$ hg init repo
$ cd repo
$ cat > a <<EOF
> c
> c
> a
> a
> b
> a
> a
> c
> c
> EOF
$ hg ci -Am adda
adding a
$ cat > a <<EOF
> c
> c
> a
> a
> dd
> a
> a
> c
> c
> EOF
default context
$ hg diff --nodates
diff -r cf9f4ba66af2 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
c
a
a
-b
+dd
a
a
c
invalid --unified
$ hg diff --nodates -U foo
abort: diff context lines count must be an integer, not 'foo'
[255]
$ hg diff --nodates -U 2
diff -r cf9f4ba66af2 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
a
a
-b
+dd
a
a
$ hg --config diff.unified=2 diff --nodates
diff -r cf9f4ba66af2 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
a
a
-b
+dd
a
a
$ hg diff --nodates -U 1
diff -r cf9f4ba66af2 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -4,3 +4,3 @@
a
-b
+dd
a
invalid diff.unified
$ hg --config diff.unified=foo diff --nodates
abort: diff context lines count must be an integer, not 'foo'
[255]
test off-by-one error with diff -p
$ hg init diffp
$ cd diffp
$ echo a > a
$ hg ci -Ama
adding a
$ rm a
$ echo b > a
$ echo a >> a
$ echo c >> a
$ hg diff -U0 -p --nodates
diff -r cb9a9f314b8b a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@
+b
@@ -2,0 +3,1 @@ a
+c