[Python-Dev] hg diff

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

"Martin v. Löwis" writes:
 > It seems that the dev guide recommends to use the --git option in hg
 > diff. I'm working on the Rietveld integration, and found that this
 > option makes things worse: the regular diff includes the base revision
 > of the patch; hg diff --git doesn't.

Does the regular diff work acceptably for the kinds of changes that
diff --git was designed to be an improvement for?