--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py	Sun Dec 09 20:46:32 2007 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py	Mon Dec 10 10:23:45 2007 -0600
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@
 
     except util.Abort, inst:
         ui.warn(_("abort: %s\n") % inst)
+    except MemoryError:
+        ui.warn(_("abort: out of memory\n"))
     except SystemExit, inst:
         # Commands shouldn't sys.exit directly, but give a return code.
         # Just in case catch this and and pass exit code to caller.