--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Sat Nov 30 02:59:04 2019 -0500
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Sat Nov 30 03:01:44 2019 -0500
@@ -2574,7 +2574,7 @@
 
 
 def stripwrapper(orig, ui, repo, nodelist, *args, **kwargs):
-    if isinstance(nodelist, str):
+    if isinstance(nodelist, bytes):
         nodelist = [nodelist]
     state = histeditstate(repo)
     if state.inprogress():