Testing diff --change
$ hg init a
$ cd a
$ echo "first" > file.txt
$ hg add file.txt
$ hg commit -m 'first commit' # 0
$ echo "second" > file.txt
$ hg commit -m 'second commit' # 1
$ echo "third" > file.txt
$ hg commit -m 'third commit' # 2
$ hg diff --nodates --change 1
diff -r 4bb65dda5db4 -r e9b286083166 file.txt
--- a/file.txt
+++ b/file.txt
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-first
+second
$ hg diff --change e9b286083166
diff -r 4bb65dda5db4 -r e9b286083166 file.txt
--- a/file.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/file.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-first
+second
Testing diff --change when merge:
$ for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
$ echo $i >> file.txt
$ done
$ hg commit -m "lots of text" # 3
$ sed -e 's,^2$,x,' file.txt > file.txt.tmp
$ mv file.txt.tmp file.txt
$ hg commit -m "change 2 to x" # 4
$ hg up -r 3
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ sed -e 's,^8$,y,' file.txt > file.txt.tmp
$ mv file.txt.tmp file.txt
$ hg commit -m "change 8 to y"
created new head
$ hg up -C -r 4
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg merge -r 5
merging file.txt
0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg commit -m "merge 8 to y" # 6
$ hg diff --change 5
diff -r ae119d680c82 -r 9085c5c02e52 file.txt
--- a/file.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/file.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
5
6
7
-8
+y
9
10
must be similar to 'hg diff --change 5':
$ hg diff -c 6
diff -r 273b50f17c6d -r 979ca961fd2e file.txt
--- a/file.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/file.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
5
6
7
-8
+y
9
10