diff -r 72f051f9a7d8 -r 4672db164c98 mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Fri Jul 07 01:05:20 2017 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Sat Jun 24 15:29:42 2017 -0700
@@ -648,16 +648,19 @@
         for r in self.revs(expr, *args):
             yield self[r]
 
-    def anyrevs(self, specs, user=False):
+    def anyrevs(self, specs, user=False, localalias=None):
         '''Find revisions matching one of the given revsets.
 
         Revset aliases from the configuration are not expanded by default. To
-        expand user aliases, specify ``user=True``.
+        expand user aliases, specify ``user=True``. To provide some local
+        definitions overriding user aliases, set ``localalias`` to
+        ``{name: definitionstring}``.
         '''
         if user:
-            m = revset.matchany(self.ui, specs, repo=self)
+            m = revset.matchany(self.ui, specs, repo=self,
+                                localalias=localalias)
         else:
-            m = revset.matchany(None, specs)
+            m = revset.matchany(None, specs, localalias=localalias)
         return m(self)
 
     def url(self):