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title: "Can Claude Code show a diff and wait for approval before every edit?"  
description: "Can Claude Code show a diff and wait for approval before every edit?"  
author: "Mikko Lehtonen"  
published: 2026-10-23  
updated: 2026-10-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162898/can-claude-code-show-a-diff-and-wait-for-approval-before-every-edit  
category: "Claude Code"  
tags: ["Claude", "Claude Code", "developer tools"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can Claude Code show a diff and wait for approval before every edit?

I’m trying Claude Code on a repository where I want to review changes before they land. Is there a setting or workflow that makes it present a proposed diff and pause for approval before applying each file edit?

I know approval prompts can depend on the action being taken, so I’m curious whether this can be made consistent for edits without blocking harmless read-only work.


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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162898/can-claude-code-show-a-diff-and-wait-for-approval-before-every-edit

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