Reverting a hunk without refreshing in Magit Diff

Question

Typing v in Magit Diff mode causes an often slow and uncecessary refresh. Can this be avoided?

For example when looking at a diff between a range of commits (say origin/mater...HEAD). Typing v (A.K.A. M-x magit-revert-no-commit) applies the reversed hunk to the worktree. The diff between the commits has not changed, but Magit still refreshes the entire buffer. Even if the diff does change, I often would still like to avoid refreshes when I have large diffs that take minutes to refresh.

Answer 1

No, unfortunately Magit isn't smart enough to notice that there's no need to refresh (and there is not setting to just suppress refreshing altogether). I plan to implement intelligent refresh one day™ but better don't hold your breath.