--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py	Mon Apr 15 23:31:56 2013 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py	Tue Apr 16 14:39:37 2013 -0700
@@ -511,10 +511,8 @@
 
 def runcommand(lui, repo, cmd, fullargs, ui, options, d, cmdpats, cmdoptions):
     # run pre-hook, and abort if it fails
-    ret = hook.hook(lui, repo, "pre-%s" % cmd, False, args=" ".join(fullargs),
-                    pats=cmdpats, opts=cmdoptions)
-    if ret:
-        return ret
+    hook.hook(lui, repo, "pre-%s" % cmd, True, args=" ".join(fullargs),
+              pats=cmdpats, opts=cmdoptions)
     ret = _runcommand(ui, options, cmd, d)
     # run post-hook, passing command result
     hook.hook(lui, repo, "post-%s" % cmd, False, args=" ".join(fullargs),

--- a/tests/test-hook.t	Mon Apr 15 23:31:56 2013 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-hook.t	Tue Apr 16 14:39:37 2013 -0700
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
 
   $ hg id
   pre-identify hook: HG_ARGS=id HG_OPTS={'bookmarks': None, 'branch': None, 'id': None, 'insecure': None, 'num': None, 'remotecmd': '', 'rev': '', 'ssh': '', 'tags': None} HG_PATS=[]
-  warning: pre-identify hook exited with status 1
-  [1]
+  abort: pre-identify hook exited with status 1
+  [255]
   $ hg cat b
   pre-cat hook: HG_ARGS=cat b HG_OPTS={'decode': None, 'exclude': [], 'include': [], 'output': '', 'rev': ''} HG_PATS=['b']
   b