial/sshserver.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 from . import (
+    error,
     hook,
     util,
     wireproto,
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class sshserver(wireproto.abstractserver
             argline = self.fin.readline()[:-1]
             arg, l = argline.split()
             if arg not in keys:
-                raise util.Abort("unexpected parameter %r" % arg)
+                raise error.Abort("unexpected parameter %r" % arg)
             if arg == '*':
                 star = {}
                 for k in xrange(int(l)):
diff --git a/mercurial/sslutil.py b/mercurial/sslutil.py
--- a/mercurial/sslutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/sslutil.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import ssl
 import sys
 
 from .i18n import _
-from . import util
+from . import error, util
 
 _canloaddefaultcerts = False
 try:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ try:
         # closed
         # - see http://bugs.python.org/issue13721
         if not sslsocket.cipher():
-            raise util.Abort(_('ssl connection failed'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('ssl connection failed'))
         return sslsocket
 except AttributeError:
     def wrapsocket(sock, keyfile, certfile, ui, cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ except AttributeError:
         # closed
         # - see http://bugs.python.org/issue13721
         if not sslsocket.cipher():
-            raise util.Abort(_('ssl connection failed'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('ssl connection failed'))
         return sslsocket
 
 def _verifycert(cert, hostname):
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def sslkwargs(ui, host):
     elif cacerts:
         cacerts = util.expandpath(cacerts)
         if not os.path.exists(cacerts):
-            raise util.Abort(_('could not find web.cacerts: %s') % cacerts)
+            raise error.Abort(_('could not find web.cacerts: %s') % cacerts)
     else:
         cacerts = _defaultcacerts()
         if cacerts and cacerts != '!':
@@ -163,15 +163,15 @@ class validator(object):
         hostfingerprint = self.ui.config('hostfingerprints', host)
 
         if not sock.cipher(): # work around http://bugs.python.org/issue13721
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s ssl connection error') % host)
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s ssl connection error') % host)
         try:
             peercert = sock.getpeercert(True)
             peercert2 = sock.getpeercert()
         except AttributeError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s ssl connection error') % host)
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s ssl connection error') % host)
 
         if not peercert:
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s certificate error: '
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s certificate error: '
                                'no certificate received') % host)
         peerfingerprint = util.sha1(peercert).hexdigest()
         nicefingerprint = ":".join([peerfingerprint[x:x + 2]
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class validator(object):
         if hostfingerprint:
             if peerfingerprint.lower() != \
                     hostfingerprint.replace(':', '').lower():
-                raise util.Abort(_('certificate for %s has unexpected '
+                raise error.Abort(_('certificate for %s has unexpected '
                                    'fingerprint %s') % (host, nicefingerprint),
                                  hint=_('check hostfingerprint configuration'))
             self.ui.debug('%s certificate matched fingerprint %s\n' %
@@ -187,13 +187,13 @@ class validator(object):
         elif cacerts != '!':
             msg = _verifycert(peercert2, host)
             if msg:
-                raise util.Abort(_('%s certificate error: %s') % (host, msg),
+                raise error.Abort(_('%s certificate error: %s') % (host, msg),
                                  hint=_('configure hostfingerprint %s or use '
                                         '--insecure to connect insecurely') %
                                       nicefingerprint)
             self.ui.debug('%s certificate successfully verified\n' % host)
         elif strict:
-            raise util.Abort(_('%s certificate with fingerprint %s not '
+            raise error.Abort(_('%s certificate with fingerprint %s not '
                                'verified') % (host, nicefingerprint),
                              hint=_('check hostfingerprints or web.cacerts '
                                      'config setting'))
diff --git a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
--- a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ class statichttprepository(localrepo.loc
         return statichttppeer(self)
 
     def lock(self, wait=True):
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot lock static-http repository'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot lock static-http repository'))
 
 def instance(ui, path, create):
     if create:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot create new static-http repository'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot create new static-http repository'))
     return statichttprepository(ui, path[7:])
diff --git a/mercurial/store.py b/mercurial/store.py
--- a/mercurial/store.py
+++ b/mercurial/store.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
 from i18n import _
-import scmutil, util, parsers
+import scmutil, util, parsers, error
 import os, stat, errno
 
