diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8998b6f..f2f69e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ _See [config.lua#L9](./lua/avante/config.lua) for the full config_
     auto_set_keymaps = true,
     auto_apply_diff_after_generation = false,
     support_paste_from_clipboard = false,
+    minimize_diff = true, -- Whether to remove unchanged lines when applying a code block
   },
   mappings = {
     --- @class AvanteConflictMappings
diff --git a/lua/avante/config.lua b/lua/avante/config.lua
index ff74394..98d5212 100644
--- a/lua/avante/config.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/config.lua
@@ -120,12 +120,14 @@ M.defaults = {
   ---                                     Note that avante will safely set these keymap. See https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim/wiki#keymaps-and-api-i-guess for more details.
   ---3. auto_set_highlight_group        : Whether to automatically set the highlight group for the current line. Default to true.
   ---4. support_paste_from_clipboard    : Whether to support pasting image from clipboard. This will be determined automatically based whether img-clip is available or not.
+  ---5. minimize_diff                   : Whether to remove unchanged lines when applying a code block
   behaviour = {
     auto_suggestions = false, -- Experimental stage
     auto_set_highlight_group = true,
     auto_set_keymaps = true,
     auto_apply_diff_after_generation = false,
     support_paste_from_clipboard = false,
+    minimize_diff = true,
   },
   history = {
     max_tokens = 4096,
diff --git a/lua/avante/sidebar.lua b/lua/avante/sidebar.lua
index b9f94dd..50e607f 100644
--- a/lua/avante/sidebar.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/sidebar.lua
@@ -541,11 +541,68 @@ local function parse_codeblocks(buf)
   return codeblocks
 end
 
+---@param original_lines string[]
+---@param snippet AvanteCodeSnippet
+---@return AvanteCodeSnippet[]
+local function minimize_snippet(original_lines, snippet)
+  local start_line = snippet.range[1]
+  local end_line = snippet.range[2]
+  local original_snippet_lines = vim.list_slice(original_lines, start_line, end_line)
+  local original_snippet_content = table.concat(original_snippet_lines, "\n")
+  local snippet_content = snippet.content
+  local snippet_lines = vim.split(snippet_content, "\n")
+  ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: missing-fields, assign-type-mismatch
+  local patch = vim.diff(
+    original_snippet_content,
+    snippet_content,
+    { algorithm = "histogram", result_type = "indices", ctxlen = vim.o.scrolloff }
+  ) ---@type integer[][]
+  ---@type AvanteCodeSnippet[]
+  local new_snippets = {}
+  for _, hunk in ipairs(patch) do
+    local start_a, count_a, start_b, count_b = unpack(hunk)
+    ---@type AvanteCodeSnippet
+    local new_snippet = {
+      range = { start_line + start_a - 1, start_line + start_a + count_a - 2 },
+      content = table.concat(vim.list_slice(snippet_lines, start_b, start_b + count_b - 1), "\n"),
+      lang = snippet.lang,
+      explanation = snippet.explanation,
+      start_line_in_response_buf = snippet.start_line_in_response_buf,
+      end_line_in_response_buf = snippet.end_line_in_response_buf,
+      filepath = snippet.filepath,
+    }
+    table.insert(new_snippets, new_snippet)
+  end
+  return new_snippets
+end
+
+---@param snippets_map table<string, AvanteCodeSnippet[]>
+---@return table<string, AvanteCodeSnippet[]>
+function Sidebar:minimize_snippets(snippets_map)
+  local original_lines = api.nvim_buf_get_lines(self.code.bufnr, 0, -1, false)
+  local results = {}
+
+  for filepath, snippets in pairs(snippets_map) do
+    for _, snippet in ipairs(snippets) do
+      local new_snippets = minimize_snippet(original_lines, snippet)
+      if new_snippets then
+        results[filepath] = results[filepath] or {}
+        for _, new_snippet in ipairs(new_snippets) do
+          table.insert(results[filepath], new_snippet)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  return results
+end
+
 ---@param current_cursor boolean
 function Sidebar:apply(current_cursor)
   local response, response_start_line = self:get_content_between_separators()
   local all_snippets_map = extract_code_snippets_map(response)
   all_snippets_map = ensure_snippets_no_overlap(all_snippets_map)
+  if Config.options.behaviour.minimize_diff then all_snippets_map = self:minimize_snippets(all_snippets_map) end
   local selected_snippets_map = {}
   if current_cursor then
     if self.result and self.result.winid then