From bf8dcd2ba82953118abbe591dcb86874404611c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matias Bordese <mbordese@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:14:12 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Handle binary diffs without a target filename

---
 tests/test_parser.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 unidiff/patch.py     |  5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
index 432d9fb..0be3177 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -361,6 +361,24 @@ def test_parse_diff_with_new_and_modified_binary_files(self):
         self.assertFalse(res[4].is_binary_file)
         self.assertEqual(res[4].diff_line_no, 15)
 
+    def test_parse_binary_diff_without_target_filename(self):
+        # hg emits "Binary file X has changed", with no target filename;
+        # both sides should then refer to the same file
+        diff = (
+            'diff -r a1b2c3d4 image.png\n'
+            'Binary file image.png has changed\n'
+        )
+        res = PatchSet(diff)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(res), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(res[0].is_binary_file)
+        self.assertEqual(res[0].source_file, 'image.png')
+        self.assertEqual(res[0].target_file, 'image.png')
+        self.assertFalse(res[0].is_rename)
+        self.assertEqual(res[0].path, 'image.png')
+        # the diff still round-trips
+        self.assertEqual(str(res), diff)
+
     def test_parse_debdiff_binary_file_line_numbers(self):
         # issue #122 / PR #123: a binary change without hunks should still
         # expose the diff line number where its entry appears.
diff --git a/unidiff/patch.py b/unidiff/patch.py
index 3cb87f0..efba616 100644
--- a/unidiff/patch.py
+++ b/unidiff/patch.py
@@ -596,7 +596,10 @@ def _parse(self, diff: Iterable, encoding: Optional[str],
             is_binary_diff = RE_BINARY_DIFF.match(line)
             if is_binary_diff:
                 source_file = is_binary_diff.group('source_filename')
-                target_file = is_binary_diff.group('target_filename')
+                # formats like hg's "Binary file X has changed" carry no
+                # target filename; both sides refer to the same file
+                target_file = (is_binary_diff.group('target_filename')
+                               or source_file)
                 patch_info.append(line)
                 if current_file is not None:
                     current_file.is_binary_file = True