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

mkdir a
cd a
hg init
echo foo > b
hg add b
hg ci -m "b" -d "1000000 0"

chmod -w .hg/store

cd ..

hg clone a b

chmod +w a/.hg/store # let test clean up

cd b
hg verify