diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 1e3a81f..7a52634 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,33 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+  # allow manual trigger
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Build and test for ${{matrix.rust}} on ${{matrix.os}}
+    runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        rust:
+          - 1.84.1 # pre edition2024
+          - 1.87
+          - stable
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      with:
+        profile: minimal
+        toolchain: ${{matrix.rust}}
+        override: true
+
     - name: Build lib
       run: cargo build --verbose
     - name: Run tests
@@ -22,13 +40,22 @@ jobs:
       run: cargo build --example '*'
 
   style:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Style checks for ${{matrix.rust}} on ${{matrix.os}}
+    runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        rust:
+          - 1.84.1 # pre edition2024
+          - 1.87   # clippy became more picky after this
+          - stable
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
           profile: minimal
-          toolchain: stable
+          toolchain: ${{matrix.rust}}
           override: true
           components: rustfmt, clippy
       - name: fmt
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 8c7b00b..487f3e2 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn consume_content_line(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, &str> {
     Ok((input, raw.fragment()))
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn parse_single_patch(s: &str) -> Result<Patch, ParseError<'_>> {
+pub(crate) fn parse_single_patch(s: &str) -> Result<Patch<'_>, ParseError<'_>> {
     let (remaining_input, patch) = patch(Input::new(s))?;
     // Parser should return an error instead of producing remaining input
     assert!(
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_single_patch(s: &str) -> Result<Patch, ParseError<'_>> {
     Ok(patch)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn parse_multiple_patches(s: &str) -> Result<Vec<Patch>, ParseError<'_>> {
+pub(crate) fn parse_multiple_patches(s: &str) -> Result<Vec<Patch<'_>>, ParseError<'_>> {
     let (remaining_input, patches) = multiple_patches(Input::new(s))?;
     // Parser should return an error instead of producing remaining input
     if !remaining_input.fragment().is_empty() {
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_multiple_patches(s: &str) -> Result<Vec<Patch>, ParseError<'
     Ok(patches)
 }
 
-fn multiple_patches(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Vec<Patch>> {
+fn multiple_patches(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Vec<Patch>> {
     many1(patch)(input)
 }
 
-fn patch(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Patch> {
+fn patch(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Patch> {
     if let Ok(patch) = binary_files_differ(input) {
         return Ok(patch);
     }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ fn patch(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Patch> {
 }
 
 /// Recognize a "binary files XX and YY differ" line as an empty patch.
-fn binary_files_differ(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Patch> {
+fn binary_files_differ(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Patch> {
     // The names aren't quoted so this seems to require lookahead and then
     // parsing the identified string.
     let (input, (old, new)) = context(
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn binary_files_differ(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Patch> {
 ///
 /// The `parse` function should handle rename diffs with similary index less than 100%, at least as per the test
 /// `parses_file_renames_with_some_diff`.
-fn file_rename_only(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Patch> {
+fn file_rename_only(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Patch<'_>> {
     let (rest, _parsed) = take_until("\nsimilarity index 100%\n")(input)?;
     let (rest, _parsed) = tag("\nsimilarity index 100%\n")(rest)?;
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ fn file_rename_only(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Patch> {
 }
 
 // Header lines
-fn headers(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, (File, File)> {
+fn headers(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, (File, File)> {
     // Ignore any preamble lines in produced diffs
     let (input, _) = take_until("--- ")(input)?;
     let (input, _) = tag("--- ")(input)?;
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ fn headers(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, (File, File)> {
     Ok((input, (oldfile, newfile)))
 }
 
-fn header_line_content(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, File> {
+fn header_line_content(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, File> {
     let (input, filename) = filename(input)?;
     let (input, after) = opt(preceded(char('\t'), file_metadata))(input)?;
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ fn header_line_content(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, File> {
 }
 
 // Hunks of the file differences
-fn chunks(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Vec<Hunk>> {
+fn chunks(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Vec<Hunk>> {
     many1(chunk)(input)
 }
 
