diff --git a/gix-diff/src/blob/unified_diff/impls.rs b/gix-diff/src/blob/unified_diff/impls.rs
index 959560fba7f..a2afdd450ba 100644
--- a/gix-diff/src/blob/unified_diff/impls.rs
+++ b/gix-diff/src/blob/unified_diff/impls.rs
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ where
 }
 
 impl DiffLineKind {
-    const fn to_prefix(self) -> char {
+    /// TODO: Document.
+    pub const fn to_prefix(self) -> char {
         match self {
             DiffLineKind::Context => ' ',
             DiffLineKind::Add => '+',
diff --git a/gix-diff/tests/diff/blob/mod.rs b/gix-diff/tests/diff/blob/mod.rs
index 1959c4e6fdb..5742dfd4350 100644
--- a/gix-diff/tests/diff/blob/mod.rs
+++ b/gix-diff/tests/diff/blob/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pub(crate) mod pipeline;
 mod platform;
+mod slider;
 mod unified_diff;
diff --git a/gix-diff/tests/diff/blob/slider.rs b/gix-diff/tests/diff/blob/slider.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16315229cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gix-diff/tests/diff/blob/slider.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+use std::{iter::Peekable, path::PathBuf};
+
+use gix_diff::blob::{
+    intern::TokenSource,
+    unified_diff::{ConsumeHunk, ContextSize, HunkHeader},
+    Algorithm, UnifiedDiff,
+};
+use gix_object::bstr::{self, BString, ByteVec};
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+struct DiffHunk {
+    header: HunkHeader,
+    lines: BString,
+}
+
+struct DiffHunkRecorder {
+    inner: Vec<DiffHunk>,
+}
+
+impl DiffHunkRecorder {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self { inner: Vec::new() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ConsumeHunk for DiffHunkRecorder {
+    type Out = Vec<DiffHunk>;
+
+    fn consume_hunk(
+        &mut self,
+        header: HunkHeader,
+        lines: &[(gix_diff::blob::unified_diff::DiffLineKind, &[u8])],
+    ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+
+        for &(kind, line) in lines {
+            buf.push(kind.to_prefix() as u8);
+            buf.extend_from_slice(line);
+            buf.push(b'\n');
+        }
+
+        let diff_hunk = DiffHunk {
+            header,
+            lines: buf.into(),
+        };
+
+        self.inner.push(diff_hunk);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn finish(self) -> Self::Out {
+        self.inner
+    }
+}
+
+struct Baseline<'a> {
+    lines: Peekable<bstr::Lines<'a>>,
+}
+
+mod baseline {
+    use std::path::Path;
+
+    use gix_diff::blob::unified_diff::HunkHeader;
+    use gix_object::bstr::ByteSlice;
+
+    use super::{Baseline, DiffHunk};
+
+    static START_OF_HEADER: &[u8; 4] = b"@@ -";
+
+    impl Baseline<'_> {
+        pub fn collect(baseline_path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> std::io::Result<Vec<DiffHunk>> {
+            let content = std::fs::read(baseline_path)?;
+
+            let mut baseline = Baseline {
+                lines: content.lines().peekable(),
+            };
+
+            baseline.skip_header();
+
+            Ok(baseline.collect())
+        }
+
+        fn skip_header(&mut self) {
+            // diff --git a/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa b/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
+            // index ccccccc..ddddddd 100644
+            // --- a/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+            // +++ b/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
+
+            let line = self.lines.next().expect("line to be present");
+            assert!(line.starts_with(b"diff --git "));
+
+            let line = self.lines.next().expect("line to be present");
+            assert!(line.starts_with(b"index "));
+
+            let line = self.lines.next().expect("line to be present");
+            assert!(line.starts_with(b"--- "));
+
+            let line = self.lines.next().expect("line to be present");
+            assert!(line.starts_with(b"+++ "));
+        }
+
+        /// Parse diff hunk headers that conform to the unified diff hunk header format.
+        ///
+        /// The parser is very primitive and relies on the fact that `+18` is parsed as `18`. This
+        /// allows us to split the input on ` ` and `,` only.
