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2026-03-17feat(diff): merge adjacent blocks using inline:word (#37085)Harsh Kapse1
vim-patch:9.2.0174: diff: inline word-diffs can be fragmented Problem: When using 'diffopt=inline:word', lines were excessively fragmented with punctuation creating separate highlight blocks, making it harder to read the diffs. Solution: Added 'diff_refine_inline_word_highlight()' to merge adjacent diff blocks that are separated by small gaps of non-word characters (up to 5 bytes by default) (HarshK97). When using inline:word diff mode, adjacent changed words separated by punctuation or whitespace are now merged into a single highlight block if the gap between them contains fewer than 5 non-word characters. This creates more readable diffs and closely matches GitHub's own diff display. closes: vim/vim#19098 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/42c6686c78d39843f71dba989a8ea59bc6975132
2026-01-30vim-patch:9.1.2118: 'cursorline' missing after :diffput to empty buf (#37628)zeertzjq1
Problem: 'cursorline' and part of 'statusline' are missing after :diffput to an empty buffer. Solution: Make sure the cursor doesn't go beyond the last line after :diffput (zeertzjq) related: neovim/neovim#37621 closes: vim/vim#19281 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ce1e562fdafa998e577d65a8b0a1b8bc1cbfcf4c
2026-01-14vim-patch:9.1.2085: Use-after-free in winframe_remove()zeertzjq1
Problem: Use-after-free in winframe_remove() (henices) Solution: Set window_layout_locked() inside winframe_remove() and check that writing diff files is disallowed when the window layout is locked. It can happen with a custom diff expression when removing a window: 1. Buffer was removed, so win_frame_remove() is called to remove the window. 2. win_frame_remove() → frame_new_height() → scroll_to_fraction() → diff_check_fill() (checks for filler lines) 3. diff_check_fill() ends up causing a diff_try_update, and because we are not using internal diff, it has to first write the file to a buffer using buf_write() 4. buf_write() is called for a buffer that is not contained within a window, so it first calls aucmd_prepbuf() to create a new temporary window before writing the buffer and then later calls aucmd_restbuf(), which restores the previous window layout, calling winframe_remove() again, which will free the window/frame structure, eventually freeing stuff that will still be accessed at step 2. closes: vim/vim#19064 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ead1dda74a485ef0470e7252d07c1a36b8cde517 Nvim doesn't have this bug as Nvim uses a floating window as autocommand window, and removing it doesn't need winframe_remove(). Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
2025-09-12vim-patch:9.1.1753: defaults: 'diffopt' option value can be improved (#35727)zeertzjq1
Problem: defaults: 'diffopt' option value can be improved Solution: Update diffopt defaults to include "indent-heuristic" and "inline:char" (Yee Cheng Chin) The default diff options have not been updated much despite new functionality having been added to Vim. - indent-heurstic: This has been enabled by default in Git since 33de716387 in 2017. Given that Vim uses xdiff from Git, it makes sense to track the default configuration from Git. - inline:char: This turns on character-wise inline highlighting which is generally much better than the default inline:simple. It has been implemented since vim/vim#16881 and we have not seen reports of any issues with it, and it has received good feedbacks. closes: vim/vim#18255 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/976b365305c2e9025813ff3c7fe52f8d927fafc3 Co-authored-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
2025-08-24fix(diff): set default diff flags properly (#35450)zeertzjq1
2025-07-20vim-patch:9.1.1567: crash when using inline diff mode (#35005)zeertzjq1
Problem: Crash when using inline diff mode (Ilya Grigoriev) Solution: Set tp_diffbuf to NULL when skipping a diff block (Yee Cheng Chin). Fix an array out of bounds crash when using diffopt+=inline:char when 4 or more buffers are being diff'ed. This happens when one of the blocks is empty. The inline highlight logic skips using that buffer's block, but when another buffer is used later and calls diff_read() to merge the diff blocks together, it could erroneously consider the empty block's diff info which has not been initialized, leaving to diff numbers that are invalid. Later on the diff num is used without bounds checking which leads to the crash. Fix this by making sure to unset tp_diffbuf to NULL when we skip a block, so diff_read() will not consider this buffer to be used within inline diff. Also, add more bounds checking just to be safe. closes: vim/vim#17805 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c8b99e2d139cf72c567892e44939f2719f703fa8 Co-authored-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
2025-07-18vim-patch:9.1.1557: not possible to anchor specific lines in diff mode (#34967)zeertzjq1
