diff --git a/mercurial/dispatch.py b/mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py
@@ -1058,18 +1058,20 @@
         req.canonical_command = cmd
 
         if options[b"config"] != req.earlyoptions[b"config"]:
-            raise error.Abort(_(b"option --config may not be abbreviated"))
+            raise error.InputError(_(b"option --config may not be abbreviated"))
         if options[b"cwd"] != req.earlyoptions[b"cwd"]:
-            raise error.Abort(_(b"option --cwd may not be abbreviated"))
+            raise error.InputError(_(b"option --cwd may not be abbreviated"))
         if options[b"repository"] != req.earlyoptions[b"repository"]:
-            raise error.Abort(
+            raise error.InputError(
                 _(
                     b"option -R has to be separated from other options (e.g. not "
                     b"-qR) and --repository may only be abbreviated as --repo"
                 )
             )
         if options[b"debugger"] != req.earlyoptions[b"debugger"]:
-            raise error.Abort(_(b"option --debugger may not be abbreviated"))
+            raise error.InputError(
+                _(b"option --debugger may not be abbreviated")
+            )
         # don't validate --profile/--traceback, which can be enabled from now
 
         if options[b"encoding"]:
diff --git a/tests/test-dispatch.t b/tests/test-dispatch.t
--- a/tests/test-dispatch.t
+++ b/tests/test-dispatch.t
@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@
 
   $ hg cat --debugg
   abort: option --debugger may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
 
 Parsing failure of early options should be detected before executing the
 command:
 
   $ hg log -b '--config=hooks.pre-log=false' default
   abort: option --config may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ hg log -b -R. default
   abort: option -R has to be separated from other options (e.g. not -qR) and --repository may only be abbreviated as --repo
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ hg log --cwd .. -b --cwd=. default
   abort: option --cwd may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
 
 However, we can't prevent it from loading extensions and configs:
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   $ hg log -b '--config=extensions.bad=bad.py' default
   *** failed to import extension bad from bad.py: bad
   abort: option --config may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
 
   $ mkdir -p badrepo/.hg
   $ echo 'invalid-syntax' > badrepo/.hg/hgrc
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
   $ hg log -b '--config=defaults.log=--config=hooks.pre-log=false'
   abort: option --config may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
 
 Shell aliases bypass any command parsing rules but for the early one:
 
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@
 
   $ HGPLAIN=+strictflags hg log --config='hooks.pre-log=false' -b default
   abort: option --config may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ HGPLAIN=+strictflags hg log -q --cwd=.. -b default
   abort: option --cwd may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ HGPLAIN=+strictflags hg log -q -R . -b default
   abort: option -R has to be separated from other options (e.g. not -qR) and --repository may only be abbreviated as --repo
-  [255]
+  [10]
 
   $ HGPLAIN=+strictflags hg --config='hooks.pre-log=false' log -b default
   abort: pre-log hook exited with status 1
diff --git a/tests/test-globalopts.t b/tests/test-globalopts.t
--- a/tests/test-globalopts.t
+++ b/tests/test-globalopts.t
@@ -135,22 +135,22 @@
 
   $ hg --confi "foo.bar=baz"
   abort: option --config may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ hg --cw a tip
   abort: option --cwd may not be abbreviated
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ hg --rep a tip
   abort: option -R has to be separated from other options (e.g. not -qR) and --repository may only be abbreviated as --repo
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ hg --repositor a tip
   abort: option -R has to be separated from other options (e.g. not -qR) and --repository may only be abbreviated as --repo
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ hg -qR a tip
   abort: option -R has to be separated from other options (e.g. not -qR) and --repository may only be abbreviated as --repo
-  [255]
+  [10]
   $ hg -qRa tip
   abort: option -R has to be separated from other options (e.g. not -qR) and --repository may only be abbreviated as --repo
-  [255]
+  [10]
 
 Testing --cwd: