diff --git a/CONTEXT.md b/CONTEXT.md
index 135e00d..4f35fb2 100644
--- a/CONTEXT.md
+++ b/CONTEXT.md
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ The full command name of a command-capable core action, without its `core.` pref
 **Command alias**:
 A shorthand spelling of a canonical Ex command, such as `q` for `quit`. An alias refers to the same action, not a separate command implementation.
 
+**Conflict History**:
+A read-only comparison of selected original conflict inputs against a shared base, separate from the editable resolution Draft.
+
 ## Configuration interfaces
 
 - Prefer typed objects for editor-owned actions, modes, and other closed sets. Expose new core binding targets through `config.core` rather than requiring command-name strings.
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 7f84761..a15fdc9 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ The resolver owns a dedicated native tab with an editable Draft and frozen read-
 
 Resolution exposes its projected comparison through the same active DiffState and native FilePicker as ordinary diffs. Pane labels and writability are explicit comparison properties; file selection, bindings, native navigation, layout and scrolling share the existing interaction path. Conflict state owns only projections, source choices and guarded save/check metadata; there is no separate resolver filter or file-list renderer.
 
+Conflict History alignment lives in `diff::HistoryComparison`: it joins the selected inputs at shared base rows, combines base change ranges, retains native EOF rows, and exposes immutable column projections with source/display mapping. The frontend consumes each projection's source side rather than assigning Before/After conventions itself. `HistoryDiff` retains only presentation state: geometry, wrapping, shared scrolling, and caret visibility. Ordinary comparisons and Draft resolution continue to use their existing `DiffState` behavior.
+
 `Editor::scroll_distance()` supplies the session-wide optional edge margin. The TUI applies it to document/diff visual rows and unwrapped text columns, and retains independent picker offsets across navigation frames. Picker windows exclude their fixed chrome and align whole multi-row entries. File projections carry a monotonic viewport revision, so catalog/filter/expansion changes invalidate picker identity without hashing the entire catalog on every redraw. Metadata-only status changes do not move the viewport. Explicit LSP/wrap-toggle anchors and detached wheel views retain precedence.
 
 Keyboard viewport actions queue per-view row and configured-step counts without moving carets. `Editor::take_viewport_scroll(height)` resolves step counts using the session-wide `scroll_step_lines` preference, or half the focused viewport when unset, and saturates multiplication before the frontend clamps movement to content bounds. Ordinary, diff, and conflict-history rendering share this resolution.
diff --git a/src/diff.rs b/src/diff.rs
index 3fac378..618713f 100644
--- a/src/diff.rs
+++ b/src/diff.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,119 @@ pub enum DisplayRow {
     Fold { start: usize, end: usize },
 }
 
