refactor(ui): use default diff row memo comparison

[benvinegar]

Summary

• rely on React's default shallow comparison for memoized diff rows
• remove the manually maintained prop comparator
• keep the callback identity contract documented beside the component

Why

The custom comparator repeated React's normal shallow comparison and could silently become incomplete whenever a prop was added. Delegating to memo keeps every prop covered automatically.

Stack

1. This PR — default memo comparison
2. refactor(ui): inline diff row dispatch #1018 — inline diff-row dispatch
3. refactor(ui): require planned diff rows #1019 — require planned diff-row input

Merge bottom to top. The next PR is based on this branch.

Validation

Run on the stack tip:

• bun run typecheck
• bun run test
• bun run test:integration
• bun run test:tty-smoke

All passed. No user-visible rendering behavior changes, so no new visual evidence was captured.

Performance spot check

Eight alternating local runs of the focused DiffRowView|DiffPane add-note rendering tests:

• rebased main: mean 0.783s, median 0.778s
• stack tip: mean 0.782s, median 0.784s
• delta: mean -0.1%, median +0.7%

This is within run-to-run noise; no material regression was observed.

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[greptile-apps]

Greptile Summary

This PR replaces DiffRowView's manually maintained memo comparator with React's default shallow comparison and updates the callback-identity documentation.

• Removes the explicit prop-by-prop comparator.
• Retains the existing row-resolution and rendering flow.
• Adds an empty changeset.
• Needs regression coverage to satisfy the repository's testing requirement for runtime changes.

Confidence Score: 4/5

The refactor appears behaviorally sound, but the repository's explicit testing requirement must be satisfied before merging.

The default React memo comparison covers all current props and no realistic comparison-semantic failure was found, but the runtime memoization change lacks the required regression test.

Files Needing Attention: packages/hunk/src/ui/diff/DiffRowView.tsx

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
packages/hunk/src/ui/diff/DiffRowView.tsx	Replaces the custom memo comparator with React's default comparison; implementation is sound, but required regression coverage is missing.
.changeset/calm-rows-compare.md	Adds an empty changeset for the internal refactor.

Prompt To Fix All With AI

### Issue 1
packages/hunk/src/ui/diff/DiffRowView.tsx:109
**Memoization Change Lacks Coverage**

Removing the custom comparator changes this component's runtime memoization behavior, but the PR adds no regression coverage. The repository requires tests for every code change that modifies runtime behavior, so this requirement must be satisfied before merging. Add a test showing that a row rerenders when each rendering-relevant prop changes.

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For each issue above, determine whether it is valid and should be fixed. If so, fix it directly.

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[greptile-apps]

Memoization Change Lacks Coverage

Removing the custom comparator changes this component's runtime memoization behavior, but the PR adds no regression coverage. The repository requires tests for every code change that modifies runtime behavior, so this requirement must be satisfied before merging. Add a test showing that a row rerenders when each rendering-relevant prop changes.

Context Used: guidelines.mdc Cursor rule (source)

Prompt To Fix With AI

This is a comment left during a code review.
Path: packages/hunk/src/ui/diff/DiffRowView.tsx
Line: 109

Comment:
**Memoization Change Lacks Coverage**

Removing the custom comparator changes this component's runtime memoization behavior, but the PR adds no regression coverage. The repository requires tests for every code change that modifies runtime behavior, so this requirement must be satisfied before merging. Add a test showing that a row rerenders when each rendering-relevant prop changes.

**Context Used:** guidelines.mdc Cursor rule ([source](https://github.com/modem-dev/modem/blob/main/.cursor/rules/guidelines.mdc))

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[benvinegar]

I’m not adding an exhaustive per-prop rerender test here. That would duplicate React’s documented shallow-comparison contract in our test suite—the same maintenance burden this PR removes. Existing row rendering tests cover the rendering-relevant props, and a local before/after spot check of the focused DiffRowView/add-note tests showed no material timing change (8 runs: mean -0.1%, median +0.7%).

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[greptile-apps]

That’s fair. An exhaustive per-prop rerender test would duplicate React’s documented memo shallow-comparison contract and recreate the maintenance burden this change removes. Given the existing row rendering coverage and the focused before/after check, I’m withdrawing the coverage request for this PR.