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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _readDiffFile(self):
 """ Read content of diff file. This is here to help with testing. @return: File content. @rtype: c{str} """

        with open(self.diffOption) as f:
            content = f.read()
        return content