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ fn is_next_header(input: Input<'_>) -> bool {
         || input.starts_with("@@ ")
 }
 
-
 /// Looks for lines starting with + or - or space, but not +++ or ---. Not a foolproof check.
 ///
 /// For example, if someone deletes a line that was using the pre-decrement (--) operator or adds a
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@ fn is_next_header(input: Input<'_>) -> bool {
 ///FIXME: Use the ranges in the chunk header to figure out how many chunk lines to parse. Will need
 /// to figure out how to count in nom more robustly than many1!(). Maybe using switch!()?
 ///FIXME: The test_parse_triple_plus_minus_hack test will no longer panic when this is fixed.
-fn chunk(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Hunk> {
+fn chunk(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Hunk> {
     let (input, ranges) = chunk_header(input)?;
 
     // Parse chunk lines, using the range information to guide parsing
@@ -338,11 +337,11 @@ fn no_newline_indicator(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, bool> {
     )(input)
 }
 
-fn filename(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Cow<str>> {
+fn filename(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Cow<str>> {
     alt((quoted, bare))(input)
 }
 
-fn file_metadata(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Cow<str>> {
+fn file_metadata(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Cow<str>> {
     alt((
         quoted,
         map(not_line_ending, |data: Input<'_>| {
@@ -351,28 +350,28 @@ fn file_metadata(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Cow<str>> {
     ))(input)
 }
 
-fn quoted(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Cow<str>> {
+fn quoted(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Cow<str>> {
     delimited(char('\"'), unescaped_str, char('\"'))(input)
 }
 
-fn bare(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Cow<str>> {
+fn bare(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Cow<str>> {
     map(is_not("\t\r\n"), |data: Input<'_>| {
         Cow::Borrowed(*data.fragment())
     })(input)
 }
 
-fn unescaped_str(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, Cow<str>> {
+fn unescaped_str(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, Cow<str>> {
     let (input, raw) = many1(alt((unescaped_char, escaped_char)))(input)?;
     Ok((input, raw.into_iter().collect::<Cow<str>>()))
 }
 
 // Parses an unescaped character
-fn unescaped_char(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, char> {
+fn unescaped_char(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, char> {
     none_of("\0\n\r\t\\\"")(input)
 }
 
 // Parses an escaped character and returns its unescaped equivalent
-fn escaped_char(input: Input<'_>) -> IResult<Input<'_>, char> {
+fn escaped_char(input: Input) -> IResult<Input, char> {
     map(preceded(char('\\'), one_of(r#"0nrt"\"#)), |ch| match ch {
         '0' => '\0',
         'n' => '\n',
diff --git a/tests/parse_samples.rs b/tests/parse_samples.rs
index aac580d..50e223a 100644
--- a/tests/parse_samples.rs
+++ b/tests/parse_samples.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ fn parse_samples() {
 
         // Make sure that the patch file we produce parses to the same information as the original
         // patch file.
+        #[allow(clippy::format_collect)] // Display::fmt is the only way to resolve Patch->str
         let patch_file: String = patches.iter().map(|patch| format!("{}\n", patch)).collect();
         println!("{}", patch_file);
         let patches2 = Patch::from_multiple(&patch_file).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
@@ -50,10 +51,8 @@ fn parse_wild_samples() {
 
         // Make sure that the patch file we produce parses to the same information as the original
         // patch file.
-        let patch_file: String = patches
-            .iter()
-            .map(|patch| format!("{}\n", patch))
-            .collect();
+        #[allow(clippy::format_collect)] // Display::fmt is the only way to resolve Patch->str
+        let patch_file: String = patches.iter().map(|patch| format!("{}\n", patch)).collect();
 
         let patches2 = Patch::from_multiple(&patch_file).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
             panic!(
diff --git a/tests/wild-samples/.gitattributes b/tests/wild-samples/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e07e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wild-samples/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Disable text processing on these wild sample - eg preserve their wild CRLF format
+*.patch -text