 _sha = util.sha1
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class fncache(object):
             for n, line in enumerate(fp):
                 if not line.rstrip('\n'):
                     t = _('invalid entry in fncache, line %s') % (n + 1)
-                    raise util.Abort(t)
+                    raise error.Abort(t)
         fp.close()
 
     def write(self, tr):
diff --git a/mercurial/streamclone.py b/mercurial/streamclone.py
--- a/mercurial/streamclone.py
+++ b/mercurial/streamclone.py
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ def maybeperformlegacystreamclone(pullop
         raise error.ResponseError(
             _('unexpected response from remote server:'), l)
     if resp == 1:
-        raise util.Abort(_('operation forbidden by server'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('operation forbidden by server'))
     elif resp == 2:
-        raise util.Abort(_('locking the remote repository failed'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('locking the remote repository failed'))
     elif resp != 0:
-        raise util.Abort(_('the server sent an unknown error code'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('the server sent an unknown error code'))
 
     l = fp.readline()
     try:
diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def state(ctx, ui):
                 return
             p.parse(f, data, sections, remap, read)
         else:
-            raise util.Abort(_("subrepo spec file \'%s\' not found") %
+            raise error.Abort(_("subrepo spec file \'%s\' not found") %
                              repo.pathto(f))
     if '.hgsub' in ctx:
         read('.hgsub')
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def state(ctx, ui):
                 try:
                     revision, path = l.split(" ", 1)
                 except ValueError:
-                    raise util.Abort(_("invalid subrepository revision "
+                    raise error.Abort(_("invalid subrepository revision "
                                        "specifier in \'%s\' line %d")
                                      % (repo.pathto('.hgsubstate'), (i + 1)))
                 rev[path] = revision
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def state(ctx, ui):
             try:
                 src = re.sub(pattern, repl, src, 1)
             except re.error as e:
-                raise util.Abort(_("bad subrepository pattern in %s: %s")
+                raise error.Abort(_("bad subrepository pattern in %s: %s")
                                  % (p.source('subpaths', pattern), e))
         return src
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def state(ctx, ui):
         kind = 'hg'
         if src.startswith('['):
             if ']' not in src:
-                raise util.Abort(_('missing ] in subrepo source'))
+                raise error.Abort(_('missing ] in subrepo source'))
             kind, src = src.split(']', 1)
             kind = kind[1:]
             src = src.lstrip() # strip any extra whitespace after ']'
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ def _abssource(repo, push=False, abort=T
             # chop off the .hg component to get the default path form
             return os.path.dirname(repo.sharedpath)
     if abort:
-        raise util.Abort(_("default path for subrepository not found"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("default path for subrepository not found"))
 
 def _sanitize(ui, vfs, ignore):
     for dirname, dirs, names in vfs.walk():
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def subrepo(ctx, path, allowwdir=False):
     pathutil.pathauditor(ctx.repo().root)(path)
     state = ctx.substate[path]
     if state[2] not in types:
-        raise util.Abort(_('unknown subrepo type %s') % state[2])
+        raise error.Abort(_('unknown subrepo type %s') % state[2])
     if allowwdir:
         state = (state[0], ctx.subrev(path), state[2])
     return types[state[2]](ctx, path, state[:2])
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def nullsubrepo(ctx, path, pctx):
     pathutil.pathauditor(ctx.repo().root)(path)
     state = ctx.substate[path]
     if state[2] not in types:
-        raise util.Abort(_('unknown subrepo type %s') % state[2])
+        raise error.Abort(_('unknown subrepo type %s') % state[2])
     subrev = ''
     if state[2] == 'hg':
         subrev = "0" * 40
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def newcommitphase(ui, ctx):
         return commitphase
     check = ui.config('phases', 'checksubrepos', 'follow')
     if check not in ('ignore', 'follow', 'abort'):
-        raise util.Abort(_('invalid phases.checksubrepos configuration: %s')
+        raise error.Abort(_('invalid phases.checksubrepos configuration: %s')
                          % (check))
     if check == 'ignore':
         return commitphase
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ def newcommitphase(ui, ctx):
             maxsub = s
     if commitphase < maxphase:
         if check == 'abort':
-            raise util.Abort(_("can't commit in %s phase"
+            raise error.Abort(_("can't commit in %s phase"
                                " conflicting %s from subrepository %s") %
                              (phases.phasenames[commitphase],
                               phases.phasenames[maxphase], maxsub))
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class abstractsubrepo(object):
         """
         dirtyreason = self.dirtyreason(ignoreupdate=ignoreupdate)
         if dirtyreason:
-            raise util.Abort(dirtyreason)
+            raise error.Abort(dirtyreason)
 
     def basestate(self):
         """current working directory base state, disregarding .hgsubstate
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ class svnsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
         self._state = state
         self._exe = util.findexe('svn')
         if not self._exe:
-            raise util.Abort(_("'svn' executable not found for subrepo '%s'")
+            raise error.Abort(_("'svn' executable not found for subrepo '%s'")
                              % self._path)
 
     def _svncommand(self, commands, filename='', failok=False):
@@ -1108,7 +1108,8 @@ class svnsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
         stderr = stderr.strip()
         if not failok:
             if p.returncode:
-                raise util.Abort(stderr or 'exited with code %d' % p.returncode)
+                raise error.Abort(stderr or 'exited with code %d'
+                                  % p.returncode)
             if stderr:
                 self.ui.warn(stderr + '\n')
         return stdout, stderr
@@ -1118,7 +1119,7 @@ class svnsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
         output, err = self._svncommand(['--version', '--quiet'], filename=None)
         m = re.search(r'^(\d+)\.(\d+)', output)
         if not m:
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot retrieve svn tool version'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot retrieve svn tool version'))
         return (int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2)))
 
