# HG changeset patch
# User Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen  <danchr@gmail.com>
# Date 1336832399 -7200
# Node ID 04dfc23688b9e58263338f5df1c00e5fb73e7780
# Parent  5b9f17e34126a80d523d50fdb5e8b34e7d132fa8
allow Python 2.7 to show medium-size multiline diffs when tests fail

diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ class TestBase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         _verify_our_modules()
 
+        # the Python 2.7 default of 640 is obnoxiously low
+        self.maxDiff = 4096
+
         self.oldenv = dict([(k, os.environ.get(k, None),) for k in
                            ('LANG', 'LC_ALL', 'HGRCPATH',)])
         self.oldt = i18n.t