diff -r dc1467a629ca -r e3484e9632cd hgext/evolve.py
--- a/hgext/evolve.py	Sat Aug 08 12:16:55 2015 -0700
+++ b/hgext/evolve.py	Sat Aug 08 12:45:36 2015 -0700
@@ -2583,7 +2583,6 @@
             raise util.Abort(_("you can only specify one revision to split"))
         else:
             rev = list(revs)[0]
-            commands.update(ui, repo, rev)
     else:
         rev = '.'