diff -r efd65e51bc0b -r 3ddfb9b3fdc6 hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Wed Aug 13 22:22:24 2014 +0900
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Thu Aug 14 15:21:48 2014 -0500
@@ -363,12 +363,7 @@
     hg.update(repo, parent)
     ### prepare new commit data
     commitopts = opts.copy()
-    # username
-    if ctx.user() == oldctx.user():
-        username = ctx.user()
-    else:
-        username = ui.username()
-    commitopts['user'] = username
+    commitopts['user'] = ctx.user()
     # commit message
     if opts.get('rollup'):
         newmessage = ctx.description()