diff -r 2dd8d4108249 -r 447bbd970047 mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Thu May 25 21:25:49 2017 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Thu May 25 21:28:08 2017 +0900
@@ -610,6 +610,10 @@
         raise error.Abort(_("invalid format spec '%%%s' in output filename") %
                          inst.args[0])
 
+def isstdiofilename(pat):
+    """True if the given pat looks like a filename denoting stdin/stdout"""
+    return not pat or pat == '-'
+
 class _unclosablefile(object):
     def __init__(self, fp):
         self._fp = fp
@@ -635,7 +639,7 @@
 
     writable = mode not in ('r', 'rb')
 
-    if not pat or pat == '-':
+    if isstdiofilename(pat):
         if writable:
             fp = repo.ui.fout
         else: