(?:^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)(?:\n|$))?

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

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

    #used for inline highlighter word split

    _token_re = re.compile(r'()(&gt;|&lt;|&amp;|<u>\t</u>| <i></i>|\W+?)')

    def __init__(self, diff, vcs='hg', format='gitdiff', diff_limit=None):

        """

        :param diff:   a text in diff format

        :param vcs: type of version controll hg or git

        :param format: format of diff passed, `udiff` or `gitdiff`

        :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 DiffLimitExceeded('Diff Limit Exceeded')

        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>'

                return ' <i></i>'

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

    def _line_counter(self, l):

        """

        Checks each line and bumps total adds/removes for this diff

        :param l:

        """

        if l.startswith('+') and not l.startswith('+++'):

            self.adds += 1

        elif l.startswith('-') and not l.startswith('---'):