+        ///
+        /// @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ abc def ghi
+        /// @@ -{before_hunk_start},{before_hunk_len} +{after_hunk_start},{after_hunk_len} @@
+        fn parse_hunk_header(&self, line: &[u8]) -> gix_testtools::Result<HunkHeader> {
+            let Some(line) = line.strip_prefix(START_OF_HEADER) else {
+                todo!()
+            };
+
+            let parts: Vec<_> = line.split(|b| *b == b' ' || *b == b',').collect();
+            let [before_hunk_start, before_hunk_len, after_hunk_start, after_hunk_len, ..] = parts[..] else {
+                todo!()
+            };
+
+            Ok(HunkHeader {
+                before_hunk_start: self.parse_number(before_hunk_start),
+                before_hunk_len: self.parse_number(before_hunk_len),
+                after_hunk_start: self.parse_number(after_hunk_start),
+                after_hunk_len: self.parse_number(after_hunk_len),
+            })
+        }
+
+        fn parse_number(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> u32 {
+            bytes
+                .to_str()
+                .expect("to be a valid UTF-8 string")
+                .parse::<u32>()
+                .expect("to be a number")
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Iterator for Baseline<'_> {
+        type Item = DiffHunk;
+
+        fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+            let mut hunk_header = None;
+            let mut hunk_lines = Vec::new();
+
+            while let Some(line) = self.lines.next() {
+                if line.starts_with(START_OF_HEADER) {
+                    assert!(hunk_header.is_none(), "should not overwrite existing hunk_header");
+                    hunk_header = self.parse_hunk_header(line).ok();
+
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                match line[0] {
+                    b' ' | b'+' | b'-' => {
+                        hunk_lines.extend_from_slice(line);
+                        hunk_lines.push(b'\n');
+                    }
+                    _ => todo!(),
+                }
+
+                match self.lines.peek() {
+                    Some(next_line) if next_line.starts_with(START_OF_HEADER) => break,
+                    None => break,
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+
+            hunk_header.map(|hunk_header| DiffHunk {
+                header: hunk_header,
+                lines: hunk_lines.into(),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn sliders() -> gix_testtools::Result {
+    let worktree_path = fixture_path()?;
+    let asset_dir = worktree_path.join("assets");
+    let git_dir = worktree_path.join(".git");
+
+    let dir = std::fs::read_dir(&git_dir)?;
+
+    for entry in dir {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        let file_name = entry.file_name().into_string().expect("to be string");
+
+        if !file_name.ends_with(".baseline") {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let parts: Vec<_> = file_name.split(".").collect();
+        let name = parts[0];
+
+        let parts: Vec<_> = name.split("-").collect();
+        let [old_blob_id, new_blob_id] = parts[..] else {
+            unimplemented!();
+        };
+
+        let old_data = std::fs::read(asset_dir.join(format!("{old_blob_id}.blob")))?;
+        let new_data = std::fs::read(asset_dir.join(format!("{new_blob_id}.blob")))?;
+
+        let interner = gix_diff::blob::intern::InternedInput::new(
+            tokens_for_diffing(old_data.as_slice()),
+            tokens_for_diffing(new_data.as_slice()),
+        );
+
+        let actual = gix_diff::blob::diff(
+            Algorithm::Myers,
+            &interner,
+            UnifiedDiff::new(&interner, DiffHunkRecorder::new(), ContextSize::symmetrical(3)),
+        )?;
+
+        let baseline_path = git_dir.join(file_name);
+        let baseline = Baseline::collect(baseline_path).unwrap();
+
+        let actual = actual
+            .iter()
+            .fold(BString::default(), |mut acc, diff_hunk| {
+                acc.push_str(diff_hunk.header.to_string().as_str());
+                acc.push(b'\n');
+
+                acc.extend_from_slice(&diff_hunk.lines);
+
+                acc
+            })
+            .to_string();
+
+        let baseline = baseline
+            .iter()
+            .fold(BString::default(), |mut acc, diff_hunk| {
+                acc.push_str(diff_hunk.header.to_string().as_str());
+                acc.push(b'\n');
+
+                acc.extend_from_slice(&diff_hunk.lines);
+
+                acc
+            })
+            .to_string();
+
+        pretty_assertions::assert_eq!(actual, baseline);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn tokens_for_diffing(data: &[u8]) -> impl TokenSource<Token = &[u8]> {
+    gix_diff::blob::sources::byte_lines(data)
+}
+
+fn fixture_path() -> gix_testtools::Result<PathBuf> {
+    gix_testtools::scripted_fixture_read_only_standalone("make_diff_for_sliders_repo.sh")
+}
diff --git a/tests/it/src/args.rs b/tests/it/src/args.rs
index 78f1873d64b..ea173d679ec 100644
--- a/tests/it/src/args.rs
+++ b/tests/it/src/args.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,24 @@ pub enum Subcommands {
         #[clap(value_parser = AsPathSpec)]
         patterns: Vec<gix::pathspec::Pattern>,
     },
+    /// TODO: add description.
+    CreateDiffCases {
+        /// TODO: add description.
+        #[clap(long)]
+        sliders_file: PathBuf,
+        /// The git root to extract the diff-related parts from.
+        #[clap(long)]
+        worktree_dir: PathBuf,
+        /// The directory into which to copy the files.
+        #[clap(long)]
+        destination_dir: PathBuf,
+        /// TODO: add description.
+        #[clap(long, default_value_t = 10)]
+        count: usize,
+        /// The directory to place assets in.
+        #[clap(long)]
+        asset_dir: Option<BString>,
+    },
     /// Check for executable bits that disagree with shebangs.
     ///
     /// This checks committed and staged files, but not anything unstaged, to find shell scripts
diff --git a/tests/it/src/commands/create_diff_cases.rs b/tests/it/src/commands/create_diff_cases.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..438503f243d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/it/src/commands/create_diff_cases.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+pub(super) mod function {
+    use anyhow::Context;
+    use std::{
+        collections::HashSet,
+        path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    };
+
+    use gix::{
+        bstr::{BString, ByteSlice},
+        objs::FindExt,
+    };
+
+    pub fn create_diff_cases(
+        sliders_file: PathBuf,
+        worktree_dir: &Path,
+        destination_dir: PathBuf,
+        count: usize,
+        asset_dir: Option<BString>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        // TODO: turn into parameter.