+/// Immutable left/base/right conflict History, aligned at shared base rows.
+pub(crate) struct HistoryComparison {
+    columns: [DiffState; 3],
+}
+
+/// A read-only projection for the existing diff painter.
+pub(crate) struct HistoryColumn<'a> {
+    pub diff: &'a DiffState,
+    pub file: &'a ChangedFile,
+    pub focus: Focus,
+    pub lines: &'a [String],
+}
+
+impl HistoryColumn<'_> {
+    pub fn source_row(&self, display: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.diff.display_source_row(self.focus, display)
+    }
+
+    pub fn display_row(&self, source: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.diff.source_display_row(self.focus, source)
+    }
+}
+
+impl HistoryComparison {
+    pub fn new(sources: [&str; 3]) -> Self {
+        let [left, base, right] =
+            sources.map(|text| text.split('\n').map(str::to_owned).collect::<Vec<_>>());
+        let mut columns: [DiffState; 3] = std::array::from_fn(|_| DiffState::new());
+        columns[0].set_resolver_text(&base, &left);
+        columns[1].set_resolver_text(&base, &base);
+        columns[2].set_resolver_text(&base, &right);
+        let mut left = std::mem::take(&mut columns[0].rows).into_iter().peekable();
+        let mut right = std::mem::take(&mut columns[2].rows).into_iter().peekable();
+        columns[1].rows.clear();
+        // Stitch the existing pairwise alignments at their shared base rows.
+        while left.peek().is_some() || right.peek().is_some() {
+            let insertion = left.peek().is_some_and(|row| row.before.is_none())
+                || right.peek().is_some_and(|row| row.before.is_none());
+            let take_left = left
+                .peek()
+                .is_some_and(|row| !insertion || row.before.is_none());
+            let take_right = right
+                .peek()
+                .is_some_and(|row| !insertion || row.before.is_none());
+            let empty = || AlignedRow {
+                before: None,
+                after: None,
+                kind: RowKind::Equal,
+                changes: Vec::new(),
+            };
+            let left_row = if take_left {
+                left.next().unwrap()
+            } else {
+                empty()
+            };
+            let right_row = if take_right {
+                right.next().unwrap()
+            } else {
+                empty()
+            };
+            let base = left_row.before.or(right_row.before);
+            let changed = left_row.kind != RowKind::Equal || right_row.kind != RowKind::Equal;
+            let changes = left_row
+                .changes
+                .iter()
+                .chain(&right_row.changes)
+                .map(|change| [change[0].clone(), change[0].clone()])
+                .collect();
+            columns[1].rows.push(AlignedRow {
+                before: base,
+                after: base,
+                kind: if changed {
+                    RowKind::Changed
+                } else {
+                    RowKind::Equal
+                },
+                changes,
+            });
+            columns[0].rows.push(left_row);
+            columns[2].rows.push(right_row);
+        }
+        for column in &mut columns {
+            column.display_rows = (0..column.rows.len()).map(DisplayRow::Line).collect();
+        }
+        Self { columns }
+    }
+
+    pub fn row_count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.columns[0].rows.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn column(&self, index: usize) -> HistoryColumn<'_> {
+        let diff = &self.columns[index];
+        let file = &diff.comparison.as_ref().unwrap().files[0];
+        let focus = if index == 1 {
+            Focus::Before
+        } else {
+            Focus::After
+        };
+        let lines = if focus == Focus::Before {
+            &file.before
+        } else {
+            &file.after
+        };
+        HistoryColumn {
+            diff,
+            file,
+            focus,
+            lines,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 enum RequestKind {
     Catalog,
diff --git a/src/tui.rs b/src/tui.rs
index 5300ecd..581cdf4 100644
--- a/src/tui.rs
+++ b/src/tui.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 use crate::{
     chrome::{ChromeLine, PopupAnchor, SegmentConfig},
     diff::{
-        AlignedRow, ChangedFile, DiffState, DisplayRow, FileStatus, Focus, PaneLayout, Phase,
-        RowKind, ViewMode,
+        ChangedFile, DiffState, DisplayRow, FileStatus, Focus, HistoryComparison, PaneLayout,
+        Phase, RowKind, ViewMode,
     },
     editor::{
         Completion, Cursor, Editor, Hover, Input, Mode, Palette, ResolverLayout, ResolverStatus,
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ fn history_key(resolver: &ResolverWorkspace) -> Option<HistoryKey> {
 }
 
