--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Tue Nov 26 03:18:56 2013 +0100
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Mon Apr 14 15:14:02 2014 -0400
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@
             _('Fix up the change and run hg histedit --continue'))
     message = oldctx.description() + '\n'
     message = ui.edit(message, ui.username())
+    repo.savecommitmessage(message)
     commit = commitfuncfor(repo, oldctx)
     new = commit(text=message, user=oldctx.user(), date=oldctx.date(),
                  extra=oldctx.extra())