Problem: not possible to anchor specific lines in diff mode Solution: Add support for the anchoring lines in diff mode using the 'diffanchor' option (Yee Cheng Chin). Adds support for anchoring specific lines to each other while viewing a diff. While lines are anchored, they are guaranteed to be aligned to each other in a diff view, allowing the user to control and inform the diff algorithm what the desired alignment is. Internally, this is done by splitting up the buffer at each anchor and run the diff algorithm on each split section separately, and then merge the results back for a logically consistent diff result. To do this, add a new "diffanchors" option that takes a list of `{address}`, and a new "diffopt" option value "anchor". Each address specified will be an anchor, and the user can choose to use any type of address, including marks, line numbers, or pattern search. Anchors are sorted by line number in each file, and it's possible to have multiple anchors on the same line (this is useful when doing multi-buffer diff). Update documentation to provide examples. This is similar to Git diff's `--anchored` flag. Other diff tools like Meld/Araxis Merge also have similar features (called "synchronization points" or "synchronization links"). We are not using Git/Xdiff's `--anchored` implementation here because it has a very limited API (it requires usage of the Patience algorithm, and can only anchor unique lines that are the same across both files). Because the user could anchor anywhere, diff anchors could result in adjacent diff blocks (one block is directly touching another without a gap), if there is a change right above the anchor point. We don't want to merge these diff blocks because we want to line up the change at the anchor. Adjacent diff blocks were first allowed when linematch was added, but the existing code had a lot of branched paths where line-matched diff blocks were handled differently. As a part of this change, refactor them to have a more unified code path that is generalized enough to handle adjacent diff blocks correctly and without needing to carve in exceptions all over the place. closes: vim/vim#17615 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0d9160e11ce4b921adff1e5621dd989ce96fb0f3 Co-authored-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
2025-06-06fix(diff): fix incorrect item size of dout_ga (#34338)zeertzjq1
Related https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/267494151bcc6e4fff7b9b8c80b7a5f42e2aa002
2025-04-05vim-patch:9.1.1276: inline word diff treats multibyte chars as word char ↵zeertzjq1
(#33323) Problem: inline word diff treats multibyte chars as word char (after 9.1.1243) Solution: treat all non-alphanumeric characters as non-word characters (Yee Cheng Chin) Previously inline word diff simply used Vim's definition of keyword to determine what is a word, which leads to multi-byte character classes such as emojis and CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) characters all classifying as word characters, leading to entire sentences being grouped as a single word which does not provide meaningful information in a diff highlight. Fix this by treating all non-alphanumeric characters (with class number above 2) as non-word characters, as there is usually no benefit in using word diff on them. These include CJK characters, emojis, and also subscript/superscript numbers. Meanwhile, multi-byte characters like Cyrillic and Greek letters will still continue to considered as words. Note that this is slightly inconsistent with how words are defined elsewhere, as Vim usually considers any character with class >=2 to be a "word". related: vim/vim#16881 (diff inline highlight) closes: vim/vim#17050 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9aa120f7ada592ed03b37f4de8ee413c5385f123 Co-authored-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
2025-03-28vim-patch:9.1.1243: diff mode is lacking for changes within lineszeertzjq1
Problem: Diff mode's inline highlighting is lackluster. It only performs a line-by-line comparison, and calculates a single shortest range within a line that could encompass all the changes. In lines with multiple changes, or those that span multiple lines, this approach tends to end up highlighting much more than necessary. Solution: Implement new inline highlighting modes by doing per-character or per-word diff within the diff block, and highlight only the relevant parts, add "inline:simple" to the defaults (which is the old behaviour) This change introduces a new diffopt option "inline:<type>". Setting to "none" will disable all inline highlighting, "simple" (the default) will use the old behavior, "char" / "word" will perform a character/word-wise diff of the texts within each diff block and only highlight the differences. The new char/word inline diff only use the internal xdiff, and will respect diff options such as algorithm choice, icase, and misc iwhite options. indent-heuristics is always on to perform better sliding. For character highlight, a post-process of the diff results is first applied before we show the highlight. This is because a naive diff will create a result with a lot of small diff chunks and gaps, due to the repetitive nature of individual characters. The post-process is a heuristic-based refinement that attempts to merge adjacent diff blocks if they are separated by a short gap (1-3 characters), and can be further tuned in the future for better results. This process results in more characters than necessary being highlighted but overall less visual noise. For word highlight, always use first buffer's iskeyword definition. Otherwise if