diff -r ca656f3dffd7 -r 09e2cb2a00d7 mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py	Sun Jun 07 15:57:54 2015 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py	Sun Jun 07 17:51:27 2015 -0700
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@
     def _progbar(self):
         """setup the progbar singleton to the ui object"""
         if (self.quiet or self.debugflag
-                or self.configbool('progress', 'disable', True)
+                or self.configbool('progress', 'disable', False)
                 or not progress.shouldprint(self)):
             return None
         return getprogbar(self)