+        let dry_run = false;
+
+        let prefix = if dry_run { "WOULD" } else { "Will" };
+        let sliders = std::fs::read_to_string(&sliders_file)?;
+
+        eprintln!(
+            "read {} which has {} lines",
+            sliders_file.display(),
+            sliders.lines().count()
+        );
+
+        let sliders: HashSet<_> = sliders
+            .lines()
+            .take(count)
+            .map(|line| {
+                let parts: Vec<_> = line.split_ascii_whitespace().collect();
+
+                match parts[..] {
+                    [before, after, ..] => (before, after),
+                    _ => todo!(),
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        eprintln!("{sliders:?}");
+
+        let repo = gix::open(worktree_dir)?;
+
+        let asset_dir = asset_dir.unwrap_or("assets".into());
+        let assets = destination_dir.join(asset_dir.to_os_str()?);
+
+        eprintln!("{prefix} create directory '{assets}'", assets = assets.display());
+        if !dry_run {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&assets)?;
+        }
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+
+        let script_name = "make_diff_for_sliders_repo.sh";
+
+        let mut blocks: Vec<String> = vec![format!(
+            r#"#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${{BASH_SOURCE[0]}}")" && pwd)"
+
+git init
+echo .gitignore >> .gitignore
+echo {asset_dir}/ >> .gitignore
+echo {script_name} >> .gitignore
+
+mkdir -p {asset_dir}
+"#
+        )];
+
+        for (before, after) in sliders.iter() {
+            let revspec = repo.rev_parse(*before)?;
+            let old_blob_id = revspec
+                .single()
+                .context(format!("rev-spec '{before}' must resolve to a single object"))?;
+            let (old_path, _) = revspec
+                .path_and_mode()
+                .context(format!("rev-spec '{before}' must contain a path"))?;
+
+            let revspec = repo.rev_parse(*after)?;
+            let new_blob_id = revspec
+                .single()
+                .context(format!("rev-spec '{after}' must resolve to a single object"))?;
+            let (new_path, _) = revspec
+                .path_and_mode()
+                .context(format!("rev-spec '{after}' must contain a path"))?;
+
+            eprintln!("{old_blob_id:?} {old_path:?} {new_blob_id:?} {new_path:?}");
+
+            let dst_old_blob = assets.join(format!("{old_blob_id}.blob"));
+            let dst_new_blob = assets.join(format!("{new_blob_id}.blob"));
+            if !dry_run {
+                let old_blob = repo.objects.find_blob(&old_blob_id, &mut buf)?.data;
+                std::fs::write(dst_old_blob, old_blob)?;
+
+                let new_blob = repo.objects.find_blob(&new_blob_id, &mut buf)?.data;
+                std::fs::write(dst_new_blob, new_blob)?;
+            }
+
+            blocks.push(format!(
+                r#"git diff --no-index "$ROOT/{asset_dir}/{old_blob_id}.blob" "$ROOT/{asset_dir}/{new_blob_id}.blob" > .git/{old_blob_id}-{new_blob_id}.baseline || true
+cp "$ROOT/{asset_dir}/{old_blob_id}.blob" assets/
+cp "$ROOT/{asset_dir}/{new_blob_id}.blob" assets/
+"#
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let script_file = destination_dir.join(script_name);
+        eprintln!(
+            "{prefix} write script file at '{script_file}'",
+            script_file = script_file.display()
+        );
+
+        if !dry_run {
+            let script = blocks.join("\n");
+            std::fs::write(script_file, script)?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/it/src/commands/mod.rs b/tests/it/src/commands/mod.rs
index 6bec01671df..ed3abfd0cfc 100644
--- a/tests/it/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/it/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ pub use copy_royal::function::copy_royal;
 pub mod git_to_sh;
 pub use git_to_sh::function::git_to_sh;
 
+pub mod create_diff_cases;
+pub use create_diff_cases::function::create_diff_cases;
+
 pub mod check_mode;
 pub use check_mode::function::check_mode;
 
diff --git a/tests/it/src/main.rs b/tests/it/src/main.rs
index df22a7e8c6f..57dad9b41cd 100644
--- a/tests/it/src/main.rs
+++ b/tests/it/src/main.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             destination_dir,
             patterns,
         } => commands::copy_royal(dry_run, &worktree_root, destination_dir, patterns),
+        Subcommands::CreateDiffCases {
+            sliders_file,
+            worktree_dir,
+            destination_dir,
+            count,
+            asset_dir,
+        } => commands::create_diff_cases(sliders_file, &worktree_dir, destination_dir, count, asset_dir),
         Subcommands::CheckMode {} => commands::check_mode(),
         Subcommands::Env {} => commands::env(),
     }