From c116b5c6fb2e2696649a7b2442188172e26b8670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:12:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note that hg supports git's extended patch format.

---
 pep-0374.txt | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pep-0374.txt b/pep-0374.txt
index cb2b7431b..c10c1af21 100644
--- a/pep-0374.txt
+++ b/pep-0374.txt
@@ -485,6 +485,11 @@ hg
   hg outgoing -p > additional-fixes.patch
   # Upload patch to bugs.python.org
 
+While ``hg outgoing`` does not have the flag for it, most Mercurial
+commands support git's extended patch format through a ``--git``
+command. This can be set in one's ``.hgrc`` file so that all commands
+that generate a patch use the extended format.
+
 
 git
 '''