diff -r 9261f6c1d39b -r c000eff2c635 mercurial/templater.py
--- a/mercurial/templater.py	Mon Nov 23 16:39:53 2020 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/templater.py	Thu Nov 12 10:41:03 2020 -0800
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 
 
 def _runrecursivesymbol(context, mapping, key):
-    raise error.Abort(_(b"recursive reference '%s' in template") % key)
+    raise error.InputError(_(b"recursive reference '%s' in template") % key)
 
 
 def buildtemplate(exp, context):