diff -r d7e44da4dc70 -r 236af7cfa4c3 hgext/shelve.py
--- a/hgext/shelve.py	Wed Dec 05 14:08:01 2018 -0800
+++ b/hgext/shelve.py	Wed Dec 05 14:17:15 2018 -0800
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 
         # use an uncommitted transaction to generate the bundle to avoid
         # pull races. ensure we don't print the abort message to stderr.
-        tr = repo.transaction('commit', report=lambda x: None)
+        tr = repo.transaction('shelve', report=lambda x: None)
 
         interactive = opts.get('interactive', False)
         includeunknown = (opts.get('unknown', False) and