diff --git a/tests/test-context.py b/tests/test-context.py
--- a/tests/test-context.py
+++ b/tests/test-context.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ print(ctxb.status(ctxa))
 # test performing a diff on a memctx
 
 for d in ctxb.diff(ctxa, git=True):
-    print(d)
+    print(d, end='')
 
 # test safeness and correctness of "ctx.status()"
 print('= checking context.status():')
diff --git a/tests/test-context.py.out b/tests/test-context.py.out
--- a/tests/test-context.py.out
+++ b/tests/test-context.py.out
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ Latin-1 : Grüezi!
 UTF-8   : Grüezi!
 <status modified=['foo'], added=[], removed=[], deleted=[], unknown=[], ignored=[], clean=[]>
 diff --git a/foo b/foo
-
 --- a/foo
 +++ b/foo
 @@ -1,1 +1,2 @@
  foo
 +bar
-
 = checking context.status():
 == checking workingctx.status:
 wctx._status=<status modified=['bar-m'], added=['bar-a'], removed=['bar-r'], deleted=[], unknown=[], ignored=[], clean=[]>