--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Jul 22 10:04:53 2013 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Thu Jul 25 02:17:52 2013 -0500
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@
     # Save this for restoring it later
     oldcommitphase = ui.config('phases', 'new-commit')
 
-    cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
+    cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo, commit=True)
 
     branch = repo[None].branch()
     bheads = repo.branchheads(branch)