diff: improve detection of renames when diffing across many revisions

mercurial/patch.py

@@ -471,8 +471,9 def diff(repo, node1=None, node2=None, f
         r1, r2 = map(repo.changelog.rev, (n1, n2))
         src = None
         while r2 > r1:
-            cl = getchangelog(n2)[0]
-            m = getmanifest(cl)
+            cl = getchangelog(n2)
+            if f in cl[3]:
+                m = getmanifest(cl[0])
             try:
                 src = getfile(f).renamed(m[f])
             except KeyError:

tests/test-git-export

@@ -60,3 +60,16 rm binfile.bin
 hg import -mfoo b.diff
 cmp binfile.bin $TESTDIR/binfile.bin
 
+echo
+echo '% diff across many revisions'
+hg mv dst dst2
+hg ci -m 'mv dst dst2' -d '0 0'
+
+echo >> start
+hg ci -m 'change start' -d '0 0'
+
+hg revert -r -2 start
+hg mv dst2 dst3
+hg ci -m 'mv dst2 dst3; revert start' -d '0 0'
+
+hg diff --git -r 9:11

tests/test-git-export.out

@@ -65,3 +65,8 fQItJW-{SoTm)8|5##k|m00000NkvXXu0mjf{mKw
 
 % import binary diff
 applying b.diff
+
+% diff across many revisions
+diff --git a/dst2 b/dst3
+rename from dst2
+rename to dst3