From 7f68d9887bd4bd75f0f4be301cb84134c3c31513 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Stachowicz <50264212+Sebastian2852@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:27:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed nil -> nil props showing up as failing in patch
 visualizer (plugin) (#1081)

---
 CHANGELOG.md                   | 2 ++
 plugin/src/Reconciler/diff.lua | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60b7c05b..de1c097a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Rojo Changelog
 
 ## Unreleased
+* Fixed nil -> nil properties showing up as failing to sync in plugin's patch visualizer ([#1081])
 * Changed the background of the server's in-browser UI to be gray instead of white ([#1080]) 
 * Fixed `Auto Connect Playtest Server` no longer functioning due to Roblox change ([#1066])
 * Added an update indicator to the version header when a new version of the plugin is available. ([#1069])
 
+[#1081]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1081
 [#1080]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1080
 [#1049]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1066
 [#1069]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1069
diff --git a/plugin/src/Reconciler/diff.lua b/plugin/src/Reconciler/diff.lua
index 97760829..4a1d9361 100644
--- a/plugin/src/Reconciler/diff.lua
+++ b/plugin/src/Reconciler/diff.lua
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ local function trueEquals(a, b): boolean
 		return true
 	end
 
+	-- Treat nil and { Ref = "000...0" } as equal
+	if
+		(a == nil and type(b) == "table" and b.Ref == "00000000000000000000000000000000")
+		or (b == nil and type(a) == "table" and a.Ref == "00000000000000000000000000000000")
+	then
+		return true
+	end
+
 	local typeA, typeB = typeof(a), typeof(b)
 
 	-- For tables, try recursive deep equality