--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Thu Aug 01 17:54:12 2013 -0500
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Thu Aug 01 19:55:02 2013 -0500
@@ -506,7 +506,14 @@
         (parentctxnode, rules, keep, topmost, replacements) = readstate(repo)
         mapping, tmpnodes, leafs, _ntm = processreplacement(repo, replacements)
         ui.debug('restore wc to old parent %s\n' % node.short(topmost))
-        hg.clean(repo, topmost)
+        # check whether we should update away
+        parentnodes = [c.node() for c in repo[None].parents()]
+        for n in leafs | set([parentctxnode]):
+            if n in parentnodes:
+                hg.clean(repo, topmost)
+                break
+        else:
+            pass
         cleanupnode(ui, repo, 'created', tmpnodes)
         cleanupnode(ui, repo, 'temp', leafs)
         os.unlink(os.path.join(repo.path, 'histedit-state'))