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Claude Code v2.1.280 ·

Built-in diff panel carries over the old panel's open/closed preference

The new plugin-based diff panel now inherits your old diff sidebar's open/closed setting

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What

When Claude Code's newer plugin-panel diff sidebar is available, it now checks whether your prior built-in diff sidebar was set to open or closed (the diffSidebarOpen setting) and opens in that same state, logging a message noting the preference was carried over.

Why

This means switching to the new plugin-based diff panel won't reset a preference you'd already set for whether the diff view stays open, so the panel behaves the way you're used to without extra reconfiguration.

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