diff -r dfc51a482031 -r 0664be4f0c1f mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Sat Apr 14 09:23:48 2018 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Sat Apr 14 09:57:44 2018 -0700
@@ -157,9 +157,10 @@
 # a list of (ui, repo) functions called for wire peer initialization
 wirepeersetupfuncs = []
 
-def _peerorrepo(ui, path, create=False, presetupfuncs=None):
+def _peerorrepo(ui, path, create=False, presetupfuncs=None,
+                intents=None):
     """return a repository object for the specified path"""
-    obj = _peerlookup(path).instance(ui, path, create)
+    obj = _peerlookup(path).instance(ui, path, create, intents=intents)
     ui = getattr(obj, "ui", ui)
     for f in presetupfuncs or []:
         f(ui, obj)
@@ -172,19 +173,20 @@
             f(ui, obj)
     return obj
 
-def repository(ui, path='', create=False, presetupfuncs=None):
+def repository(ui, path='', create=False, presetupfuncs=None, intents=None):
     """return a repository object for the specified path"""
-    peer = _peerorrepo(ui, path, create, presetupfuncs=presetupfuncs)
+    peer = _peerorrepo(ui, path, create, presetupfuncs=presetupfuncs,
+                       intents=intents)
     repo = peer.local()
     if not repo:
         raise error.Abort(_("repository '%s' is not local") %
                          (path or peer.url()))
     return repo.filtered('visible')
 
-def peer(uiorrepo, opts, path, create=False):
+def peer(uiorrepo, opts, path, create=False, intents=None):
     '''return a repository peer for the specified path'''
     rui = remoteui(uiorrepo, opts)
-    return _peerorrepo(rui, path, create).peer()
+    return _peerorrepo(rui, path, create, intents=intents).peer()
 
 def defaultdest(source):
     '''return default destination of clone if none is given