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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removing b
abort: update spans branches, use 'hg merge' or 'hg update -C' to lose changes