diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py --- a/mercurial/dirstate.py +++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py @@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ if state == b'a' or oldstate == b'r': scmutil.checkfilename(f) if self._map.hastrackeddir(f): - raise error.Abort( - _(b'directory %r already in dirstate') % pycompat.bytestr(f) - ) + msg = _(b'directory %r already in dirstate') + msg %= pycompat.bytestr(f) + raise error.Abort(msg) # shadows for d in pathutil.finddirs(f): if self._map.hastrackeddir(d):