     def _wcrevs(self):
@@ -1196,11 +1197,11 @@ class svnsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
             return self.basestate()
         if extchanged:
             # Do not try to commit externals
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot commit svn externals'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot commit svn externals'))
         if missing:
             # svn can commit with missing entries but aborting like hg
             # seems a better approach.
-            raise util.Abort(_('cannot commit missing svn entries'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('cannot commit missing svn entries'))
         commitinfo, err = self._svncommand(['commit', '-m', text])
         self.ui.status(commitinfo)
         newrev = re.search('Committed revision ([0-9]+).', commitinfo)
@@ -1210,8 +1211,8 @@ class svnsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
                 # svn one. For instance, svn ignores missing files
                 # when committing. If there are only missing files, no
                 # commit is made, no output and no error code.
-                raise util.Abort(_('failed to commit svn changes'))
-            raise util.Abort(commitinfo.splitlines()[-1])
+                raise error.Abort(_('failed to commit svn changes'))
+            raise error.Abort(commitinfo.splitlines()[-1])
         newrev = newrev.groups()[0]
         self.ui.status(self._svncommand(['update', '-r', newrev])[0])
         return newrev
@@ -1250,7 +1251,7 @@ class svnsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
                 self.remove()
                 self.get(state, overwrite=False)
                 return
-            raise util.Abort((status or err).splitlines()[-1])
+            raise error.Abort((status or err).splitlines()[-1])
         self.ui.status(status)
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror
@@ -1307,7 +1308,7 @@ class gitsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
         if versionstatus == 'unknown':
             self.ui.warn(_('cannot retrieve git version\n'))
         elif versionstatus == 'abort':
-            raise util.Abort(_('git subrepo requires at least 1.6.0 or later'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('git subrepo requires at least 1.6.0 or later'))
         elif versionstatus == 'warning':
             self.ui.warn(_('git subrepo requires at least 1.6.0 or later\n'))
 
@@ -1394,7 +1395,7 @@ class gitsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
             if command in ('cat-file', 'symbolic-ref'):
                 return retdata, p.returncode
             # for all others, abort
-            raise util.Abort('git %s error %d in %s' %
+            raise error.Abort('git %s error %d in %s' %
                              (command, p.returncode, self._relpath))
 
         return retdata, p.returncode
@@ -1491,7 +1492,7 @@ class gitsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
         # try only origin: the originally cloned repo
         self._gitcommand(['fetch'])
         if not self._githavelocally(revision):
-            raise util.Abort(_("revision %s does not exist in subrepo %s\n") %
+            raise error.Abort(_("revision %s does not exist in subrepo %s\n") %
                                (revision, self._relpath))
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror
@@ -1600,7 +1601,7 @@ class gitsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
     @annotatesubrepoerror
     def commit(self, text, user, date):
         if self._gitmissing():
-            raise util.Abort(_("subrepo %s is missing") % self._relpath)
+            raise error.Abort(_("subrepo %s is missing") % self._relpath)
         cmd = ['commit', '-a', '-m', text]
         env = os.environ.copy()
         if user:
@@ -1646,7 +1647,7 @@ class gitsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
         if not self._state[1]:
             return True
         if self._gitmissing():
-            raise util.Abort(_("subrepo %s is missing") % self._relpath)
+            raise error.Abort(_("subrepo %s is missing") % self._relpath)
         # if a branch in origin contains the revision, nothing to do
         branch2rev, rev2branch = self._gitbranchmap()
         if self._state[1] in rev2branch:
diff --git a/mercurial/templater.py b/mercurial/templater.py
--- a/mercurial/templater.py
+++ b/mercurial/templater.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def runfilter(context, mapping, data):
             dt = arg[1][1]
         else:
             dt = arg[1]
-        raise util.Abort(_("template filter '%s' is not compatible with "
+        raise error.Abort(_("template filter '%s' is not compatible with "
                            "keyword '%s'") % (filt.func_name, dt))
 
 def buildmap(exp, context):
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ def stylelist():
             stylelist.append(split[1])
     return ", ".join(sorted(stylelist))
 
