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

#!/bin/sh

hg init dir
cd dir
echo bleh > bar
hg add bar
hg ci -m 'add bar'

hg cp bar foo
echo >> bar
hg ci -m 'cp bar foo; change bar'

hg debugrename foo
hg debugindex .hg/store/data/bar.i