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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        return safe_unicode(l)

    def _highlight_line_difflib(self, line, next_):

        """

        Highlight inline changes in both lines.

        """

        if line['action'] == 'del':

            old, new = line, next_

        else:

            old, new = next_, line

        sequence = difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, oldwords, newwords)

        oldfragments, newfragments = [], []

        for tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 in sequence.get_opcodes():

            oldfrag = ''.join(oldwords[i1:i2])

            newfrag = ''.join(newwords[j1:j2])

            if tag != 'equal':

                if oldfrag:

                    oldfrag = '<del>%s</del>' % oldfrag

                if newfrag:

                    newfrag = '<ins>%s</ins>' % newfrag

            oldfragments.append(oldfrag)