mergestate: action name was str
Apparently the standard for them is still to use byte strings.
Found while looking at something else
= Mercurial XXX =
== New Features ==
== Default Format Change ==
These changes affect newly created repositories (or new clones) done with
Mercurial XXX.
== New Experimental Features ==
== Bug Fixes ==
== Backwards Compatibility Changes ==
== Internal API Changes ==
== Miscellaneous ==