hg diff on a modified line

[Matt Mackall]

On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 04:35 -0700, praveen_m86 wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
>                 If I am modifying a line in a tracked file and run hg diff,
> the output is as if i have removed the line and added a new line. Y is it so
> ?

Because around 1972, some guy in New Jersey named Douglas McIlroy
decided that's how a "diff" should work.

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