diff -r 8197b395710e -r 4aa72cdf616f hgext/journal.py
--- a/hgext/journal.py	Tue Oct 08 19:35:30 2019 -0700
+++ b/hgext/journal.py	Sun Oct 06 20:17:41 2019 -0700
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 def wrapdirstate(orig, repo):
     """Make journal storage available to the dirstate object"""
     dirstate = orig(repo)
-    if util.safehasattr(repo, b'journal'):
+    if util.safehasattr(repo, 'journal'):
         _setupdirstate(repo, dirstate)
     return dirstate
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     """Records all dirstate parent changes in the journal."""
     old = list(old)
     new = list(new)
-    if util.safehasattr(dirstate, b'journalstorage'):
+    if util.safehasattr(dirstate, 'journalstorage'):
         # only record two hashes if there was a merge
         oldhashes = old[:1] if old[1] == node.nullid else old
         newhashes = new[:1] if new[1] == node.nullid else new
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 def recordbookmarks(orig, store, fp):
     """Records all bookmark changes in the journal."""
     repo = store._repo
-    if util.safehasattr(repo, b'journal'):
+    if util.safehasattr(repo, 'journal'):
         oldmarks = bookmarks.bmstore(repo)
         for mark, value in pycompat.iteritems(store):
             oldvalue = oldmarks.get(mark, node.nullid)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     if (
         repo.path == repopath
         and repo.shared()
-        and util.safehasattr(repo, b'journal')
+        and util.safehasattr(repo, 'journal')
     ):
         sharedrepo = hg.sharedreposource(repo)
         sharedfeatures = _readsharedfeatures(repo)