diff -r 749b057b01f3 -r cf8ad0e6c0e4 hgext/rebase.py
--- a/hgext/rebase.py	Tue Mar 07 16:30:31 2017 -0800
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py	Tue Mar 07 16:27:32 2017 -0800
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
         if dest.closesbranch() and not self.keepbranchesf:
             self.ui.status(_('reopening closed branch head %s\n') % dest)
 
-    def _performrebase(self):
+    def _performrebase(self, tr):
         repo, ui, opts = self.repo, self.ui, self.opts
         if self.keepbranchesf:
             # insert _savebranch at the start of extrafns so if
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
                                              self.state,
                                              self.targetancestors,
                                              self.obsoletenotrebased)
-                self.storestatus()
+                self.storestatus(tr=tr)
                 storecollapsemsg(repo, self.collapsemsg)
                 if len(repo[None].parents()) == 2:
                     repo.ui.debug('resuming interrupted rebase\n')
@@ -711,7 +711,12 @@
             if retcode is not None:
                 return retcode
 
-        rbsrt._performrebase()
+        with repo.transaction('rebase') as tr:
+            try:
+                rbsrt._performrebase(tr)
+            except error.InterventionRequired:
+                tr.close()
+                raise
         rbsrt._finishrebase()
     finally:
         release(lock, wlock)