diff -r f659a407e5ee -r 7dc1a21d57cc mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sun Mar 04 22:37:41 2018 +0530
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Sun Mar 04 05:53:59 2018 +0530
@@ -3782,7 +3782,7 @@
     if fm.isplain():
         hidepassword = util.hidepassword
     else:
-        hidepassword = str
+        hidepassword = bytes
     if ui.quiet:
         namefmt = '%s\n'
     else: