change some repo messages in small ways.

move "pushing" and "pulling" after repo create so error message and exit
happens before messages printed.

fix sshrepo parse error message.

mercurial/commands.py

@@ -2151,7 +2151,6 b' def pull(ui, repo, source="default", **o'
       with the --ssh command line option.
     """
     source = ui.expandpath(source)
-    ui.status(_('pulling from %s\n') % (source))
 
     if opts['ssh']:
         ui.setconfig("ui", "ssh", opts['ssh'])
@@ -2159,6 +2158,7 b' def pull(ui, repo, source="default", **o'
         ui.setconfig("ui", "remotecmd", opts['remotecmd'])
 
     other = hg.repository(ui, source)
+    ui.status(_('pulling from %s\n') % (source))
     revs = None
     if opts['rev'] and not other.local():
         raise util.Abort(_("pull -r doesn't work for remote repositories yet"))
@@ -2190,7 +2190,6 b' def push(ui, repo, dest="default-push", '
     about ssh:// URLs.
     """
     dest = ui.expandpath(dest)
-    ui.status('pushing to %s\n' % (dest))
 
     if opts['ssh']:
         ui.setconfig("ui", "ssh", opts['ssh'])
@@ -2198,6 +2197,7 b' def push(ui, repo, dest="default-push", '
         ui.setconfig("ui", "remotecmd", opts['remotecmd'])
 
     other = hg.repository(ui, dest)
+    ui.status('pushing to %s\n' % (dest))
     revs = None
     if opts['rev']:
         revs = [repo.lookup(rev) for rev in opts['rev']]

mercurial/sshrepo.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 b' class sshrepository(remoterepository):'
 
         m = re.match(r'ssh://(([^@]+)@)?([^:/]+)(:(\d+))?(/(.*))?', path)
         if not m:
-            raise hg.RepoError(_("couldn't parse destination %s") % path)
+            raise hg.RepoError(_("couldn't parse location %s") % path)
 
         self.user = m.group(2)
         self.host = m.group(3)