amend: work mostly with str-type **opts for simplicity

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10880

hgext/amend.py

@@ -66,11 +66,10 b' def amend(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):'
 
     See :hg:`help commit` for more details.
     """
-    opts = pycompat.byteskwargs(opts)
-    cmdutil.checknotesize(ui, opts)
+    cmdutil.checknotesize(ui, pycompat.byteskwargs(opts))
 
     with repo.wlock(), repo.lock():
-        if not opts.get(b'logfile'):
-            opts[b'message'] = opts.get(b'message') or repo[b'.'].description()
-        opts[b'amend'] = True
-        return commands._docommit(ui, repo, *pats, **pycompat.strkwargs(opts))
+        if not opts.get('logfile'):
+            opts['message'] = opts.get('message') or repo[b'.'].description()
+        opts['amend'] = True
+        return commands._docommit(ui, repo, *pats, **opts)