diff -r 0babe12ef35d -r eec47efe219d mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Wed Jan 06 16:18:06 2021 +0530
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Wed Jan 06 18:31:16 2021 +0530
@@ -574,11 +574,26 @@
             and requirementsmod.SHARESAFE_REQUIREMENT
             not in _readrequires(sharedvfs, True)
         ):
-            raise error.Abort(
-                _(b"share source does not support exp-sharesafe requirement")
-            )
-
-        requirements |= _readrequires(storevfs, False)
+            if ui.configbool(
+                b'experimental', b'sharesafe-auto-downgrade-shares'
+            ):
+                # prevent cyclic import localrepo -> upgrade -> localrepo
+                from . import upgrade
+
+                upgrade.downgrade_share_to_non_safe(
+                    ui,
+                    hgvfs,
+                    sharedvfs,
+                    requirements,
+                )
+            else:
+                raise error.Abort(
+                    _(
+                        b"share source does not support exp-sharesafe requirement"
+                    )
+                )
+        else:
+            requirements |= _readrequires(storevfs, False)
     elif shared:
         sourcerequires = _readrequires(sharedvfs, False)
         if requirementsmod.SHARESAFE_REQUIREMENT in sourcerequires: