diff -r f96fa4de5055 -r 96ca817ec192 mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Thu Nov 12 10:35:33 2020 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Thu Nov 12 13:22:40 2020 -0800
@@ -2845,7 +2845,7 @@
             extra = {}
 
         def fail(f, msg):
-            raise error.Abort(b'%s: %s' % (f, msg))
+            raise error.InputError(b'%s: %s' % (f, msg))
 
         if not match:
             match = matchmod.always()