diff --git a/hgext/extdiff.py b/hgext/extdiff.py
--- a/hgext/extdiff.py
+++ b/hgext/extdiff.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.node import *
-from mercurial import cmdutil, util
+from mercurial import cmdutil, util, commands
 import os, shutil, tempfile
 
 
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ cmdtable = {
      [('p', 'program', '', _('comparison program to run')),
       ('o', 'option', [], _('pass option to comparison program')),
       ('r', 'rev', [], _('revision')),
-      ('I', 'include', [], _('include names matching the given patterns')),
-      ('X', 'exclude', [], _('exclude names matching the given patterns'))],
+     ] + commands.walkopts,
      _('hg extdiff [OPT]... [FILE]...')),
     }
 
diff --git a/hgext/fetch.py b/hgext/fetch.py
--- a/hgext/fetch.py
+++ b/hgext/fetch.py
@@ -86,13 +86,8 @@ def fetch(ui, repo, source='default', **
 cmdtable = {
     'fetch':
         (fetch,
-        [('e', 'ssh', '', _('specify ssh command to use')),
-         ('m', 'message', '', _('use <text> as commit message')),
-         ('l', 'logfile', '', _('read the commit message from <file>')),
-         ('d', 'date', '', _('record datecode as commit date')),
-         ('u', 'user', '', _('record user as commiter')),
-         ('r', 'rev', [], _('a specific revision you would like to pull')),
+        [('r', 'rev', [], _('a specific revision you would like to pull')),
          ('f', 'force-editor', None, _('edit commit message')),
-         ('', 'remotecmd', '', _('hg command to run on the remote side'))],
+        ] + commands.commitopts + commands.commitopts2 + commands.remoteopts,
         _('hg fetch [SOURCE]')),
 }
diff --git a/hgext/gpg.py b/hgext/gpg.py
--- a/hgext/gpg.py
+++ b/hgext/gpg.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
 
 import os, tempfile, binascii
-from mercurial import util
+from mercurial import util, commands
 from mercurial import node as hgnode
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
@@ -269,10 +269,9 @@ cmdtable = {
          [('l', 'local', None, _('make the signature local')),
           ('f', 'force', None, _('sign even if the sigfile is modified')),
           ('', 'no-commit', None, _('do not commit the sigfile after signing')),
+          ('k', 'key', '', _('the key id to sign with')),
           ('m', 'message', '', _('commit message')),
-          ('d', 'date', '', _('date code')),
-          ('u', 'user', '', _('user')),
-          ('k', 'key', '', _('the key id to sign with'))],
+         ] + commands.commitopts2,
          _('hg sign [OPTION]... [REVISION]...')),
     "sigcheck": (check, [], _('hg sigcheck REVISION')),
     "sigs": (sigs, [], _('hg sigs')),
diff --git a/hgext/mq.py b/hgext/mq.py
--- a/hgext/mq.py
+++ b/hgext/mq.py
@@ -2131,10 +2131,8 @@ cmdtable = {
           ('U', 'noupdate', None, _('do not update the new working directories')),
           ('', 'uncompressed', None,
            _('use uncompressed transfer (fast over LAN)')),
-          ('e', 'ssh', '', _('specify ssh command to use')),
           ('p', 'patches', '', _('location of source patch repo')),
-          ('', 'remotecmd', '',
-           _('specify hg command to run on the remote side'))],
+         ] + commands.remoteopts,
          _('hg qclone [OPTION]... SOURCE [DEST]')),
     "qcommit|qci":
         (commit,
@@ -2143,8 +2141,7 @@ cmdtable = {
     "^qdiff":
         (diff,
          [('g', 'git', None, _('use git extended diff format')),
-          ('I', 'include', [], _('include names matching the given patterns')),
-          ('X', 'exclude', [], _('exclude names matching the given patterns'))],
+         ] + commands.walkopts,
          _('hg qdiff [-I] [-X] [-g] [FILE]...')),
     "qdelete|qremove|qrm":
         (delete,
@@ -2184,9 +2181,7 @@ cmdtable = {
          [('e', 'edit', None, _('edit commit message')),
           ('f', 'force', None, _('import uncommitted changes into patch')),
           ('g', 'git', None, _('use git extended diff format')),
-          ('I', 'include', [], _('include names matching the given patterns')),
-          ('X', 'exclude', [], _('exclude names matching the given patterns')),
-          ] + commands.commitopts,
+          ] + commands.walkopts + commands.commitopts,
          _('hg qnew [-e] [-m TEXT] [-l FILE] [-f] PATCH [FILE]...')),
     "qnext": (next, [] + seriesopts, _('hg qnext [-s]')),
     "qprev": (prev, [] + seriesopts, _('hg qprev [-s]')),
@@ -2209,9 +2204,7 @@ cmdtable = {
          [('e', 'edit', None, _('edit commit message')),
           ('g', 'git', None, _('use git extended diff format')),
           ('s', 'short', None, _('refresh only files already in the patch')),
-          ('I', 'include', [], _('include names matching the given patterns')),
-          ('X', 'exclude', [], _('exclude names matching the given patterns')),
-          ] + commands.commitopts,
+          ] + commands.walkopts + commands.commitopts,
          _('hg qrefresh [-I] [-X] [-e] [-m TEXT] [-l FILE] [-s] [FILE]...')),
     'qrename|qmv':
         (rename, [], _('hg qrename PATCH1 [PATCH2]')),
diff --git a/hgext/purge.py b/hgext/purge.py
--- a/hgext/purge.py
+++ b/hgext/purge.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-from mercurial import hg, util
+from mercurial import hg, util, commands
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 import os
 
