Separate highlighter to represent the actual changes in the diff
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Description
Thank you for this awesome plugin. I was wondering if it is possible to have some addition highlight to show the actual changes with bright color and hence have separate highlighter if possible. ( I have no clue whether its even possible). Below is the example shows the change I am requesting for
From Neogit:

From Magit (doomemacs)

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by tracing Neogit's diff view and existing highlighting configuration, then compare the requested actual-change highlighting with the attached Neogit and Magit examples; done means the diff distinguishes actual changes with a separate bright highlight.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, lua, neovim
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100