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Layout and display

Hunk uses the same normalized review model in every layout.

Terminal window
hunk diff --mode auto
hunk diff --mode split
hunk diff --mode stack
  • auto chooses split on wide terminals and stack on narrow ones.
  • split keeps before and after columns side by side.
  • stack shows changed rows in a single-width flow.

Explicit split and stack choices override responsive behavior. Press 0, 1, or 2 to switch while reviewing.

Terminal window
hunk diff --no-line-numbers --wrap --no-hunk-headers --tab-width 2

Paired flags let scripts express either state: --line-numbers / --no-line-numbers, --wrap / --no-wrap, and --hunk-headers / --no-hunk-headers. Tab width accepts an integer from 1 through 16.

TOML settings cover persistent display details:

mode = "auto"
line_numbers = true
wrap_lines = false
hunk_headers = true
menu_bar = true
agent_notes = false
copy_decorations = false
transparent_background = false
cursor_line = "row"

transparent_background lets the terminal paint Hunk surfaces; turn it off when exact theme surfaces matter more than matching terminal transparency.

cursor_line chooses how the line you are on is marked: row highlights the whole row, number marks only its line number, and off removes the marker and returns k / j to scrolling the view one row at a time. Switch it mid-review from the View menu, or set --cursor-line <style> for a single run.