diff -r b6612d8579e4 -r 012e0da5b759 mercurial/formatter.py
--- a/mercurial/formatter.py	Wed May 31 10:35:10 2017 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/formatter.py	Sun Jan 18 18:04:44 2015 +0900
@@ -237,24 +237,28 @@
 
 class plainformatter(baseformatter):
     '''the default text output scheme'''
-    def __init__(self, ui, topic, opts):
+    def __init__(self, ui, out, topic, opts):
         baseformatter.__init__(self, ui, topic, opts, _plainconverter)
         if ui.debugflag:
             self.hexfunc = hex
         else:
             self.hexfunc = short
+        if ui is out:
+            self._write = ui.write
+        else:
+            self._write = lambda s, **opts: out.write(s)
     def startitem(self):
         pass
     def data(self, **data):
         pass
     def write(self, fields, deftext, *fielddata, **opts):
-        self._ui.write(deftext % fielddata, **opts)
+        self._write(deftext % fielddata, **opts)
     def condwrite(self, cond, fields, deftext, *fielddata, **opts):
         '''do conditional write'''
         if cond:
-            self._ui.write(deftext % fielddata, **opts)
+            self._write(deftext % fielddata, **opts)
     def plain(self, text, **opts):
-        self._ui.write(text, **opts)
+        self._write(text, **opts)
     def isplain(self):
         return True
     def nested(self, field):
@@ -411,20 +415,20 @@
         t.cache[topic] = tmpl
     return t
 
-def formatter(ui, topic, opts):
+def formatter(ui, out, topic, opts):
     template = opts.get("template", "")
     if template == "json":
-        return jsonformatter(ui, ui, topic, opts)
+        return jsonformatter(ui, out, topic, opts)
     elif template == "pickle":
-        return pickleformatter(ui, ui, topic, opts)
+        return pickleformatter(ui, out, topic, opts)
     elif template == "debug":
-        return debugformatter(ui, ui, topic, opts)
+        return debugformatter(ui, out, topic, opts)
     elif template != "":
-        return templateformatter(ui, ui, topic, opts)
+        return templateformatter(ui, out, topic, opts)
     # developer config: ui.formatdebug
     elif ui.configbool('ui', 'formatdebug'):
-        return debugformatter(ui, ui, topic, opts)
+        return debugformatter(ui, out, topic, opts)
     # deprecated config: ui.formatjson
     elif ui.configbool('ui', 'formatjson'):
-        return jsonformatter(ui, ui, topic, opts)
-    return plainformatter(ui, topic, opts)
+        return jsonformatter(ui, out, topic, opts)
+    return plainformatter(ui, out, topic, opts)