Unified diff: File deletions can't be partially selected

[estib-vega]

Don’t let the user partially select the hunk if they are file deletions

TODO: don't allow partial selections on diff-filtered hunks
See #7893

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[Byron]

This is something that could also be relaxed if there was value in it.

When committing for instance, there is no such restriction yet, and I guess we will just try it to see how it feels before conforming the behaviour across operations.

[estib-vega]

@Byron, interesting. How would that work, though?
Would the file just become a modification if you were to discard/commit some lines?

[Byron]

Exactly that. It's kind of… strange, but maybe useful?

[estib-vega]

Exactly that. It's kind of… strange, but maybe useful?

If that's the case, I'll undo it. That sounds cool

[Byron]

Just to be clear: For discarding it won't work as the backend doesn't currently allow it, but the commit-engine doesn't have this limitation built-in. There is where that capability could be tried.