diff -r 53e9422a9b45 -r 2e726c934fcd mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py	Tue May 31 21:16:17 2022 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py	Tue May 31 22:50:01 2022 +0200
@@ -195,9 +195,7 @@
     def _branch(self):
         try:
             return self._opener.read(b"branch").strip() or b"default"
-        except IOError as inst:
-            if inst.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-                raise
+        except FileNotFoundError:
             return b"default"
 
     @property