In the context of git (and diff), what is a “hunk”

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And eventually I found this:

When comparing two files, diff finds sequences of lines common to both files, interspersed with groups of differing lines called hunks.

here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Hunks.html

Which was exactly the kind of succinct definition I was looking for. Hopefully this helps someone else out!

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