Test case that makes use of the weakness of patience diff algorithm $ hg init >>> open('a', 'w').write('\n'.join(list('a' + 'x' * 10 + 'u' + 'x' * 30 + 'a\n'))) $ hg commit -m 1 -A a >>> open('a', 'w').write('\n'.join(list('b' + 'x' * 30 + 'u' + 'x' * 10 + 'b\n'))) $ hg diff diff -r f0aeecb49805 a --- a/a Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/a Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -a +b x x x @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ x x x -u x x x @@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ x x x +u x x x @@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ x x x -a +b