if not inline_diff:

            return _files

        # highlight inline changes when one del is followed by one add

        for diff_data in _files:

            for chunk in diff_data['chunks']:

                lineiter = iter(chunk)

                try:

                    peekline = next(lineiter)

                    while True:

                        # find a first del line

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

                            peekline = next(lineiter)

                        delline = peekline

                        peekline = next(lineiter)

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

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

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

                                peekline = next(lineiter)

                            continue

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

                        addline = peekline

                        try:

                            peekline = next(lineiter)

                        except StopIteration:

                            # add was last line - ok

                            _highlight_inline_diff(delline, addline)

                            raise

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

                            # there was only one add line - ok

                            _highlight_inline_diff(delline, addline)

                except StopIteration:

                    pass

        return _files

    def stat(self):

        """

        Returns tuple of added, and removed lines for this instance

        """

        return self.adds, self.removes

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

def _escaper(diff_line):

    Do HTML escaping/markup of a single diff line (including first +/- column)

    """

    def substitute(m):

        groups = m.groups()

        if groups[0]:

            return '&'

        if groups[1]:

            return '<'

        if groups[2]:

            return '>'

        if groups[3]:

            return '<u>\t</u>'  # Note: trailing tabs will get a longer match later

        if groups[4]:

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

        if groups[5]:

            return ' <i></i>'

        if groups[6]:

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

        assert False

    return _escape_re.sub(substitute, diff_line)

_git_header_re = re.compile(br"""

    ^diff[ ]--git[ ]a/(?P<a_path>.+?)[ ]b/(?P<b_path>.+?)\n

    (?:^old[ ]mode[ ](?P<old_mode>\d+)\n

       ^new[ ]mode[ ](?P<new_mode>\d+)(?:\n|$))?

    (?:^similarity[ ]index[ ](?P<similarity_index>\d+)%\n

       ^rename[ ]from[ ](?P<rename_from>.+)\n

       ^rename[ ]to[ ](?P<rename_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)

_hg_header_re = re.compile(br"""

    ^diff[ ]--git[ ]a/(?P<a_path>.+?)[ ]b/(?P<b_path>.+?)\n

    (?:^old[ ]mode[ ](?P<old_mode>\d+)\n

       ^new[ ]mode[ ](?P<new_mode>\d+)(?:\n|$))?

    (?:^similarity[ ]index[ ](?P<similarity_index>\d+)%(?:\n|$))?

    (?:^rename[ ]from[ ](?P<rename_from>.+)\n

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

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