-class TemplateNotFound(util.Abort):
+class TemplateNotFound(error.Abort):
     pass
 
 class templater(object):
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ class templater(object):
         if not mapfile:
             return
         if not os.path.exists(mapfile):
-            raise util.Abort(_("style '%s' not found") % mapfile,
+            raise error.Abort(_("style '%s' not found") % mapfile,
                              hint=_("available styles: %s") % stylelist())
 
         conf = config.config(includepaths=templatepaths())
diff --git a/mercurial/transaction.py b/mercurial/transaction.py
--- a/mercurial/transaction.py
+++ b/mercurial/transaction.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def _playback(journal, report, opener, v
                 except (IOError, OSError) as inst:
                     if inst.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                         raise
-        except (IOError, OSError, util.Abort) as inst:
+        except (IOError, OSError, error.Abort) as inst:
             if not c:
                 raise
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def _playback(journal, report, opener, v
         for f in backupfiles:
             if opener.exists(f):
                 opener.unlink(f)
-    except (IOError, OSError, util.Abort) as inst:
+    except (IOError, OSError, error.Abort) as inst:
         # only pure backup file remains, it is sage to ignore any error
         pass
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class transaction(object):
             if not f and b and vfs.exists(b):
                 try:
                     vfs.unlink(b)
-                except (IOError, OSError, util.Abort) as inst:
+                except (IOError, OSError, error.Abort) as inst:
                     if not c:
                         raise
                     # Abort may be raise by read only opener
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ class transaction(object):
                 if b and vfs.exists(b):
                     try:
                         vfs.unlink(b)
-                    except (IOError, OSError, util.Abort) as inst:
+                    except (IOError, OSError, error.Abort) as inst:
                         if not c:
                             raise
                         # Abort may be raise by read only opener
diff --git a/mercurial/treediscovery.py b/mercurial/treediscovery.py
--- a/mercurial/treediscovery.py
+++ b/mercurial/treediscovery.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from .node import (
 )
 from . import (
     error,
-    util,
 )
 
 def findcommonincoming(repo, remote, heads=None, force=False):
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ def findcommonincoming(repo, remote, hea
         if force:
             repo.ui.warn(_("warning: repository is unrelated\n"))
         else:
-            raise util.Abort(_("repository is unrelated"))
+            raise error.Abort(_("repository is unrelated"))
 
     repo.ui.debug("found new changesets starting at " +
                  " ".join([short(f) for f in fetch]) + "\n")
diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -535,11 +535,12 @@ class ui(object):
             except KeyError:
                 pass
         if not user:
-            raise util.Abort(_('no username supplied'),
+            raise error.Abort(_('no username supplied'),
                              hint=_('use "hg config --edit" '
                                     'to set your username'))
         if "\n" in user:
-            raise util.Abort(_("username %s contains a newline\n") % repr(user))
+            raise error.Abort(_("username %s contains a newline\n")
+                              % repr(user))
         return user
 
     def shortuser(self, user):
@@ -755,7 +756,7 @@ class ui(object):
                 self.write(r, "\n")
             return r
         except EOFError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('response expected'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('response expected'))
 
     @staticmethod
     def extractchoices(prompt):
@@ -802,7 +803,7 @@ class ui(object):
             else:
                 return getpass.getpass('')
         except EOFError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('response expected'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('response expected'))
     def status(self, *msg, **opts):
         '''write status message to output (if ui.quiet is False)
 
@@ -858,7 +859,7 @@ class ui(object):
 
             self.system("%s \"%s\"" % (editor, name),
                         environ=environ,
-                        onerr=util.Abort, errprefix=_("edit failed"))
+                        onerr=error.Abort, errprefix=_("edit failed"))
 
             f = open(name)
             t = f.read()
diff --git a/mercurial/unionrepo.py b/mercurial/unionrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/unionrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/unionrepo.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from .node import nullid
 from . import (
     changelog,
     cmdutil,
+    error,
     filelog,
     localrepo,
     manifest,
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ class unionrepository(localrepo.localrep
 
 def instance(ui, path, create):
     if create:
-        raise util.Abort(_('cannot create new union repository'))
+        raise error.Abort(_('cannot create new union repository'))
     parentpath = ui.config("bundle", "mainreporoot", "")
     if not parentpath:
         # try to find the correct path to the working directory repo
diff --git a/mercurial/url.py b/mercurial/url.py
--- a/mercurial/url.py
+++ b/mercurial/url.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import urllib2
 
 from .i18n import _
 from . import (
+    error,
     httpconnection as httpconnectionmod,
     keepalive,
     sslutil,
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class passwordmgr(urllib2.HTTPPasswordMg
             u = util.url(authuri)
             u.query = None
             if not self.ui.interactive():
-                raise util.Abort(_('http authorization required for %s') %
+                raise error.Abort(_('http authorization required for %s') %
                                  util.hidepassword(str(u)))
 
             self.ui.write(_("http authorization required for %s\n") %
diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ def getport(port):
 
