Is there a more efficient way I can submit patches in the future, a lá github pull requests? I'm really struggling to construct the patches you desire using mercurial. I'm used to git's extensive history rewriting facilities. Can I submit a git diff instead of an hg export?
You can, but then I have to commit it and manually specify your username.
If you enable the mq extension in mercurial, you can "qimport" a revision, change it, "qrefresh" it, and then "qfinish" it back into a changeset. However, it's much easier if you never actually commit it and just use "qnew" and "qrefresh" to edit it. It's quilt-like functionality integrated into mercurial, which is really ideal for preparing patches for upstream. It's so handy for that, I loathe using git for similar operations.
I've attached a patch with your suggested edits.
Applied, thanks very much for your work and patience!