xemit handles "diff formatting and output" with options like context lines,
whether show function names, etc. That is handled more cleanly at a higher
level in hg.
Removing context line parameters would also make the trimming logic (D2686)
cleaner and more confident. See [1].
[1]: https://github.com/git/git/commit/d2f82950a9226ae1102a7a97f03440a4bf8c6c09