     If port is an integer, it's returned as is. If it's a string, it's
     looked up using socket.getservbyname(). If there's no matching
-    service, util.Abort is raised.
+    service, error.Abort is raised.
     """
     try:
         return int(port)
diff --git a/mercurial/verify.py b/mercurial/verify.py
--- a/mercurial/verify.py
+++ b/mercurial/verify.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def _verify(repo):
     lrugetctx = util.lrucachefunc(repo.changectx)
 
     if not repo.url().startswith('file:'):
-        raise util.Abort(_("cannot verify bundle or remote repos"))
+        raise error.Abort(_("cannot verify bundle or remote repos"))
 
     def err(linkrev, msg, filename=None):
         if linkrev is not None:
diff --git a/mercurial/wireproto.py b/mercurial/wireproto.py
--- a/mercurial/wireproto.py
+++ b/mercurial/wireproto.py
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ def pushkey(repo, proto, namespace, key,
         try:
             r = repo.pushkey(encoding.tolocal(namespace), encoding.tolocal(key),
                              encoding.tolocal(old), new) or False
-        except util.Abort:
+        except error.Abort:
             r = False
 
         output = proto.restore()
@@ -752,12 +752,12 @@ def unbundle(repo, proto, heads):
             fp.close()
             os.unlink(tempname)
 
-    except (error.BundleValueError, util.Abort, error.PushRaced) as exc:
+    except (error.BundleValueError, error.Abort, error.PushRaced) as exc:
         # handle non-bundle2 case first
         if not getattr(exc, 'duringunbundle2', False):
             try:
                 raise
-            except util.Abort:
+            except error.Abort:
                 # The old code we moved used sys.stderr directly.
                 # We did not change it to minimise code change.
                 # This need to be moved to something proper.
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ def unbundle(repo, proto, heads):
                 errpart.addparam('parttype', exc.parttype)
             if exc.params:
                 errpart.addparam('params', '\0'.join(exc.params))
-        except util.Abort as exc:
+        except error.Abort as exc:
             manargs = [('message', str(exc))]
             advargs = []
             if exc.hint is not None:
diff --git a/mercurial/worker.py b/mercurial/worker.py
--- a/mercurial/worker.py
+++ b/mercurial/worker.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import sys
 import threading
 
 from .i18n import _
-from . import util
+from . import error
 
 def countcpus():
     '''try to count the number of CPUs on the system'''
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def _numworkers(ui):
             if n >= 1:
                 return n
         except ValueError:
-            raise util.Abort(_('number of cpus must be an integer'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('number of cpus must be an integer'))
     return min(max(countcpus(), 4), 32)
 
 if os.name == 'posix':
diff --git a/tests/autodiff.py b/tests/autodiff.py
--- a/tests/autodiff.py
+++ b/tests/autodiff.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Extension dedicated to test patch.diff() upgrade modes
 #
 #
-from mercurial import cmdutil, scmutil, patch, util
+from mercurial import cmdutil, scmutil, patch, error
 
 cmdtable = {}
 command = cmdutil.command(cmdtable)
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ def autodiff(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         diffopts.git = False
         diffopts.upgrade = True
         def losedatafn(fn=None, **kwargs):
-            raise util.Abort('losing data for %s' % fn)
+            raise error.Abort('losing data for %s' % fn)
     else:
-        raise util.Abort('--git must be yes, no or auto')
+        raise error.Abort('--git must be yes, no or auto')
 
     node1, node2 = scmutil.revpair(repo, [])
     m = scmutil.match(repo[node2], pats, opts)
diff --git a/tests/test-abort-checkin.t b/tests/test-abort-checkin.t
--- a/tests/test-abort-checkin.t
+++ b/tests/test-abort-checkin.t
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
   $ cat > abortcommit.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import util
+  > from mercurial import error
   > def hook(**args):
-  >     raise util.Abort("no commits allowed")
+  >     raise error.Abort("no commits allowed")
   > def reposetup(ui, repo):
   >     repo.ui.setconfig("hooks", "pretxncommit.nocommits", hook)
   > EOF
diff --git a/tests/test-addremove-similar.t b/tests/test-addremove-similar.t
--- a/tests/test-addremove-similar.t
+++ b/tests/test-addremove-similar.t
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ should all fail
 
   $ cd ..
 
-Issue1527: repeated addremove causes util.Abort
+Issue1527: repeated addremove causes Abort
 
   $ hg init rep3; cd rep3
   $ mkdir d
diff --git a/tests/test-annotate.t b/tests/test-annotate.t
--- a/tests/test-annotate.t
+++ b/tests/test-annotate.t
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ and (2) the extension to allow filelog m
 and its ancestor by overriding "repo._filecommit".
 
