alt.hn

3/7/2026 at 9:48:58 PM

Git diffs are 40 years old, introducing Semantic diffs

https://twitter.com/i/status/2029992315532759435

by Palanikannan

3/7/2026 at 9:48:58 PM

Git line diffs are 40 years old.

they still can't tell the difference between "renamed a variable" and "rewrote the logic."

your diff tool doesn't understand your code, it never did.

we fixed that, introducing Semantic diffs!

Fully deterministic, no llm calls

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by Palanikannan

3/8/2026 at 7:03:59 PM

> Git diffs are 40 years old, introducing Semantic diffs

> Initial release 7 April 2005; 20 years ago

Diffs age 2 times faster than git. /s

by hulitu