diff -r 5a831e4e6d7a -r 2be7d5ebd4d0 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Oct 08 07:45:51 2014 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Oct 06 16:35:02 2014 -0400
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import random
 import setdiscovery, treediscovery, dagutil, pvec, localrepo
 import phases, obsolete, exchange
+import ui as uimod
 
 table = {}
 
@@ -1558,14 +1559,12 @@
             if os.path.exists(f):
                 break
         else:
-            from ui import samplehgrcs
-
             if opts.get('global'):
-                samplehgrc = samplehgrcs['global']
+                samplehgrc = uimod.samplehgrcs['global']
             elif opts.get('local'):
-                samplehgrc = samplehgrcs['local']
+                samplehgrc = uimod.samplehgrcs['local']
             else:
-                samplehgrc = samplehgrcs['user']
+                samplehgrc = uimod.samplehgrcs['user']
 
             f = paths[0]
             fp = open(f, "w")