   $ cat > ../legacyrepo.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import node, util
+  > from mercurial import node, error
   > def reposetup(ui, repo):
   >     class legacyrepo(repo.__class__):
   >         def _filecommit(self, fctx, manifest1, manifest2,
@@ -312,12 +312,12 @@ and its ancestor by overriding "repo._fi
   >             meta = {}
   >             copy = fctx.renamed()
   >             if copy and copy[0] != fname:
-  >                 raise util.Abort('copying is not supported')
+  >                 raise error.Abort('copying is not supported')
   >             if fparent2 != node.nullid:
   >                 changelist.append(fname)
   >                 return flog.add(text, meta, tr, linkrev,
   >                                 fparent1, fparent2)
-  >             raise util.Abort('only merging is supported')
+  >             raise error.Abort('only merging is supported')
   >     repo.__class__ = legacyrepo
   > EOF
 
diff --git a/tests/test-bundle2-exchange.t b/tests/test-bundle2-exchange.t
--- a/tests/test-bundle2-exchange.t
+++ b/tests/test-bundle2-exchange.t
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ Setting up
   > used to test error handling in bundle2
   > """
   > 
-  > from mercurial import util
+  > from mercurial import error
   > from mercurial import bundle2
   > from mercurial import exchange
   > from mercurial import extensions
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ Setting up
   > 
   > @bundle2.parthandler("test:abort")
   > def handleabort(op, part):
-  >     raise util.Abort('Abandon ship!', hint="don't panic")
+  >     raise error.Abort('Abandon ship!', hint="don't panic")
   > 
   > def uisetup(ui):
   >     exchange.b2partsgenmapping['failpart'] = _pushbundle2failpart
diff --git a/tests/test-bundle2-format.t b/tests/test-bundle2-format.t
--- a/tests/test-bundle2-format.t
+++ b/tests/test-bundle2-format.t
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Create an extension to test bundle2 API
   >         try:
   >             bundler.addparam(*p)
   >         except ValueError, exc:
-  >             raise util.Abort('%s' % exc)
+  >             raise error.Abort('%s' % exc)
   > 
   >     if opts['compress']:
   >         bundler.setcompression(opts['compress'])
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Create an extension to test bundle2 API
   >         for chunk in bundler.getchunks():
   >             file.write(chunk)
   >     except RuntimeError, exc:
-  >         raise util.Abort(exc)
+  >         raise error.Abort(exc)
   > 
   > @command('unbundle2', [], '')
   > def cmdunbundle2(ui, repo, replypath=None):
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ Create an extension to test bundle2 API
   >             op = bundle2.processbundle(repo, unbundler, lambda: tr)
   >             tr.close()
   >         except error.BundleValueError, exc:
-  >             raise util.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
+  >             raise error.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
   >         except error.PushRaced, exc:
-  >             raise util.Abort('push race: %s' % exc)
+  >             raise error.Abort('push race: %s' % exc)
   >     finally:
   >         if tr is not None:
   >             tr.release()
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Create an extension to test bundle2 API
   >     try:
   >         params = unbundler.params
   >     except error.BundleValueError, exc:
-  >        raise util.Abort('unknown parameters: %s' % exc)
+  >        raise error.Abort('unknown parameters: %s' % exc)
   >     ui.write('options count: %i\n' % len(params))
   >     for key in sorted(params):
   >         ui.write('- %s\n' % key)
diff --git a/tests/test-custom-filters.t b/tests/test-custom-filters.t
--- a/tests/test-custom-filters.t
+++ b/tests/test-custom-filters.t
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
   > EOF
 
   $ cat > prefix.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import util
+  > from mercurial import error
   > def stripprefix(s, cmd, filename, **kwargs):
   >     header = '%s\n' % cmd
   >     if s[:len(header)] != header:
-  >         raise util.Abort('missing header "%s" in %s' % (cmd, filename))
+  >         raise error.Abort('missing header "%s" in %s' % (cmd, filename))
   >     return s[len(header):]
   > def insertprefix(s, cmd):
   >     return '%s\n%s' % (cmd, s)
diff --git a/tests/test-dirstate.t b/tests/test-dirstate.t
--- a/tests/test-dirstate.t
+++ b/tests/test-dirstate.t
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ Verify that exceptions during a dirstate
 coherent (issue4353)
 
   $ cat > ../dirstateexception.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import merge, extensions, util
+  > from mercurial import merge, extensions, error
   > 
   > def wraprecordupdates(orig, repo, actions, branchmerge):
-  >     raise util.Abort("simulated error while recording dirstateupdates")
+  >     raise error.Abort("simulated error while recording dirstateupdates")
   > 
   > def reposetup(ui, repo):
   >     extensions.wrapfunction(merge, 'recordupdates', wraprecordupdates)
diff --git a/tests/test-fncache.t b/tests/test-fncache.t
--- a/tests/test-fncache.t
+++ b/tests/test-fncache.t
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@ Aborting lock does not prevent fncache w
 
