Subject: bug#32991: 27.0.50; diff-auto-refine-mode a no-op

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:00:31 -0400

>>     * lisp/vc/diff-mode.el: Perform hunk refinement from font-lock
> Looks like this commit makes diff-auto-refine-mode a no-op, since
> hunks are now always refined.  Is that the intention?

Yes.  Of course, it depends on the value of diff-font-lock-refine.

> Also, with automatic refinement always on, does the following part of
> diff-mode.el still require refining the hunk?

I believe this is the same question.

        Stefan