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Change detection no longer runs your external diff tool or scans submodules, so it's faster.

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Written about v1.0.30 first named in a changelog, 19 Jun 2025

In the changelogs

20

Releases whose published page names diff.

  1. v2.1.315
    Git safety overrides can now also set core.alternateRefsCommand

    Claude Code's git safety overrides now add core.alternateRefsCommand in some cases, and the list is assembled differently

    found in this entry's text

  2. v2.1.314
    Git diffs now refresh the file index first

    Claude Code now passes diff.autoRefreshIndex=true to git when it compares files, alongside core.splitIndex=false

    found in this entry's text

  3. v2.1.314
    Git commands run by Claude Code now stop git diff from refreshing the index

    Claude Code's git safety overrides now also set diff.autoRefreshIndex to false, so git diff no longer writes to the index

    found in this entry's text

  4. v2.1.283
    Enter no longer opens details in the diff dialog

    Pressing Enter in the diff dialog no longer opens a details view, and the diff:viewDetails keybinding action is gone

    found in this entry's text

  5. v2.1.283
    Git diffs are no longer garbled by forced colour in your git settings

    Claude Code now runs its git diffs with --no-color, so git settings that force colour cannot garble the output

    found in this entry's text

  6. v2.1.283
    Message selector key bindings now use the shared select actions

    The message selector no longer has its own key binding group, and old custom bindings for it are converted to the shared select actions

    found in this entry's text

  7. v2.1.283
    Browser, Google Cloud project and diff pickers use a new list, and one diff shortcut is gone

    Three pickers now share one list style, and the separate diff:viewDetails keybinding in the diff dialog has been removed

    found in this entry's text

  8. v2.1.283
    Message selector keys now use shared select actions, and old names are migrated

    The messageSelector: keybinding actions are replaced by select: actions, and old names in your custom bindings are rewritten to the new ones

    found in this entry's text

  9. v2.1.280
    New lazy-loaded 'responsive-mode' bundle chunk

    A new 'responsive-mode' code chunk is now lazy-loaded alongside the existing 'diff' chunk

    found in this entry's text

  10. v2.1.274
    New built-in plugins 'diff' and 'claude-test' added, plugin loading made lazy/named

    Claude Code adds two new built-in plugins, 'diff' and 'claude-test', and loads plugins lazily

    named in this entry, found in this entry's text

  11. v2.1.265
    Code block renderer gains a 'diff' format with unified-diff parsing and validation

    Code display component gains a validated 'diff' format alongside plain source, plus a wrap/truncate display option

    found in this entry's text, named in this entry

  12. v2.1.265
    New unified-diff/patch text parser added

    Claude Code adds an internal parser for unified-diff/patch text

    found in this entry's text

  13. v2.1.259
    New deny-checked commands: grep/rg/diff/git/cp/mv and generic argument-path extraction

    Path deny rules now extract file arguments from more flag shapes and apply to grep, rg, diff, git, cp and mv.

    found in this entry's text

  14. v2.1.242
    A dirty submodule no longer makes a directory look changed

    A modified submodule no longer makes your working tree look dirty for directory sync.

    found in this entry's text

  15. v2.1.238
    Diffs are no longer truncated when run from a subdirectory

    Diffs read from a subdirectory are no longer shortened by your git diff.relative setting.

    found in this entry's text

  16. v2.1.236
    Change detection ignores custom diff drivers and submodules

    Change detection no longer runs your external diff tool or scans submodules, so it's faster.

    found in this entry's text

  17. v2.1.19
    Git Workflow Keybindings

    found in this entry's text

  18. v1.0.89
    Expanded Bash Command Permission Tracking

    found in this entry's text

  19. v1.0.30
    Enhanced Color System

    found in this entry's text

  20. v1.0.30
    For Theme/Plugin Developers

    found in this entry's text

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Presence across releases

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