diff -r 1d461ee26e1b -r 1987ed32efca mercurial/templater.py
--- a/mercurial/templater.py	Sat Feb 13 23:54:24 2016 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/templater.py	Sun Feb 14 15:42:49 2016 +0900
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 def gettemplate(exp, context):
     """Compile given template tree or load named template from map file;
     returns (func, data) pair"""
-    if exp[0] == 'template':
+    if exp[0] in ('template', 'string'):
         return compileexp(exp, context, methods)
     if exp[0] == 'symbol':
         # unlike runsymbol(), here 'symbol' is always taken as template name