each buffer has different iskeyword settings we would not be able to group words properly. The char/word diffing is always per-diff block, not per line, meaning that changes that span multiple lines will show up correctly. Added/removed newlines are not shown by default, but if the user has 'list' set (with "eol" listchar defined), the eol character will be be highlighted correctly for the specific newline characters. Also, add a new "DiffTextAdd" highlight group linked to "DiffText" by default. It allows color schemes to use different colors for texts that have been added within a line versus modified. This doesn't interact with linematch perfectly currently. The linematch feature splits up diff blocks into multiple smaller blocks for better visual matching, which makes inline highlight less useful especially for multi-line change (e.g. a line is broken into two lines). This could be addressed in the future. As a side change, this also removes the bounds checking introduced to diff_read() as they were added to mask existing logic bugs that were properly fixed in vim/vim#16768. closes: vim/vim#16881 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9943d4790e42721a6777da9e12637aa595ba4965 Co-authored-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
2025-03-03vim-patch:9.1.1165: diff: regression with multi-file diff blocks (#32702)zeertzjq1
Problem: Vim's diff block merging algorithm when doing a multi-file diff is buggy when two different diff hunks overlap a single existing diff block (after v9.1.0743) Solution: fix a couple bugs in this logic: 1. Fix regression from v9.1.0743 where it's not correctly expanding the 2nd overlap correctly, where it always expands without taking into account that this was always taken care of when the first overlap happened. Instead, we should only grow the 2nd overlap if it overhangs outside the existing diff block, and if we encounter a new overlapping diff block (due to overlap chaining). 2. When we expand a diff block to match the hunk size on the orig side (when handling the first overlap), we expand the same amount of lines in the new side. This is not sound if there exists a second overlap hunk that we haven't processed yet, and that hunk has different number of lines in orig/new. Fix this by doing the corresponding counter adjustment when handling 2nd/3rd/etc overlap by calculating the difference in lines between orig and new side. (Yee Cheng Chin) closes: vim/vim#16768 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/bc08ceb75572dcac57ef5019f3d0df6e8290c0f9 Co-authored-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
2025-01-16vim-patch:9.1.1018: v9.1.0743 causes regression with diff mode (#32047)zeertzjq1
Problem: v9.1.0743 causes regression with diff mode Solution: Fix the regression with overlapping regions closes: vim/vim#16454 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/01f6509fb2de1627cc4ec2c109cd0aa2e3346d50 Co-authored-by: Yukihiro Nakadaira <yukihiro.nakadaira@gmail.com>
2024-11-14fix(tests): needing two calls to setup a screen is cringebfredl1
Before calling "attach" a screen object is just a dummy container for (row, col) values whose purpose is to be sent as part of the "attach" function call anyway. Just create the screen in an attached state directly. Keep the complete (row, col, options) config together. It is still completely valid to later detach and re-attach as needed, including to another session.
2024-10-30vim-patch:9.1.0822: topline might be changed in diff mode unexpectedly (#30988)zeertzjq1
Problem: topline might be changed in diff mode unexpectedly (Jaehwang Jung) Solution: do not re-calculate topline, when using line() func in diff mode. fixes: vim/vim#15812 closes: vim/vim#15950 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/05a40e07c2f0e41b708c4c75a6aa7d0e7f6201a3 Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
2024-09-27vim-patch:9.1.0743: diff mode does not handle overlapping diffs correctly ↵zeertzjq1
(#30532) Problem: diff mode does not handle overlapping diffs correctly Solution: correct the logic to handle overlapping blocks (Yukihiro Nakadaira) Vim merges overlapped diff blocks and it doesn't work expectedly in some situation. closes: vim/vim#15735 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/06fe70c183a53ea97cd42ace490d4fb9fd14f042 Co-authored-by: Yukihiro Nakadaira <yukihiro.nakadaira@gmail.com>
2024-09-23vim-patch:9.1.0740: incorrect internal diff with empty file (#30471)zeertzjq1
Problem: incorrect internal diff with an empty file Solution: Set pointer to NULL, instead of using an empty line file (Yukihiro Nakadaira) When using internal diff, empty file is read as one empty line file. So result differs from external diff. closes: vim/vim#15719 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f1694b439bb175d956b49da620f1253462ec507b Co-authored-by: Yukihiro Nakadaira <yukihiro.nakadaira@gmail.com>
2024-06-19fix(drawline): don't draw beyond end of window with 'rnu' (#29406)zeertzjq1
2024-04-23test: improve test conventionsdundargoc1
Specifically, functions that are run in the context of the test runner are put in module `test/testutil.lua` while the functions that are run in the context of the test session are put in `test/functional/testnvim.lua`. Closes https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/27004.
