On 07/02/2008, Eric Kow <eric.kow@gmail.com> wrote:
> One principle is that interactive hunk-splitting should be just that
> (no actually
> modifying the hunks).  I can't justify this principle other than
> thinking that it would
> just make life simpler for us.

Come to think of it, maybe I *can* justify this behaviour.  By
enforcing a don't-change-the-hunks rule, we guarantee to the user that
they have not accidentally changed something whilst trying to split a
hunk.  (yeah, we could also flag any changes, but would the user
actually notice?)