--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Sat Mar 15 15:44:51 2014 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Tue Mar 18 14:25:28 2014 -0500
@@ -1962,6 +1962,7 @@
                                  extra=extra)
             if editmsg:
                 new._text = commitforceeditor(repo, new, [])
+            repo.savecommitmessage(new.description())
 
             newdesc =  changelog.stripdesc(new.description())
             if ((not node)