Incomplete context on unchanged diff file line discussions
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If you expand diff file on a merge request and then comment on expanded lines you'll see that the provided diff context is limited by 4 lines only. Also, this context window ends on a bottom line, which is not expected (the first lines are the most important ones usually). To fix this we should:
- Always show the first selected line in the context window
- (potentially) increase the window size from 4 lines max
- If increasing context window is not possible provide options to see the full selection (maybe via a link)
Below are examples of the context window, each comment was started on the same line and progressively increased the amount of lines selected.
| Selected lines | Context window |
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| 2 |
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