diff --git a/mercurial/configitems.py b/mercurial/configitems.py
--- a/mercurial/configitems.py
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@
 coreconfigitem('experimental', 'crecordtest',
     default=None,
 )
+coreconfigitem('experimental', 'directaccess',
+    default=False,
+)
 coreconfigitem('experimental', 'editortmpinhg',
     default=False,
 )
diff --git a/mercurial/dispatch.py b/mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 )
 
 unrecoverablewrite = registrar.command.unrecoverablewrite
+recoverablewrite = registrar.command.recoverablewrite
+readonly = registrar.command.readonly
 
 class request(object):
     def __init__(self, args, ui=None, repo=None, fin=None, fout=None,
@@ -926,6 +928,14 @@
                 ui = repo.ui
                 if options['hidden']:
                     repo = repo.unfiltered()
+
+                # Accessing hidden commits based on func.cmdtype
+                if lui.configbool('experimental', 'directaccess'):
+                    if func.cmdtype == readonly:
+                        repo = repo.filtered('visible-hidden')
+                    elif func.cmdtype == recoverablewrite:
+                        repo = repo.filtered('visible-warnhidden')
+
             args.insert(0, repo)
         elif rpath:
             ui.warn(_("warning: --repository ignored\n"))