(**Note:** this patch is built on top of [[Attempt to extend Mercurial backend support]] and [[rcs__95__get__123__c__44__m__125__time_implementation_for_Mercurial_backend__44___based_on_Git_backend]]. The former is needed for the `safe_hg()` definition. The latter only shows up in the very last line matching of this patch.)

CC of `rcs_diff` implementation in `git.pm` with few changes. Mercurial provides the `hg diff -g` switch, which outputs the diff in Git-format, making the implementation easy. I think it's a good idea to base `mercurial.pm` as much as possible om `git.pm` to simplify and be able to benefit from the maintenance of `git.pm`, which probably is more used.

[Patch at my hg repo](http://510x.se/hg/program/ikiwiki/diff/cc73d670bf99/Plugin/mercurial.pm) ([raw format](http://510x.se/hg/program/ikiwiki/raw-file/cc73d670bf99/Plugin/mercurial.pm)).

--[[Daniel Andersson]]

> Guess that makes sense, [[done]] --[[Joey]] 

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	diff -r 1b6c46b62a28 -r cc73d670bf99 Plugin/mercurial.pm
	--- a/Plugin/mercurial.pm	Tue Jul 19 13:35:17 2011 +0200
	+++ b/Plugin/mercurial.pm	Tue Jul 19 13:35:37 2011 +0200
	@@ -307,7 +307,23 @@
	 }
	 
	 sub rcs_diff ($;$) {
	-	# TODO
	+	my $rev=shift;
	+	my $maxlines=shift;
	+	my @lines;
	+	my $addlines=sub {
	+		my $line=shift;
	+		return if defined $maxlines && @lines == $maxlines;
	+		push @lines, $line."\n"
	+			if (@lines || $line=~/^diff --git/);
	+		return 1;
	+	};
	+	safe_hg(undef, $addlines, "hg", "diff", "-c", $rev, "-g");
	+	if (wantarray) {
	+		return @lines;
	+	}
	+	else {
	+		return join("", @lines);
	+	}
	 }
	 
	 {