 struct HistoryDiff {
-    columns: [DiffState; 3],
+    comparison: HistoryComparison,
     top: DiffWrapPosition,
     left: [usize; 3],
     widths: [usize; 3],
@@ -369,70 +369,14 @@ impl HistoryDiff {
             index
                 .and_then(|index| file.sources.get(index))
                 .map_or("", |source| source.text.as_str())
-                .split('\n')
-                .map(str::to_owned)
-                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         };
-        let base = text(resolver.selected_base);
-        let mut columns: [DiffState; 3] = std::array::from_fn(|_| DiffState::new());
-        columns[0].set_resolver_text(&base, &text(Some(resolver.history_sources[0])));
-        columns[1].set_resolver_text(&base, &base);
-        columns[2].set_resolver_text(&base, &text(Some(resolver.history_sources[1])));
-        let mut left = std::mem::take(&mut columns[0].rows).into_iter().peekable();
-        let mut right = std::mem::take(&mut columns[2].rows).into_iter().peekable();
-        columns[1].rows.clear();
-        // Stitch the existing pairwise alignments at their shared base rows.
-        while left.peek().is_some() || right.peek().is_some() {
-            let insertion = left.peek().is_some_and(|row| row.before.is_none())
-                || right.peek().is_some_and(|row| row.before.is_none());
-            let take_left = left
-                .peek()
-                .is_some_and(|row| !insertion || row.before.is_none());
-            let take_right = right
-                .peek()
-                .is_some_and(|row| !insertion || row.before.is_none());
-            let empty = || AlignedRow {
-                before: None,
-                after: None,
-                kind: RowKind::Equal,
-                changes: Vec::new(),
-            };
-            let left_row = if take_left {
-                left.next().unwrap()
-            } else {
-                empty()
-            };
-            let right_row = if take_right {
-                right.next().unwrap()
-            } else {
-                empty()
-            };
-            let base = left_row.before.or(right_row.before);
-            let changed = left_row.kind != RowKind::Equal || right_row.kind != RowKind::Equal;
-            let changes = left_row
-                .changes
-                .iter()
-                .chain(&right_row.changes)
-                .map(|change| [change[0].clone(), change[0].clone()])
-                .collect();
-            columns[1].rows.push(AlignedRow {
-                before: base,
-                after: base,
-                kind: if changed {
-                    RowKind::Changed
-                } else {
-                    RowKind::Equal
-                },
-                changes,
-            });
-            columns[0].rows.push(left_row);
-            columns[2].rows.push(right_row);
-        }
-        for column in &mut columns {
-            column.display_rows = (0..column.rows.len()).map(DisplayRow::Line).collect();
-        }
+        let comparison = HistoryComparison::new([
+            text(Some(resolver.history_sources[0])),
+            text(resolver.selected_base),
+            text(Some(resolver.history_sources[1])),
+        ]);
         Self {
-            columns,
+            comparison,
             top: DiffWrapPosition::default(),
             left: [0; 3],
             widths: [0; 3],
@@ -443,28 +387,14 @@ impl HistoryDiff {
         }
     }
 
