* diff-mode.el (diff-hunk-kill, diff-file-kill, diff-split-hunk)

	(diff-refine-hunk): Set inhibit-read-only to t.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/diff-mode.el b/lisp/diff-mode.el
index f78ce1ae155..7ea02352b0b 100644
--- a/lisp/diff-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/diff-mode.el
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ If the prefix ARG is given, restrict the view to the current file instead."
          (firsthunk (ignore-errors
                       (goto-char start)
                       (diff-beginning-of-file) (diff-hunk-next) (point)))
-         (nextfile (ignore-errors (diff-file-next) (point))))
+         (nextfile (ignore-errors (diff-file-next) (point)))
+         (inhibit-read-only t))
     (goto-char start)
     (if (and firsthunk (= firsthunk start)
              (or (null nexthunk)
@@ -457,7 +458,8 @@ If the prefix ARG is given, restrict the view to the current file instead."
                      (ignore-errors
                        (diff-hunk-prev) (point))))
          (index (save-excursion
-                  (re-search-backward "^Index: " prevhunk t))))
+                  (re-search-backward "^Index: " prevhunk t)))
+         (inhibit-read-only t))
     (when index (setq start index))
     (diff-end-of-file)
     (if (looking-at "^\n") (forward-char 1)) ;`tla' generates such diffs.
@@ -497,7 +499,8 @@ If the prefix ARG is given, restrict the view to the current file instead."
     (let* ((start1 (string-to-number (match-string 1)))
            (start2 (string-to-number (match-string 2)))
            (newstart1 (+ start1 (diff-count-matches "^[- \t]" (point) pos)))
-           (newstart2 (+ start2 (diff-count-matches "^[+ \t]" (point) pos))))
+           (newstart2 (+ start2 (diff-count-matches "^[+ \t]" (point) pos)))
+           (inhibit-read-only t))
       (goto-char pos)
       ;; Hopefully the after-change-function will not screw us over.
       (insert "@@ -" (number-to-string newstart1) ",1 +"
@@ -1354,6 +1357,7 @@ For use in `add-log-current-defun-function'."
          (file1 (make-temp-file "diff1"))
          (file2 (make-temp-file "diff2"))
          (coding-system-for-read buffer-file-coding-system)
+         (inhibit-read-only t)
          old new)
     (unwind-protect
         (save-excursion