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run-tests.py: fix diff output when test-foo.out doesn't exist.

Previously, if test-foo.out doesn't exist and test-foo outputs
something, the first line of the diff will look like this:

-+changeset:   0:0acdaf898367

(note the leading "-")

Mercurial's documentation is currently kept in ASCIIDOC format, which
is a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit. It's also
convertible to a variety of other formats including standard UNIX man
page format and HTML.

To do this, you'll need to install ASCIIDOC:

 http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/

To generate the man page:

 asciidoc -d manpage -b docbook hg.1.txt
 xmlto man hg.1.xml

To display:

 groff -mandoc -Tascii hg.1 | more

To create the html page (without stylesheets):

 asciidoc -b html hg.1.txt