diff --git a/vibi-dpu/src/utils/gitops.rs b/vibi-dpu/src/utils/gitops.rs
index 6bde3d64..6f33b2eb 100644
--- a/vibi-dpu/src/utils/gitops.rs
+++ b/vibi-dpu/src/utils/gitops.rs
@@ -151,21 +151,22 @@ pub fn get_excluded_files(review: &Review) -> Option<(Vec<StatItem>, Vec<StatIte
 
 fn process_statoutput(statstr: &str) -> Option<(Vec<StatItem>, Vec<StatItem>)>{
     let statvec = process_statitems(statstr);
-    let mut bigfiles = Vec::<StatItem>::new();
-    let mut smallfiles = Vec::<StatItem>::new();
+    let mut excluded_files = Vec::<StatItem>::new();
+    let mut filtered_files = Vec::<StatItem>::new();
     let line_threshold = 500;
     for item in statvec {
         // logic for exclusion
         if (item.additions > line_threshold) || 
         (item.deletions > line_threshold) || 
-        (item.additions + item.deletions > line_threshold) {
-            bigfiles.push(item);
+        (item.additions + item.deletions > line_threshold) ||
+		(item.deletions < 1) {
+            excluded_files.push(item);
         }
         else {
-            smallfiles.push(item);
+            filtered_files.push(item);
         }
     }
-    return Some((bigfiles, smallfiles));
+    return Some((excluded_files, filtered_files));
 }
 
 fn generate_statitem(statitems: &Vec<&str>) -> StatItem {
@@ -253,7 +254,9 @@ fn process_diff(filepath: &str, diff: &str, linemap: &mut HashMap<String, Vec<St
 	let mut limiterpos = Vec::new();
 	let delimitter = "@@";
 	for (idx, _) in diff.match_indices(delimitter) {
-		limiterpos.push(idx);
+		if has_deletions(&diff[idx..]) {
+            limiterpos.push(idx);
+        }
 	}
 	let mut idx: usize = 0;
 	let len = limiterpos.len();
@@ -320,6 +323,20 @@ fn process_diff(filepath: &str, diff: &str, linemap: &mut HashMap<String, Vec<St
 	return linemap.to_owned();
 }
 
+fn has_deletions(hunk: &str) -> bool {
+    // Split the hunk into lines
+    let lines = hunk.split('\n').collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+    
+    // Iterate through the lines to check for deletions
+    for line in lines.iter() {
+        if line.starts_with('-') && !line.starts_with("---") {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return false;
+}
+
 pub fn process_diffmap(diffmap: &HashMap<String, String>) -> HashMap<String, Vec<String>> {
 	let mut linemap: HashMap<String, Vec<String>> = HashMap::new();
 	for (filepath, diff) in diffmap {