ashlr__diff

Token-efficient git diff. Adaptive compression — stat for large patches, summary for medium, full for small.

Server: ashlr-diff — servers/diff-server.ts

Returns compact summaries instead of full patches when the diff is large. Three modes, one adaptive:

Mode	When it fires	Output
`stat`	Raw patch > 500 added+deleted lines	Files + line counts only
`summary`	100–500 lines	Stat + hottest hunks
`full`	< 100 lines	Raw patch, snipCompact-truncated if > 4 KB

The default mode is auto — it picks the right level based on patch size.

Input schema

Field	Type	Required	Description
`path`	`string`	no	Directory to run `git diff` in (default: cwd)
`ref`	`string`	no	Git ref to diff against (default: `HEAD`)
`staged`	`boolean`	no	Diff staged changes only
`mode`	`string`	no	`auto`, `stat`, `summary`, or `full`
`files`	`string[]`	no	Limit diff to these files

Output format

Stat mode:

3 files changed · +127 −48 lines
  servers/efficiency-server.ts  +89 −12
  servers/bash-server.ts        +31 −28
  package.json                  +7  −8

Example

Use ashlr__diff to show what changed since main

Savings baseline

A 30K-line refactor across 40 files returns in ~200 tokens (stat mode) vs ~90K tokens raw.

ashlr__diff_semantic — AST-aware variant for rename/refactor detection

Input schema

Output format

Example

Savings baseline

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