--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Wed Aug 13 18:50:35 2014 -0500
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Wed Aug 13 11:50:13 2014 -0700
@@ -354,12 +354,7 @@
     hg.update(repo, parent)
     ### prepare new commit data
     commitopts = opts.copy()
-    # username
-    if ctx.user() == oldctx.user():
-        username = ctx.user()
-    else:
-        username = ui.username()
-    commitopts['user'] = username
+    commitopts['user'] = ctx.user()
     # commit message
     newmessage = '\n***\n'.join(
         [ctx.description()] +