From 148bab5c7bdc90fb21754fc83b180ecda1745218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pompos02 <yiannis.caravellas@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 20:44:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: compare directory diffs by file content instead of
 mtime - Directory diff mode now verifies modified files by reading and
 comparing file bytes instead of relying on mtime metadata.

---
 README.md                 |  2 +-
 lua/codediff/core/dir.lua | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a2b5dcc..a82580ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Compare two directories without git:
 :CodeDiff dir /path/to/dir1 /path/to/dir2
 ```
 
-Shows files as Added (A), Deleted (D), or Modified (M) based on file size and modification time. Select a file to view its diff.
+Shows files as Added (A), Deleted (D), or Modified (M) using file size plus byte-level content comparison. Select a file to view its diff.
 
 ### File History Mode
 
diff --git a/lua/codediff/core/dir.lua b/lua/codediff/core/dir.lua
index 0cee0d63..890c2fb3 100644
--- a/lua/codediff/core/dir.lua
+++ b/lua/codediff/core/dir.lua
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ local function scan_dir(root)
         local stat = uv.fs_stat(abs) or {}
         files[rel] = {
           path = rel,
+          abs = abs,
           size = stat.size,
-          mtime = stat.mtime and stat.mtime.sec or nil,
         }
       end
     end
@@ -56,16 +56,52 @@ local function is_modified(a, b)
   if a.size ~= b.size then
     return true
   end
-  if a.mtime ~= b.mtime then
+
+  local fd_a = uv.fs_open(a.abs, "r", 0)
+  if not fd_a then
+    return true
+  end
+
+  local fd_b = uv.fs_open(b.abs, "r", 0)
+  if not fd_b then
+    uv.fs_close(fd_a)
     return true
   end
+
+  local offset = 0
+  local chunk_size = 65536
+
+  while true do
+    local chunk_a = uv.fs_read(fd_a, chunk_size, offset)
+    local chunk_b = uv.fs_read(fd_b, chunk_size, offset)
+
+    if chunk_a == nil or chunk_b == nil then
+      uv.fs_close(fd_a)
+      uv.fs_close(fd_b)
+      return true
+    end
+
+    if chunk_a ~= chunk_b then
+      uv.fs_close(fd_a)
+      uv.fs_close(fd_b)
+      return true
+    end
+
+    if #chunk_a == 0 then
+      break
+    end
+
+    offset = offset + #chunk_a
+  end
+
+  uv.fs_close(fd_a)
+  uv.fs_close(fd_b)
   return false
 end
 
 -- Compare two directories and return a git-like status_result.
 -- dir1 = "original", dir2 = "modified"
--- NOTE: Modification detection is metadata-based (size and mtime only),
---       not a content hash; this is a fast, best-effort diff.
+-- NOTE: Modification detection compares file content with readblob.
 function M.diff_directories(dir1, dir2)
   local root1 = normalize_dir(dir1)
   local root2 = normalize_dir(dir2)

From 4f48609331b3d5ec3df78ae701f4d22cc1629f97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yanuo Ma <myn508@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 19:01:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: bump version to 2.43.0

---
 VERSION | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 345a83ee..5b9cd9af 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.42.0
+2.43.0