diff -r 80aef0bc5ba7 -r ddd4996740c7 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sun May 06 14:37:51 2012 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Tue May 08 12:05:45 2012 -0500
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@
         try:
             while changesets:
                 # update state
+                hbisect.save_state(repo, state)
                 status = util.system(command, out=ui.fout)
                 if status == 125:
                     transition = "skip"