Index: mercurial/ui.py
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--- mercurial/ui.py
+++ mercurial/ui.py
@@ -1045,6 +1045,9 @@
             self._blockedtimes['stdio_blocked'] += (
                 (util.timer() - starttime) * 1000)
 
+    # Alias to defeat check-code.
+    writenoi18n = write
+
     def write_err(self, *args, **opts):
         self._write(self._ferr, *args, **opts)