^rename[ ]to[ ](?P<rename_to>.+)(?:\n|$))?

        (?:^copy[ ]from[ ](?P<copy_from>.+)\n

           ^copy[ ]to[ ](?P<copy_to>.+)(?:\n|$))?

        (?:^new[ ]file[ ]mode[ ](?P<new_file_mode>.+)(?:\n|$))?

        (?:^deleted[ ]file[ ]mode[ ](?P<deleted_file_mode>.+)(?:\n|$))?

        (?:^index[ ](?P<a_blob_id>[0-9A-Fa-f]+)

            \.\.(?P<b_blob_id>[0-9A-Fa-f]+)[ ]?(?P<b_mode>.+)?(?:\n|$))?

        (?:^(?P<bin_patch>GIT[ ]binary[ ]patch)(?:\n|$))?

        (?:^---[ ](a/(?P<a_file>.+?)|/dev/null)\t?(?:\n|$))?

        (?:^\+\+\+[ ](b/(?P<b_file>.+?)|/dev/null)\t?(?:\n|$))?

    """, re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE)

    _escape_re = re.compile(r'(&)|(<)|(>)|(\t)|(\r)|(?<=.)( \n| $)')

    def __init__(self, diff, vcs='hg', diff_limit=None, inline_diff=True):

        """

        :param diff:   a text in diff format

        :param vcs: type of version control hg or git

        :param diff_limit: define the size of diff that is considered "big"

            based on that parameter cut off will be triggered, set to None

            to show full diff

        """

        if not isinstance(diff, basestring):

            raise Exception('Diff must be a basestring got %s instead' % type(diff))

            if groups[2]:

                return '>'

            if groups[3]:

                return '<u>\t</u>'

            if groups[4]:

                return '<u class="cr"></u>'

            if groups[5]:

                return ' <i></i>'

            assert False

        return self._escape_re.sub(substitute, safe_unicode(string))

    def _get_header(self, diff_chunk):

        """

        Parses a Git diff for a single file (header and chunks) and returns a tuple with:

        1. A dict with meta info:

            a_path, b_path, similarity_index, rename_from, rename_to,

            old_mode, new_mode, new_file_mode, deleted_file_mode,

            a_blob_id, b_blob_id, b_mode, a_file, b_file

        2. An iterator yielding lines with simple HTML markup.

        """

                        peekline = lineiter.next()

                        # if not followed by add, eat all following del lines

                        if peekline['action'] != 'add':

                            while peekline['action'] == 'del':

                                peekline = lineiter.next()

                            continue

                        # found an add - make sure it is the only one

                        addline = peekline

                        try:

                            peekline = lineiter.next()

                        except StopIteration:

                            # add was last line - ok

                            raise

                        if peekline['action'] != 'add':

                            # there was only one add line - ok

                except StopIteration:

                    pass

        return _files

    def _parse_lines(self, diff_lines):

        """

        Given an iterator of diff body lines, parse them and return a dict per

        line and added/removed totals.

        """

        added = deleted = 0

        old_line = old_end = new_line = new_end = None

        except StopIteration:

            pass

        if old_line != old_end or new_line != new_end:

            raise Exception('diff processing broken when old %s<>%s or new %s<>%s line %r' % (old_line, old_end, new_line, new_end, line))

        return chunks, added, deleted

    def stat(self):

        """

        Returns tuple of added, and removed lines for this instance

        """

        return self.adds, self.removes