Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
File EditingArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.300,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
Before editing a file, Claude Code compares it with the copy it read earlier to see whether it has changed. That comparison used to give only a yes or no. It now records which outcome it reached:
partial_view: only part of the file had been read
enoent: the file does not exist
nlink: the file has more than one hard link (more than one name pointing at the same data)
link_on_path: there is a link somewhere in the file's path
same: the file is unchanged
differs: the file has changed
It also now accepts an outputs path that is a symbolic link (a shortcut to another folder) when such a path is configured.
Why
Most of this only helps Claude Code report what happened. The one change in behavior is that a configured outputs folder reached through a link no longer stops the comparison.
