#chg-compatible $ newrepo $ setconfig diff.git=1 diff.nobinary=1 >>> _ = open('a.bin', 'wb').write(b'\0\1') $ hg commit -m A -A a.bin >>> _ = open('a.bin', 'wb').write(b'\0\2') $ hg diff diff --git a/a.bin b/a.bin Binary file a.bin has changed $ HGPLAIN=1 hg diff diff --git a/a.bin b/a.bin index bdc955b7b2e610ad5a72302b139a2e6cb325519a..8835708590a9afa236e1bbad18df9d23de82ccd3 GIT binary patch literal 2 Jc${Nk0ssI600RI3 $ HGPLAIN=1 HGPLAINEXCEPT=diffopts hg diff diff --git a/a.bin b/a.bin Binary file a.bin has changed