py3: use native strings as keys into **opts in chistedit Now you should be able to successfully confirm your histedit plan (at least in the case I tried). Even continuing after conflicts and finishing the histedit worked. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7186

py3: open chistedit file in binary mode using vfs We write bytes to the file, so it should be open in binary mode. Opening it via the vfs takes care of that for us. Now you'll get yet a different traceback if you try to confirm you histedit plan. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7185