--- a/hgext/remotefilelog/shallowverifier.py	Sun Oct 06 09:45:02 2019 -0400
+++ b/hgext/remotefilelog/shallowverifier.py	Sun Oct 06 09:48:39 2019 -0400
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
     def _verifyfiles(self, filenodes, filelinkrevs):
         """Skips files verification since repo's not guaranteed to have them"""
         self.repo.ui.status(
-            _("skipping filelog check since remotefilelog is used\n")
+            _(b"skipping filelog check since remotefilelog is used\n")
         )
         return 0, 0