diff --git a/hgext/logtoprocess.py b/hgext/logtoprocess.py
--- a/hgext/logtoprocess.py
+++ b/hgext/logtoprocess.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 import sys
 
 from mercurial import (
+    dispatch,
+    encoding,
+    extensions,
     pycompat,
 )
 
@@ -53,6 +56,19 @@
 # leave the attribute unspecified.
 testedwith = 'ships-with-hg-core'
 
+def extsetup():
+    # this is to get the canonical name of the command: "commit", not "ci"
+    def wrapdispatch(orig, *args, **kwargs):
+        encoding.environ.pop("LTP_COMMAND", None)
+        return orig(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def wrapruncommand(orig, *args, **kwargs):
+        encoding.environ["LTP_COMMAND"] = args[2]
+        return orig(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    extensions.wrapfunction(dispatch,'dispatch',wrapdispatch)
+    extensions.wrapfunction(dispatch,'runcommand',wrapruncommand)
+
 def uisetup(ui):
     if pycompat.iswindows:
         # no fork on Windows, but we can create a detached process