   $ cat > exceptionext.py <<EOF
   > import os
-  > from mercurial import commands, util
+  > from mercurial import commands, error
   > from mercurial.extensions import wrapfunction
   > 
   > def lockexception(orig, vfs, lockname, wait, releasefn, *args, **kwargs):
   >     def releasewrap():
-  >         raise util.Abort("forced lock failure")
+  >         raise error.Abort("forced lock failure")
   >     return orig(vfs, lockname, wait, releasewrap, *args, **kwargs)
   > 
   > def reposetup(ui, repo):
@@ -231,13 +231,13 @@ Aborting transaction prevents fncache ch
 
   $ cat > ../exceptionext.py <<EOF
   > import os
-  > from mercurial import commands, util, localrepo
+  > from mercurial import commands, error, localrepo
   > from mercurial.extensions import wrapfunction
   > 
   > def wrapper(orig, self, *args, **kwargs):
   >     tr = orig(self, *args, **kwargs)
   >     def fail(tr):
-  >         raise util.Abort("forced transaction failure")
+  >         raise error.Abort("forced transaction failure")
   >     # zzz prefix to ensure it sorted after store.write
   >     tr.addfinalize('zzz-forcefails', fail)
   >     return tr
@@ -262,19 +262,19 @@ Aborted transactions can be recovered la
 
   $ cat > ../exceptionext.py <<EOF
   > import os
-  > from mercurial import commands, util, transaction, localrepo
+  > from mercurial import commands, error, transaction, localrepo
   > from mercurial.extensions import wrapfunction
   > 
   > def trwrapper(orig, self, *args, **kwargs):
   >     tr = orig(self, *args, **kwargs)
   >     def fail(tr):
-  >         raise util.Abort("forced transaction failure")
+  >         raise error.Abort("forced transaction failure")
   >     # zzz prefix to ensure it sorted after store.write
   >     tr.addfinalize('zzz-forcefails', fail)
   >     return tr
   > 
   > def abortwrapper(orig, self, *args, **kwargs):
-  >     raise util.Abort("forced transaction failure")
+  >     raise error.Abort("forced transaction failure")
   > 
   > def uisetup(ui):
   >     wrapfunction(localrepo.localrepository, 'transaction', trwrapper)
diff --git a/tests/test-histedit-edit.t b/tests/test-histedit-edit.t
--- a/tests/test-histedit-edit.t
+++ b/tests/test-histedit-edit.t
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ modify the message
 check saving last-message.txt, at first
 
   $ cat > $TESTTMP/commitfailure.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import util
+  > from mercurial import error
   > def reposetup(ui, repo):
   >     class commitfailure(repo.__class__):
   >         def commit(self, *args, **kwargs):
-  >             raise util.Abort('emulating unexpected abort')
+  >             raise error.Abort('emulating unexpected abort')
   >     repo.__class__ = commitfailure
   > EOF
   $ cat >> .hg/hgrc <<EOF
diff --git a/tests/test-hook.t b/tests/test-hook.t
--- a/tests/test-hook.t
+++ b/tests/test-hook.t
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ preoutgoing hook can prevent outgoing ch
   $ cd "$TESTTMP/b"
 
   $ cat > hooktests.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import util
+  > from mercurial import error
   > 
   > uncallable = 0
   > 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ preoutgoing hook can prevent outgoing ch
   >     raise LocalException('exception from hook')
   > 
   > def aborthook(**args):
-  >     raise util.Abort('raise abort from hook')
+  >     raise error.Abort('raise abort from hook')
   > 
   > def brokenhook(**args):
   >     return 1 + {}
diff --git a/tests/test-lock-badness.t b/tests/test-lock-badness.t
--- a/tests/test-lock-badness.t
+++ b/tests/test-lock-badness.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Prepare
 Test that raising an exception in the release function doesn't cause the lock to choke
 
   $ cat > testlock.py << EOF
-  > from mercurial import cmdutil, error, util
+  > from mercurial import cmdutil, error, error
   > 
   > cmdtable = {}
   > command = cmdutil.command(cmdtable)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Test that raising an exception in the re
   > def acquiretestlock(repo, releaseexc):
   >     def unlock():
   >         if releaseexc:
-  >             raise util.Abort('expected release exception')
+  >             raise error.Abort('expected release exception')
   >     l = repo._lock(repo.vfs, 'testlock', False, unlock, None, 'test lock')
   >     return l
   > 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Test that raising an exception in the re
   >         try:
   >             testlock = acquiretestlock(repo, False)
   >         except error.LockHeld:
-  >             raise util.Abort('lockfile on disk even after releasing!')
+  >             raise error.Abort('lockfile on disk even after releasing!')
   >         testlock.release()
   > EOF
   $ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
diff --git a/tests/test-merge1.t b/tests/test-merge1.t
--- a/tests/test-merge1.t
+++ b/tests/test-merge1.t
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ isn't changed on the filesystem (see als
   $ cat > $TESTTMP/abort.py <<EOF
   > # emulate aborting before "recordupdates()". in this case, files
   > # are changed without updating dirstate
-  > from mercurial import extensions, merge, util
+  > from mercurial import extensions, merge, error
   > def applyupdates(orig, *args, **kwargs):
   >     orig(*args, **kwargs)
-  >     raise util.Abort('intentional aborting')
+  >     raise error.Abort('intentional aborting')
   > def extsetup(ui):
   >     extensions.wrapfunction(merge, "applyupdates", applyupdates)
   > EOF
diff --git a/tests/test-mq-qfold.t b/tests/test-mq-qfold.t
--- a/tests/test-mq-qfold.t
+++ b/tests/test-mq-qfold.t
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ Test saving last-message.txt:
   $ hg qrefresh -m "original message"
 