2024-04-10refactor(test): inject after_each differentlyLewis Russell1
2024-04-09fix(tests): use more global highlight definitionsbfredl1
2024-04-08test: improve test conventionsdundargoc1
Work on https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/27004.
2024-02-13vim-patch:9.1.0103: 'breakindentopt' "min" not correct with 'signcolumn' ↵zeertzjq1
(#27451) Problem: 'breakindentopt' "min" works incorrectly with 'signcolumn'. Solution: Use win_col_off() and win_col_off2(). (zeertzjq) closes: vim/vim#14014 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f0a9d65e0a1d693cdfa964aa72de5b93b4cacdea
2024-01-12test: rename (meths, funcs) -> (api, fn)Lewis Russell1
2024-01-12test: typing for helpers.methsLewis Russell1
2024-01-03refactor: format test/*Justin M. Keyes1
2023-12-09test: avoid repeated screen lines in expected stateszeertzjq1
This is the command invoked repeatedly to make the changes: :%s/^\(.*\)|\%(\*\(\d\+\)\)\?$\n\1|\%(\*\(\d\+\)\)\?$/\=submatch(1)..'|*'..(max([str2nr(submatch(2)),1])+max([str2nr(submatch(3)),1]))/g
2023-12-06vim-patch:9.0.2151: 'breakindent' is not drawn after diff filler lines (#26412)zeertzjq1
Problem: 'breakindent' is not drawn after diff filler lines. Solution: Correct check for whether 'breakindent' should be drawn. closes: vim/vim#13624 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/588f20decebebedba3ad733f4f443a597e9747c3 Cherry-pick Test_diff_with_syntax() change from patch 9.0.1257.
2023-08-26refactor(change): do API changes to buffer without curbuf switchbfredl1
Most of the messy things when changing a non-current buffer is not about the buffer, it is about windows. In particular, it is about `curwin`. When editing a non-current buffer which is displayed in some other window in the current tabpage, one such window will be "borrowed" as the curwin. But this means if two or more non-current windows displayed the buffers, one of them will be treated differenty. this is not desirable. In particular, with nvim_buf_set_text, cursor _column_ position was only corrected for one single window. Two new tests are added: the test with just one non-current window passes, but the one with two didn't. Two corresponding such tests were also added for nvim_buf_set_lines. This already worked correctly on master, but make sure this is well-tested for future refactors. Also, nvim_create_buf no longer invokes autocmds just because you happened to use `scratch=true`. No option value was changed, therefore OptionSet must not be fired.
2023-05-03vim-patch:9.0.1506: line number not displayed when using 'smoothscroll' (#23453)zeertzjq1
Problem: Line number not displayed when using 'smoothscroll'. Solution: Adjust condition for showing the line number. (closes vim/vim#12333) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/88bb3e0a48f160134bdea98cd2b8bd3af86f9d6f
2023-01-05fix(diff): avoid restoring invalid 'foldcolumn' value (#21650)zeertzjq1
Use "0" for 'foldcolumn' when w_p_fdc_save is empty, like how "manual" is used for 'foldmethod' when w_p_fdm_save is empty.
2022-11-04Enable new diff option linematch (#14537)Jonathon1
Co-authored-by: Lewis Russell <me@lewisr.dev>
2022-07-25vim-patch:8.2.5155: in diff mode windows may get out of synczeertzjq1
Problem: In diff mode windows may get out of sync. (Gary Johnson) Solution: Avoid that the other window scrolls for 'cursorbind'. https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a315ce1f326b836167ca8b1037dafd93eb8d4d4e
2022-05-15refactor(ui)!: link `VertSplit` to `Normal` by defaultFamiu Haque1
Avoids using `gui=reverse` on `VertSplit` and makes window separators look much nicer by default.
