diff -r ce6d56b95f2e -r 8d5f5122a732 mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Fri Apr 16 23:59:43 2010 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Mon Apr 19 17:00:02 2010 -0500
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@
     if r:
         dst.setconfig('bundle', 'mainreporoot', r)
 
-    # copy auth section settings
-    for key, val in src.configitems('auth'):
-        dst.setconfig('auth', key, val)
+    # copy auth and http_proxy section settings
+    for sect in ('auth', 'http_proxy'):
+        for key, val in src.configitems(sect):
+            dst.setconfig(sect, key, val)
 
     return dst