   $ cat > $TESTTMP/commitfailure.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import util
+  > from mercurial import error
   > def reposetup(ui, repo):
   >     class commitfailure(repo.__class__):
   >         def commit(self, *args, **kwargs):
-  >             raise util.Abort('emulating unexpected abort')
+  >             raise error.Abort('emulating unexpected abort')
   >     repo.__class__ = commitfailure
   > EOF
 
diff --git a/tests/test-mq-qnew.t b/tests/test-mq-qnew.t
--- a/tests/test-mq-qnew.t
+++ b/tests/test-mq-qnew.t
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ Test saving last-message.txt
   $ cd repo
 
   $ cat > $TESTTMP/commitfailure.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import util
+  > from mercurial import error
   > def reposetup(ui, repo):
   >     class commitfailure(repo.__class__):
   >         def commit(self, *args, **kwargs):
-  >             raise util.Abort('emulating unexpected abort')
+  >             raise error.Abort('emulating unexpected abort')
   >     repo.__class__ = commitfailure
   > EOF
   $ cat >> .hg/hgrc <<EOF
diff --git a/tests/test-mq-qrefresh-replace-log-message.t b/tests/test-mq-qrefresh-replace-log-message.t
--- a/tests/test-mq-qrefresh-replace-log-message.t
+++ b/tests/test-mq-qrefresh-replace-log-message.t
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ Test saving last-message.txt:
   > EOF
 
   $ cat > $TESTTMP/commitfailure.py <<EOF
-  > from mercurial import util
+  > from mercurial import error
   > def reposetup(ui, repo):
   >     class commitfailure(repo.__class__):
   >         def commit(self, *args, **kwargs):
-  >             raise util.Abort('emulating unexpected abort')
+  >             raise error.Abort('emulating unexpected abort')
   >     repo.__class__ = commitfailure
   > EOF
 
diff --git a/tests/test-simplemerge.py b/tests/test-simplemerge.py
--- a/tests/test-simplemerge.py
+++ b/tests/test-simplemerge.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 from unittest import TestCase
-from mercurial import util, simplemerge
+from mercurial import util, simplemerge, error
 
 # bzr compatible interface, for the tests
 class Merge3(simplemerge.Merge3Text):
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Merge3(simplemerge.Merge3Text):
         atext = '\n'.join([i.strip('\n') for i in a] + [''])
         btext = '\n'.join([i.strip('\n') for i in b] + [''])
         if util.binary(basetext) or util.binary(atext) or util.binary(btext):
-            raise util.Abort("don't know how to merge binary files")
+            raise error.Abort("don't know how to merge binary files")
         simplemerge.Merge3Text.__init__(self, basetext, atext, btext,
                                         base, a, b)
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ bbb
         self.assertEquals(ml, MERGED_RESULT)
 
     def test_binary(self):
-        self.assertRaises(util.Abort, Merge3, ['\x00'], ['a'], ['b'])
+        self.assertRaises(error.Abort, Merge3, ['\x00'], ['a'], ['b'])
 
     def test_dos_text(self):
         base_text = 'a\r\n'
diff --git a/tests/test-subrepo.t b/tests/test-subrepo.t
--- a/tests/test-subrepo.t
+++ b/tests/test-subrepo.t
@@ -1028,8 +1028,8 @@ Create repo without default path, pull t
 
 Ensure a full traceback, not just the SubrepoAbort part
 
-  $ hg -R issue1852b update --traceback 2>&1 | grep 'raise util\.Abort'
-      raise util.Abort(_("default path for subrepository not found"))
+  $ hg -R issue1852b update --traceback 2>&1 | grep 'raise error\.Abort'
+      raise error.Abort(_("default path for subrepository not found"))
 
 Pull -u now doesn't help
 
diff --git a/tests/test-trusted.py b/tests/test-trusted.py
--- a/tests/test-trusted.py
+++ b/tests/test-trusted.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ print u2.config('foobar', 'baz', untrust
 print
 print "# error handling"
 
-def assertraises(f, exc=util.Abort):
+def assertraises(f, exc=error.Abort):
     try:
         f()
     except exc as inst: