diff -r 0b936ff1bbb9 -r a2bc06a54d9d src/eric7/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgStatusMonitorThread.py
--- a/src/eric7/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgStatusMonitorThread.py Sun Nov 06 11:22:39 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgStatusMonitorThread.py Mon Nov 07 17:19:58 2022 +0100
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@
@return tuple containing an OK flag and potentially an error message
@rtype tuple of (bool, str)
"""
+ from .HgClient import HgClient
+
if self.__client is None:
- from .HgClient import HgClient
-
client = HgClient(self.projectDir, "utf-8", self.vcs)
ok, err = client.startServer()
if ok:
