bug#81375: diff-refine-hunk over-refines large unrelated replacement blocks

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:25:21 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.bugs
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Juri Linkov [17/Jul  9:32pm +03] wrote:
>> [ FWIW, the problem you mention is already present for the "pure
>>   addition" and "pure removal" hunks.  We discussed that problem in
>>   emacs-devel at some point and I proposed a simplistic patch to
>>   highlight those hunks with the corresponding "refined" face, but
>>   I don't think this went anywhere.  ]
>
> We have it as `diff-refine-nonmodified`.

I have this set but still see the problem my colleague described
sometimes.  But it is good to know we have the setting so those are just
bugs to fix.  Thanks both.

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Sean Whitton