diff -r b3ec0b5fd777 -r e689b0d91546 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sun Nov 25 20:39:37 2012 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Nov 28 11:20:56 2012 +0100
@@ -4495,7 +4495,7 @@
             else:
                 ui.write("%s = %s\n" % (name, util.hidepassword(path)))
 
-@command('^phase',
+@command('phase',
     [('p', 'public', False, _('set changeset phase to public')),
      ('d', 'draft', False, _('set changeset phase to draft')),
      ('s', 'secret', False, _('set changeset phase to secret')),