No function to apply diffs from `diffChars`, `diffWords`, etc.
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Research direction
Start by reading the existing createPatch and applyPatch APIs, then inspect how diffWords and related functions produce Change Objects. Define how a new application entry point should match and consume those objects without relying on line context. Done means the provided diffWords example transforms "hello world" into "hello my friend" and the existing patch behavior remains intact.
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Description
While you can create a unified diff with createPatch and then apply that to another string using applyPatch, there doesn't seem to be a way to apply Change Objects.
I think this would be helpful to apply diffs to data where line-context is not sufficient to match the diff.
e.g., something like:
const str1 = 'Greetings,\nhello world'
const str2 = 'Greetings\nhello my friend'
const diffs = diffWords( str1, str2 )
const result = applyDiffs( 'hello world', diffs )
expect( result ).to.equal( 'hello my friend' )
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