`diff` reports "Files are identical" when lines differ by only a few characters

[t4w4n3]

Description

rtk diff incorrectly reports files as identical when modified lines share a long common prefix. The underlying /usr/bin/diff correctly detects the differences.

Version

Built from source at commit 97b6878

Minimal reproduction

# FAILS — reports identical (4+ char common prefix)
printf "abcd\n" > /tmp/a.txt
printf "abce\n" > /tmp/b.txt
rtk diff /tmp/a.txt /tmp/b.txt
# → [ok] Files are identical

# WORKS — correctly detects difference (3 char prefix)
printf "abc\n" > /tmp/a.txt
printf "abd\n" > /tmp/b.txt
rtk diff /tmp/a.txt /tmp/b.txt
# → +1 added, -1 removed

# Verification with system diff
/usr/bin/diff /tmp/a.txt /tmp/b.txt
# → 1c1 < abcd --- > abce

Additional examples

# Also fails with multi-word lines
printf "foo bar\n" > /tmp/a.txt
printf "foo baz\n" > /tmp/b.txt
rtk diff /tmp/a.txt /tmp/b.txt
# → [ok] Files are identical

# Also fails with longer content
printf "abc def\n" > /tmp/a.txt
printf "abc deg\n" > /tmp/b.txt
rtk diff /tmp/a.txt /tmp/b.txt
# → [ok] Files are identical

Expected behavior

rtk diff should report the differences, consistent with /usr/bin/diff.

Suspected cause

A similarity threshold in rtk's diff filtering appears to treat lines that are "close enough" as identical, when it should only filter output formatting — not discard actual differences.

[pszymkowiak]

[w] wshm · Automated triage by AI

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🐛 Category	bug
🟠 Priority	high
🎯 Confidence	93%

Summary

rtk diff filter incorrectly discards line differences when lines share a long common prefix; the similarity threshold is too aggressive and should be fixed.

This looks like a simple fix. Only repo maintainers can trigger auto-fix.

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