diff -r fa8aaff2001a -r 16f8107a489c hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Fri Mar 10 15:43:31 2017 -0800
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Fri Mar 10 15:43:31 2017 -0800
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@
     pos = 0
     while state.actions:
         state.write()
-        actobj = state.actions.pop(0)
+        actobj = state.actions[0]
         pos += 1
         ui.progress(_("editing"), pos, actobj.torule(),
                     _('changes'), total)
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@
         parentctx, replacement_ = actobj.run()
         state.parentctxnode = parentctx.node()
         state.replacements.extend(replacement_)
+        state.actions.pop(0)
     state.write()
     ui.progress(_("editing"), None)