GNU bug report logs - #61942
28.2; uninterruptible hang in vc-diff buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>

Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 18:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 28.2

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: 61942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61942: 28.2; uninterruptible hang in vc-diff buffer
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 02:34:15 +0200

On 13/03/2025 22:22, Tom Tromey wrote:
> All it really seems to take is paging through a diff with some very
> large hunks.

If the repro requires really large hunks, it might be due to the 
"refine" feature, which can be relatively costly.

When you see the problem again, maybe try (setq diff-refine nil).
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