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Using LLMs to do security analysis at the git diff level — what works, what doesn't, and why structured output matters

I've been experimenting with piping raw git diff output into LLMs for automated security review, and I wanted to share what I've learned because some of the results surprised me. A teammate refactored a SQL query from string concatenation to an f-string. The diff looked like an improvement: - query

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📅 Mar 22, 2026·⏱ 7 min read·Dev.to ↗

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Using LLMs to do security analysis at the git diff level — what works, what doesn't, and why structured output matters

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