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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

> diff.context should NOT affect plumbing.  So if it's not plumbing by
> that test, and it's not *UI* as per what you say, what exactly is it?

I actually was saying that diff.context is UI thing, and should make
no effect on how "am" interprets its input.

Which the codepath in "am" are you trying to affect?  "am" is mainly
a consumer of "diff" output, and not a producer, so ...