mercurial/obsolete.py

--- a/mercurial/obsolete.py	Fri Aug 15 14:19:15 2014 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/obsolete.py	Fri Aug 15 09:41:30 2014 -0700
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@
         parts = self.metadata()['date'].split(' ')
         return (float(parts[0]), int(parts[1]))
 
+    def flags(self):
+        """The flags field of the marker"""
+        return self._data[2]
+
 class obsstore(object):
     """Store obsolete markers