i18n: encode output in user's local encoding This makes the translated output obey the HGENCODING environment variable or the preferred encoding as set by the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables. Python 2.4 has a lgettext method which is similar, except that it doesn't know about HGENCODING or the settings in .hgrc.

#!/bin/sh

echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
echo "color=" >> $HGRCPATH

hg init repo
cd repo
cat > a <<EOF
c
c
a
a
b
a
a
c
c
EOF
hg ci -Am adda
cat > a <<EOF
c
c
a
a
dd
a
a
c
c
EOF

echo '% default context'
hg diff --nodates --color=always

echo '% --unified=2'
hg diff --nodates -U 2  --color=always