🐛 Incorrectly highlighting removed characters

[boris-petrov]

a.txt:

private final Foo foo = com.company.a.b.c.d.Company.getFoo();

b.txt:

private final Foo foo = Company.getFoo();

diff -u a.txt b.txt | delta

Not sure how to give you "raw" output but if you try it out you'll see that the removed com.company.a.b.c.d. part of the first file is not highlighted. Interestingly enough, if you remove a.b.c.d., then it works fine.

[dandavison]

Hi @boris-petrov, thanks for the issues you've opened! (Sorry for the slow reply, I have limited time this week but they are very useful to have.)

So this one, I think, is similar to #140 . We can achieve the expected highlighting by tweaking --max-line-distance. Basically, I agree with you, another iteration is needed on the details of this feature. There are a few considerations -- please see #140 for full discussion of the current state.

$ diff -u a b | delta --max-line-distance=0.6

[boris-petrov]

@dandavison - thank you for the support! No worries, you answer when you have the time! I'll close this issue as a duplicate then. Thanks again.