2022-04-08vim-patch:8.2.3925: diff mode confused by NUL bytes (#18033)zeertzjq1
Problem: Diff mode confused by NUL bytes. Solution: Handle NUL bytes differently. (Christian Brabandt, closes vim/vim#9421, closes vim/vim#9418) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/06f6095623cfcc72da08748c058d13b465652fd4
2022-03-08test: add a Lua screen test for CursorLineNr in diff modezeertzjq1
Remove a useless test added in #14190
2021-12-07fix(screen): do not draw filler lines post eof if already at last rowzeertzjq1
2021-10-28vim-patch:8.2.3556: filler lines are incorrect for other window in diff mode ↵Jaehwang Jerry Jung1
(#16164) Problem: Filler lines are incorrect for other window in diff mode after making a change. Solution: Copy filler lines from the current window. (closes vim/vim#8809) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/841c225b9ef8c5bdf5e02968a0bd62521fff6ca8
2021-09-18vim-patch:8.2.3394: filler lines are wrong when changing text in diff mode ↵Jaehwang Jerry Jung1
(#15547) Problem: Filler lines are wrong when changing text in diff mode. Solution: Don't change the filler lines on every change. Check scrollbinding when updating the filler lines. (closes vim/vim#8809) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/04626c243c47af91c2580eaf23e12286180e0e81
2021-08-02vim-patch:8.1.2117: CursorLine highlight used while 'cursorline' is offzeertzjq1
Problem: CursorLine highlight used while 'cursorline' is off. Solution: Check 'cursorline' is set. (cloes vim/vim#5017) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/49474ca12236776bb56aeb9d39bd6592e28157c7
2021-03-22chore: add test for CursorLineNr with filler linesMatthieu Coudron1
2021-03-22fix: stop using CursorLineNr in front of fillersMatthieu Coudron1
filling lines in diff mode.
2020-08-02vim-patch:8.2.1004: line numbers below filler lines not always updatedJan Edmund Lazo1
Problem: Line numbers below filler lines not always updated. Solution: Don't break out of the win_line() loop too early. (Christian Brabandt, closes vim/vim#6294, closes vim/vim#6138) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/511feec6f0a9e954f1d7353425fa51232b1a8e88
2019-09-22tests: make 'win_update redraws lines properly' more readable (#11068)Daniel Hahler1
2019-09-18win_update: fix redraw regression (#11027)Daniel Hahler1
Before 6e9ea5adc `win_ins_lines` would return `FAIL` for `i/line_count == 0`. Handle this by checking it in the outer `if`. Ref: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/6e9ea5ad#commitcomment-35084669
2019-04-03vim-patch:8.1.1072: extending sign and foldcolumn below the text is ↵Marco Hinz1
confusing (#9816) Problem: Extending sign and foldcolumn below the text is confusing. Solution: Let the sign and foldcolumn stop at the last text line, just like the line number column. Also stop the command line window leader. (Christian Brabandt) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8ee4c01b8c79a29065c1af05e5d9c0721069765f Closes https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/9613
2018-12-09vim-patch:8.1.0562: parsing of 'diffopt' is slightly wrongAnatolii Sakhnik1
Problem: Parsing of 'diffopt' is slightly wrong. Solution: Fix the parsing and add a test. (Jason Franklin, Christian Brabandt) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b6fc72851c45a36a370f9516c68508e47b41c4c1
2018-12-09vim-patch:8.1.0393: not all white space difference options availableAnatolii Sakhnik1
Problem: Not all white space difference options available. Solution: Add "iblank", "iwhiteall" and "iwhiteeol" to 'diffopt'. https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/785fc6567f572b8caefbc89ec29bbd8b801464ae
2018-12-09vim-patch:8.1.0360: using an external diff program is slow and inflexibleAnatolii Sakhnik1
Problem: Using an external diff program is slow and inflexible. Solution: Include the xdiff library. (Christian Brabandt) Use it by default. https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e828b7621cf9065a3582be0c4dd1e0e846e335bf vim-patch:8.1.0360 vim-patch:8.1.0364 vim-patch:8.1.0366 vim-patch:8.1.0370 vim-patch:8.1.0377 vim-patch:8.1.0378 vim-patch:8.1.0381 vim-patch:8.1.0396 vim-patch:8.1.0432