diff -r 9454e40e047b -r 48deb483a8f8 hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Tue Dec 04 14:58:19 2012 +0100
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Mon Dec 24 12:00:08 2012 +0100
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
     ctxs = list(repo.set('%n::%n', old, new))
     if ctxs and not keep:
         if (not obsolete._enabled and
-            repo.revs('(%ld::) - (%ld + hidden())', ctxs, ctxs)):
+            repo.revs('(%ld::) - (%ld)', ctxs, ctxs)):
             raise util.Abort(_('cannot edit history that would orphan nodes'))
         root = ctxs[0] # list is already sorted by repo.set
         if not root.phase():