diff -r 1d183b33f007 -r 79107fad06aa mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Feb 12 16:05:00 2013 +0000
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Feb 12 16:32:14 2013 +0000
@@ -1356,50 +1356,7 @@
                 ui.status(_("nothing changed\n"))
             return 1
 
-    ctx = repo[node]
-    parents = ctx.parents()
-
-    if (not opts.get('amend') and bheads and node not in bheads and not
-        [x for x in parents if x.node() in bheads and x.branch() == branch]):
-        ui.status(_('created new head\n'))
-        # The message is not printed for initial roots. For the other
-        # changesets, it is printed in the following situations:
-        #
-        # Par column: for the 2 parents with ...
-        #   N: null or no parent
-        #   B: parent is on another named branch
-        #   C: parent is a regular non head changeset
-        #   H: parent was a branch head of the current branch
-        # Msg column: whether we print "created new head" message
-        # In the following, it is assumed that there already exists some
-        # initial branch heads of the current branch, otherwise nothing is
-        # printed anyway.
-        #
-        # Par Msg Comment
-        # N N  y  additional topo root
-        #
-        # B N  y  additional branch root
-        # C N  y  additional topo head
-        # H N  n  usual case
-        #
-        # B B  y  weird additional branch root
-        # C B  y  branch merge
-        # H B  n  merge with named branch
-        #
-        # C C  y  additional head from merge
-        # C H  n  merge with a head
-        #
-        # H H  n  head merge: head count decreases
-
-    if not opts.get('close_branch'):
-        for r in parents:
-            if r.closesbranch() and r.branch() == branch:
-                ui.status(_('reopening closed branch head %d\n') % r)
-
-    if ui.debugflag:
-        ui.write(_('committed changeset %d:%s\n') % (int(ctx), ctx.hex()))
-    elif ui.verbose:
-        ui.write(_('committed changeset %d:%s\n') % (int(ctx), ctx))
+    cmdutil.commitstatus(repo, node, branch, bheads, opts)
 
 @command('copy|cp',
     [('A', 'after', None, _('record a copy that has already occurred')),