--- a/mercurial/context.py	Thu May 14 13:20:40 2009 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Thu May 14 13:20:40 2009 -0500
@@ -747,6 +747,9 @@
     def __nonzero__(self):
         return True
 
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return self.filectx(key)
+
     def user(self): return self._user or self._repo.ui.username()
     def date(self): return self._date
     def description(self): return self._text