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Unified Diff - Function Heading After the Hunk Header

git appends the enclosing declaration after the closing `@@` of each hunk header. The text is free-form and is not part of the range, so a parser that splits the header on `@@` and takes the last field reads the function signature as a range.

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--- a/internal/ledger/apply.go	2026-03-02 09:14:03.000000000 +0000
+++ b/internal/ledger/apply.go	2026-03-02 10:41:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@ func Apply(balance, delta int64) (int64, error) {
 package ledger
 
-import "errors"
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
 
 // ErrShortBalance is returned when a posting would drive the balance negative.
 var ErrShortBalance = errors.New("ledger: insufficient balance")
 
 // Apply posts one delta against the running balance and returns the new total.
+// A zero delta is a no-op and never reports an error.
 func Apply(balance, delta int64) (int64, error) {
+	if delta == 0 {
+		return balance, nil
+	}
 	if balance+delta < 0 {
-		return balance, ErrShortBalance
+		return balance, fmt.Errorf("%w: balance %d, requested %d", ErrShortBalance, balance, delta)
 	}
 	return balance + delta, nil
 }

Specifications

Seed
20260807
Diff Format
unified
Context
3
Files
1
Language
Go
Section Heading
true
Line Endings
LF
Encoding
UTF-8

Testing contract

Expected to pass
Scenario
Parse hunk headers that carry a trailing function-context heading.
Expected result
Ranges are read from between the two @@ markers; the trailing heading is preserved as an opaque label and never parsed as numbers.

What is a .diff file?

A .diff file records the difference between two versions of one or more text files. The unified format — the default almost everywhere — names the old and new files on `---` and `+++` lines, then lists hunks introduced by `@@ -old,count +new,count @@` in which context lines are unprefixed and changed lines are prefixed with `-` or `+`. Older context and normal diff formats exist but are rarely produced today.

How to use this file

Use an example .diff file to test diff parsers, syntax highlighters, and merge tooling — verifying hunk-offset arithmetic, correct handling of context lines that begin with a space, and behaviour on files whose changes include trailing-whitespace or line-ending differences.

How to use this file for testing

“Unified Diff - Function Heading After the Hunk Header” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Visual diff / regression, Code parsing, Editor testing. A/B image twins with controlled pixel changes, anti-alias variants, and UI chrome crops for screenshot diff and visual regression tools.

Documented properties for this file: seed 20260807 · Go · UTF-8 · LF. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Diff and patch fixtures name their target paths and the exact edge case they exercise — rename, mode change, binary hunk, CRLF↔LF, or missing trailing newline. Apply or render them against the documented before-state; every author, path, and hash is fictional.

Treat A/B twins as a visual regression unit: run your pixel or perceptual diff, assert a non-zero delta on the changed twin, and keep thresholds calibrated against the documented change kind in specs.

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