From 8b943c6d7469b4fbfd5ab67257cecfee66da87e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Brunsfeld <maxbrunsfeld@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 20:44:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Restrict snapshot edits to a single-edit divergence from
 buffer

---
 crates/language/src/buffer.rs |  3 +--
 crates/text/src/text.rs       | 39 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/language/src/buffer.rs b/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
index 261991d751b3f07d78f45720d3c15539783c461e..90354c832eebdfbd688576b7141bea6756419ba2 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ impl Buffer {
         let registry = self.language_registry();
         let language = self.language().cloned();
         let old_snapshot = self.text.snapshot().clone();
-        let mut new_snapshot = old_snapshot.clone();
+        let new_snapshot = self.text.snapshot_with_edits(edits.iter().cloned());
         let mut syntax_snapshot = self.syntax_map.lock().snapshot();
         cx.background_spawn(async move {
             if !edits.is_empty() {
@@ -1253,7 +1253,6 @@ impl Buffer {
                     syntax_snapshot.reparse(&old_snapshot, registry.clone(), language);
                 }
 
-                new_snapshot.edit(edits.iter().cloned());
                 syntax_snapshot.interpolate(&new_snapshot);
 
                 if let Some(language) = language {
diff --git a/crates/text/src/text.rs b/crates/text/src/text.rs
index 2a435dd24e9de2f60c896e73a5140116aac3ec91..b6fb89d6f691fc57b64c43d3c2d5573e547d271d 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/text.rs
@@ -838,6 +838,27 @@ impl Buffer {
         self.snapshot
     }
 
+    /// Returns a preview snapshot derived by applying one synthetic local-branch edit.
+    ///
+    /// This is intended for one-off preview workflows like syntax interpolation, not for
+    /// repeatedly mutating or composing synthetic snapshot histories.
+    pub fn snapshot_with_edits<I, S, T>(&self, edits: I) -> BufferSnapshot
+    where
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = (Range<S>, T)>,
+        S: ToOffset,
+        T: Into<Arc<str>>,
+    {
+        let mut snapshot = self.snapshot.clone();
+        let timestamp = Lamport::new(ReplicaId::LOCAL_BRANCH).tick();
+        let edits: Vec<_> = edits
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(range, new_text)| (range.to_offset(&snapshot), new_text.into()))
+            .collect();
+        snapshot.apply_edit_internal(edits, timestamp);
+        snapshot.version.observe(timestamp);
+        snapshot
+    }
+
     pub fn replica_id(&self) -> ReplicaId {
         self.lamport_clock.replica_id
     }
@@ -1854,24 +1875,6 @@ impl Deref for Buffer {
 }
 
 impl BufferSnapshot {
-    /// Edits the snapshot in place, applying the given edits to the text content.
-    /// This is useful for creating a modified snapshot without needing a full Buffer.
-    pub fn edit<I, S, T>(&mut self, edits: I)
-    where
-        I: IntoIterator<Item = (Range<S>, T)>,
-        S: ToOffset,
-        T: Into<Arc<str>>,
-    {
-        let mut lamport_clock = clock::Lamport::new(ReplicaId::LOCAL_BRANCH);
-        let timestamp = lamport_clock.tick();
-        let edits: Vec<_> = edits
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|(range, new_text)| (range.to_offset(self), new_text.into()))
-            .collect();
-        self.apply_edit_internal(edits, timestamp);
-        self.version.observe(timestamp);
-    }
-
     fn apply_edit_internal(
         &mut self,
         edits: Vec<(Range<usize>, Arc<str>)>,