diff --git a/tests/test-mdiff.py b/tests/test-mdiff.py
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+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import unittest
+
+from mercurial import (
+    mdiff,
+)
+
+class splitnewlinesTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_splitnewlines(self):
+        cases = {'a\nb\nc\n': ['a\n', 'b\n', 'c\n'],
+                 'a\nb\nc': ['a\n', 'b\n', 'c'],
+                 'a\nb\nc\n\n': ['a\n', 'b\n', 'c\n', '\n'],
+                 '': [],
+                 'abcabc': ['abcabc'],
+                 }
+        for inp, want in cases.iteritems():
+            self.assertEqual(mdiff.splitnewlines(inp), want)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import silenttestrunner
+    silenttestrunner.main(__name__)