Add a pointer to "hg -v help" to the bottom of hg help {,cmd} output This should make it easier to discover global options. As a bonus, they are no longer displayed by something like a hg -v help dates

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#!/bin/sh

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hg init

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python -c 'print "confuse str.splitlines\nembedded\rnewline"' > a

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hg ci -Ama -d '1 0'

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echo clean diff >> a

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hg ci -mb -d '2 0'

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hg diff -r0 -r1