diff -r 09a2b6741695 -r 5bb610f87d1d mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Jan 08 21:16:39 2013 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Jan 08 20:37:37 2013 +0100
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     ('', 'profile', None, _('print command execution profile')),
     ('', 'version', None, _('output version information and exit')),
     ('h', 'help', None, _('display help and exit')),
+    ('', 'hidden', False, _('consider hidden changesets')),
 ]
 
 dryrunopts = [('n', 'dry-run', None,
@@ -4091,7 +4092,6 @@
      _('show changesets within the given named branch'), _('BRANCH')),
     ('P', 'prune', [],
      _('do not display revision or any of its ancestors'), _('REV')),
-    ('', 'hidden', False, _('show hidden changesets (DEPRECATED)')),
     ] + logopts + walkopts,
     _('[OPTION]... [FILE]'))
 def log(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
@@ -4207,8 +4207,6 @@
             return
         if opts.get('branch') and ctx.branch() not in opts['branch']:
             return
-        if not opts.get('hidden') and ctx.hidden():
-            return
         if df and not df(ctx.date()[0]):
             return