bug#25410: 26.0.50; Refine an unified diff hunk only if adds lines

[Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>]

Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com> writes:

> npostavs@users.sourceforge.net writes:
>
>> What about a diff that adds a very large file?  Perhaps we should only
>> refine if there added lines *and* deleted lines?
> I have updated the patch.  Now it checks before the `pcase' that
> the hunk adds and removes lines.  Only when this is true, we enter
> in the `pcase'.
> -                                  nil 'diff-refine-preproc props-r props-a))))))))
> +      ;; Only refine the hunk if both adds and removes lines (Bug#25410).
> +      (when (and (save-excursion (re-search-forward "^-.*\n" end t))
> +                 (re-search-forward "^\\+.*\n" end t))
> +        (remove-overlays beg end 'diff-mode 'fine)
> +        (goto-char beg)
> +        (pcase style
> +          (`unified
This check only has sense for unified diffs, where the new lines start with
'+' and the deleted ones start with '-'.
We might use the first patch in this thread or the following one:
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From 89742f18291c1bb7fc99dfd5ac71a7d625699534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:05:05 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Refine an unified diff hunk only if both removes and adds
 lines

* lisp/vc/diff-mode.el (diff-refine-hunk): Refine the unified
diff hunk only if it adds and removes some lines (Bug#25410).
---
 lisp/vc/diff-mode.el | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el b/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
index 9dfcd944bb..4cc20338c1 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
@@ -2075,22 +2075,23 @@ diff-refine-hunk
            (props-c '((diff-mode . fine) (face diff-refine-changed)))
            (props-r '((diff-mode . fine) (face diff-refine-removed)))
            (props-a '((diff-mode . fine) (face diff-refine-added))))
-
       (remove-overlays beg end 'diff-mode 'fine)
-
       (goto-char beg)
       (pcase style
         (`unified
-         (while (re-search-forward
-                 (eval-when-compile
-                   (let ((no-LF-at-eol-re "\\(?:\\\\.*\n\\)?"))
-                     (concat "^\\(?:-.*\n\\)+" no-LF-at-eol-re
-                             "\\(\\)"
-                             "\\(?:\\+.*\n\\)+" no-LF-at-eol-re)))
-                 end t)
-           (smerge-refine-subst (match-beginning 0) (match-end 1)
-                                (match-end 1) (match-end 0)
-                                nil 'diff-refine-preproc props-r props-a)))
+         ;; Only refine an unified hunk if both adds and removes lines (Bug#25410).
+         (when (and (save-excursion (re-search-forward "^-.*\n" end t))
+                    (save-excursion (re-search-forward "^\\+.*\n" end t)))
+           (while (re-search-forward
+                   (eval-when-compile
+                     (let ((no-LF-at-eol-re "\\(?:\\\\.*\n\\)?"))
+                       (concat "^\\(?:-.*\n\\)+" no-LF-at-eol-re
+                               "\\(\\)"
+                               "\\(?:\\+.*\n\\)+" no-LF-at-eol-re)))
+                   end t)
+             (smerge-refine-subst (match-beginning 0) (match-end 1)
+                                  (match-end 1) (match-end 0)
+                                  nil 'diff-refine-preproc props-r props-a))))
         (`context
          (let* ((middle (save-excursion (re-search-forward "^---")))
                 (other middle))
-- 
2.11.0

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In GNU Emacs 26.0.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.5)
 of 2017-01-11
Repository revision: fa0a2b4e7c81f57aecc1d94df00588a4dd5c281d