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ cmdtable = {
           ('p', 'print', None, _('print the file names instead of deleting them')),
           ('0', 'print0', None, _('end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs'
                                   ' (implies -p)')),
-          ('I', 'include', [], _('include names matching the given patterns')),
-          ('X', 'exclude', [], _('exclude names matching the given patterns'))],
+         ] + commands.walkopts,
          _('hg purge [OPTION]... [DIR]...'))
 }
diff --git a/hgext/record.py b/hgext/record.py
--- a/hgext/record.py
+++ b/hgext/record.py
@@ -375,8 +375,6 @@ cmdtable = {
         (record,
          [('A', 'addremove', None,
            _('mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing')),
-          ('d', 'date', '', _('record datecode as commit date')),
-          ('u', 'user', '', _('record user as commiter')),
-         ] + commands.walkopts + commands.commitopts,
+         ] + commands.walkopts + commands.commitopts + commands.commitopts2,
          _('hg record [OPTION]... [FILE]...')),
 }
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -2751,6 +2751,11 @@ commitopts = [
     ('l', 'logfile', '', _('read commit message from <file>')),
 ]
 
+commitopts2 = [
+    ('d', 'date', '', _('record datecode as commit date')),
+    ('u', 'user', '', _('record user as committer')),
+]
+
 table = {
     "^add": (add, walkopts + dryrunopts, _('hg add [OPTION]... [FILE]...')),
     "addremove":
@@ -2784,11 +2789,9 @@ table = {
         (backout,
          [('', 'merge', None,
            _('merge with old dirstate parent after backout')),
-          ('d', 'date', '', _('record datecode as commit date')),
           ('', 'parent', '', _('parent to choose when backing out merge')),
-          ('u', 'user', '', _('record user as committer')),
           ('r', 'rev', '', _('revision to backout')),
-         ] + walkopts + commitopts,
+         ] + walkopts + commitopts + commitopts2,
          _('hg backout [OPTION]... [-r] REV')),
     "branch":
         (branch,
@@ -2830,9 +2833,7 @@ table = {
         (commit,
          [('A', 'addremove', None,
            _('mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing')),
-          ('d', 'date', '', _('record datecode as commit date')),
-          ('u', 'user', '', _('record user as commiter')),
-         ] + walkopts + commitopts,
+         ] + walkopts + commitopts + commitopts2,
          _('hg commit [OPTION]... [FILE]...')),
     "copy|cp":
         (copy,
@@ -3022,10 +3023,8 @@ table = {
     "debugrawcommit|rawcommit":
         (rawcommit,
          [('p', 'parent', [], _('parent')),
-          ('d', 'date', '', _('date code')),
-          ('u', 'user', '', _('user')),
           ('F', 'files', '', _('file list'))
-          ] + commitopts,
+          ] + commitopts + commitopts2,
          _('hg debugrawcommit [OPTION]... [FILE]...')),
     "recover": (recover, [], _('hg recover')),
     "^remove|rm":
@@ -3095,11 +3094,11 @@ table = {
         (tag,
          [('f', 'force', None, _('replace existing tag')),
           ('l', 'local', None, _('make the tag local')),
-          ('m', 'message', '', _('message for tag commit log entry')),
-          ('d', 'date', '', _('record datecode as commit date')),
-          ('u', 'user', '', _('record user as commiter')),
           ('r', 'rev', '', _('revision to tag')),
-          ('', 'remove', None, _('remove a tag'))],
+          ('', 'remove', None, _('remove a tag')),
+          # -l/--local is already there, commitopts cannot be used
+          ('m', 'message', '', _('use <text> as commit message')),
+         ] + commitopts2,
          _('hg tag [-l] [-m TEXT] [-d DATE] [-u USER] [-r REV] NAME')),
     "tags": (tags, [], _('hg tags')),
     "tip":
diff --git a/tests/test-record.out b/tests/test-record.out
--- a/tests/test-record.out
+++ b/tests/test-record.out
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ interactively select changes to commit
 options:
 
  -A --addremove  mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing
- -d --date       record datecode as commit date
- -u --user       record user as commiter
  -I --include    include names matching the given patterns
  -X --exclude    exclude names matching the given patterns
  -m --message    use <text> as commit message
  -l --logfile    read commit message from <file>
+ -d --date       record datecode as commit date
+ -u --user       record user as committer
 
 use "hg -v help record" to show global options
 % select no files