This change improves performance of project diff in that:
* scrolling in split view for very large diffs (think chromium repo with
`git reset HEAD~1000`) is now very smooth on macOS and fairly smooth on
Linux
* switching from split to unified is very smooth on macOS, and fairly
smooth on Linux
There still remains the case of (severe) hangs when switching from
unified to split however, but it will be addressed in a follow-up PR.
Anyhow, here's the screenshot of the Instruments.app capture of opening
chromium repo in Zed in split view, scrolling a little, moving to
unified, scrolling some more, and moving back to split. Prior to this
change, split -> unified would cause a severe hang, whereas now it's a
hang and thus feels much smoother already (without Instruments profiling
is barely visible). Unified -> split severe hangs are still there but
don't last as long.
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Release Notes:
- Improved project diff performance when opening very large
diffs/repositories.