diff -r 908273755215 -r 5fd28e46e8f5 hgext/evolve.py
--- a/hgext/evolve.py	Fri Aug 08 16:48:38 2014 -0700
+++ b/hgext/evolve.py	Fri Aug 08 17:10:31 2014 -0700
@@ -2229,6 +2229,9 @@
     message = 'OBSEXC: ' + message
     ui.status(message)
 
+def obsexcprg(ui, *args, **kwargs):
+    ui.progress('OBSEXC', *args, **kwargs)
+
 
 @command('debugobsoleterelevant',
          [],
@@ -2307,8 +2310,7 @@
         return len(self.getvalue())
 
     def read(self, size):
-        self.ui.progress('OBSEXC', self.tell(), unit="bytes",
-                         total=self.length)
+        obsexcprg(self.ui, self.tell(), unit="bytes", total=self.length)
         return StringIO.read(self, size)
 
     def __iter__(self):
@@ -2400,7 +2402,7 @@
                                % (len(markers), len(obsdata.getvalue())))
             bundler.newpart('EVOLVE:B2X:OBSMARKERV1', data=obsdata)
             def callback(op):
-                repo.ui.progress('OBSEXC', None)
+                obsexcprg(repo.ui, None)
                 obsexcmsg(repo.ui, "DONE\n")
             return callback
     bundle2partsgenerators.append(_pushb2phases)
@@ -2486,7 +2488,7 @@
                 op = bundle2.processbundle(pushop.repo, reply)
             except bundle2.UnknownPartError, exc:
                 raise util.Abort('missing support for %s' % exc)
-            repo.ui.progress('OBSEXC', None)
+            obsexcprg(repo.ui, None)
         elif remote.capable('_evoext_pushobsmarkers_0'):
             obsdata = pushobsmarkerStringIO()
             _encodemarkersstream(obsdata, markers)
@@ -2495,7 +2497,7 @@
             obsexcmsg(repo.ui, "pushing %i markers (%i bytes)\n"
                                % (len(markers), len(obsdata.getvalue())))
             remote.evoext_pushobsmarkers_0(obsdata)
-            repo.ui.progress('OBSEXC', None)
+            obsexcprg(repo.ui, None)
         else:
             rslts = []
             remotedata = _pushkeyescape(markers).items()
@@ -2504,13 +2506,13 @@
             obsexcmsg(repo.ui, "pushing %i markers in %i pushkey payload (%i bytes)\n"
                                 % (len(markers), len(remotedata), totalbytes))
             for key, data in remotedata:
-                repo.ui.progress('OBSEXC', sentbytes, item=key, unit="bytes",
-                                 total=totalbytes)
+                obsexcprg(repo.ui, sentbytes, item=key, unit="bytes",
+                          total=totalbytes)
                 rslts.append(remote.pushkey('obsolete', key, '', data))
                 sentbytes += len(data)
-                repo.ui.progress('OBSEXC', sentbytes, item=key, unit="bytes",
-                                 total=totalbytes)
-            repo.ui.progress('OBSEXC', None)
+                obsexcprg(repo.ui, sentbytes, item=key, unit="bytes",
+                          total=totalbytes)
+            obsexcprg(repo.ui, None)
             if [r for r in rslts if not r]:
                 msg = _('failed to push some obsolete markers!\n')
                 repo.ui.warn(msg)
@@ -2572,13 +2574,13 @@
         length = int(length)
         data = StringIO()
         current = 0
-        op.ui.progress('OBSEXC', current, unit="bytes", total=length)
+        obsexcprg(op.repo.ui, current, unit="bytes", total=length)
         while current < length:
             readsize = min(length-current, 4096)
             data.write(inpart.read(readsize))
             current += readsize
-            op.ui.progress('OBSEXC', current, unit="bytes", total=length)
-        op.ui.progress('OBSEXC', None)
+            obsexcprg(op.repo.ui, current, unit="bytes", total=length)
+        obsexcprg(op.repo.ui, None)
         obsdata = data.getvalue()
     totalsize = len(obsdata)
     old = len(op.repo.obsstore._all)
@@ -2732,13 +2734,13 @@
     current = 0
     data = StringIO()
     ui = self.ui
-    ui.progress('OBSEXC', current, unit="bytes", total=length)
+    obsexcprg(ui, current, unit="bytes", total=length)
     while current < length:
         readsize = min(length-current, chunk)
         data.write(f.read(readsize))
         current += readsize
-        ui.progress('OBSEXC', current, unit="bytes", total=length)
-    ui.progress('OBSEXC', None)
+        obsexcprg(ui, current, unit="bytes", total=length)
+    obsexcprg(ui, None)
     data.seek(0)
     return data