diff -r 1f3acc30bdfe -r c2d9ef43ff6c mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Sun May 13 13:17:50 2012 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Sun May 13 13:18:06 2012 +0200
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@
                 self.hook("precommit", throw=True, parent1=hookp1,
                           parent2=hookp2)
                 ret = self.commitctx(cctx, True)
-            except:
+            except: # re-raises
                 if edited:
                     self.ui.write(
                         _('note: commit message saved in %s\n') % msgfn)