Variable: diff-valid-unified-empty-line

diff-valid-unified-empty-line is a variable defined in diff-mode.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

If non-nil, empty lines are valid in unified diffs.

Some versions of diff replace all-blank context lines in unified format with empty lines. This makes the format less robust, but is tolerated. See https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2007-11/msg01990.html

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el.gz
    (nil "^--- \\([^\t\n]+\\)\t.*\n\\*" 1))) ; context diffs

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(defvar diff-valid-unified-empty-line t
  "If non-nil, empty lines are valid in unified diffs.
Some versions of diff replace all-blank context lines in unified format with
empty lines.  This makes the format less robust, but is tolerated.
See https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2007-11/msg01990.html")