-    fn focus(column: usize) -> Focus {
-        if column == 1 {
-            Focus::Before
-        } else {
-            Focus::After
-        }
-    }
-
     fn row_height(&mut self, row: usize) -> usize {
         let mut height = 1;
         for column in 0..3 {
             if self.wrapping[column]
                 && self.widths[column] > 0
-                && let Some(source) =
-                    self.columns[column].display_source_row(Self::focus(column), row)
+                && let Some(source) = self.comparison.column(column).source_row(row)
             {
-                let file = &self.columns[column].comparison.as_ref().unwrap().files[0];
-                let lines = if column == 1 {
-                    &file.before
-                } else {
-                    &file.after
-                };
+                let lines = self.comparison.column(column).lines;
                 height = height.max(
                     self.wrap[column]
                         .segments(source, lines.get(source).map_or("", String::as_str))
@@ -479,7 +409,7 @@ impl HistoryDiff {
         if down {
             if self.top.continuation + 1 < self.row_height(self.top.display) {
                 self.top.continuation += 1;
-            } else if self.top.display + 1 < self.columns[0].rows.len() {
+            } else if self.top.display + 1 < self.comparison.row_count() {
                 self.top.display += 1;
                 self.top.continuation = 0;
             }
@@ -500,17 +430,10 @@ impl HistoryDiff {
             for column in 0..3 {
                 let mut segments = [None; 2];
                 let mut final_segments = [false; 2];
-                let side = usize::from(column != 1);
-                if let Some(source) =
-                    self.columns[column].display_source_row(Self::focus(column), self.top.display)
-                {
-                    let file = &self.columns[column].comparison.as_ref().unwrap().files[0];
-                    let lines = if column == 1 {
-                        &file.before
-                    } else {
-                        &file.after
-                    };
-                    let text = lines.get(source).map_or("", String::as_str);
+                let projection = self.comparison.column(column);
+                let side = usize::from(projection.focus == Focus::After);
+                if let Some(source) = projection.source_row(self.top.display) {
+                    let text = projection.lines.get(source).map_or("", String::as_str);
                     if self.wrapping[column] {
                         let parts = self.wrap[column].segments(source, text);
                         segments[side] = parts.get(self.top.continuation).copied();
@@ -951,14 +874,13 @@ impl BufferViewports {
         history.widths = [0; 3];
         for &(column, pane, content) in panes.iter().flatten() {
             editor.with_render_pane(pane, |view| {
-                let diff = &history.columns[column];
-                let file = &diff.comparison.as_ref().unwrap().files[0];
+                let projection = history.comparison.column(column);
                 let width = usize::from(content.width);
                 history.widths[column] = width.saturating_sub(diff_gutter(
-                    diff,
-                    file,
+                    projection.diff,
+                    projection.file,
                     width,
-                    HistoryDiff::focus(column),
+                    projection.focus,
                 ));
                 history.wrapping[column] = view.word_wrap();
                 history.wrap[column].prepare((view.buffer_id(), 0), history.widths[column]);
@@ -989,52 +911,48 @@ impl BufferViewports {
             );
             if !editor.file_picker().is_some_and(|picker| picker.focused)
                 && (history.caret != Some(identity) || previous_widths != history.widths)
+                && let Some(display) = history.comparison.column(column).display_row(cursor.row)
             {
-                let diff = &history.columns[column];
-                if let Some(display) =
-                    diff.source_display_row(HistoryDiff::focus(column), cursor.row)
-                {
-                    let column_offset = display_column(&editor.lines()[cursor.row], cursor.column);
-                    let continuation = if history.wrapping[column] {
-                        caret_segment(
-                            history.wrap[column].segments(cursor.row, &editor.lines()[cursor.row]),
-                            column_offset,
-                        )
-                    } else {
-                        history.left[column] = scroll_offset(
-                            history.left[column],
-                            column_offset,
-                            history.widths[column],
-                            editor.scroll_distance(),
-                        );
-                        0
-                    };
-                    let caret = DiffWrapPosition {
-                        display,
-                        continuation,
-                    };
-                    let screen = history.visible[column]
-                        .iter()
-                        .position(|row| row.position == caret);
-                    let height = usize::from(content.height);
-                    let margin = scroll_margin(height, editor.scroll_distance());
-                    let anchor = if height == 0 {
-                        None
-                    } else if caret < history.top || screen.is_some_and(|row| row < margin) {
-                        Some(margin)
-                    } else if screen.is_none_or(|row| row >= height.saturating_sub(margin)) {
-                        Some(height.saturating_sub(margin + 1))
-                    } else {
-                        None
-                    };
-                    if let Some(anchor) = anchor {
-                        history.top = caret;
-                        for _ in 0..anchor {
-                            history.step(false);
-                        }
+                let column_offset = display_column(&editor.lines()[cursor.row], cursor.column);
+                let continuation = if history.wrapping[column] {
+                    caret_segment(
+                        history.wrap[column].segments(cursor.row, &editor.lines()[cursor.row]),
+                        column_offset,
+                    )
+                } else {
+                    history.left[column] = scroll_offset(
+                        history.left[column],
+                        column_offset,
+                        history.widths[column],
+                        editor.scroll_distance(),
+                    );
+                    0
+                };
+                let caret = DiffWrapPosition {
+                    display,
+                    continuation,
+                };
+                let screen = history.visible[column]
+                    .iter()
+                    .position(|row| row.position == caret);
+                let height = usize::from(content.height);
+                let margin = scroll_margin(height, editor.scroll_distance());
+                let anchor = if height == 0 {
+                    None
+                } else if caret < history.top || screen.is_some_and(|row| row < margin) {
+                    Some(margin)
+                } else if screen.is_none_or(|row| row >= height.saturating_sub(margin)) {
+                    Some(height.saturating_sub(margin + 1))
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
+                if let Some(anchor) = anchor {
+                    history.top = caret;
+                    for _ in 0..anchor {
+                        history.step(false);
                     }
-                    history.fill(height);
                 }
+                history.fill(height);
             }
             history.caret = Some(identity);
         }
@@ -1051,12 +969,11 @@ impl BufferViewports {
         }
         for (column, pane, content) in panes.into_iter().flatten() {
             editor.with_render_pane(pane, |view| {
-                let diff = &history.columns[column];
-                let file = &diff.comparison.as_ref().unwrap().files[0];
+                let projection = history.comparison.column(column);
                 let syntax = self.syntax.entry(view.buffer_id()).or_default();
-                let source_rows = history.visible[column].iter().filter_map(|row| {
-                    diff.display_source_row(HistoryDiff::focus(column), row.position.display)
-                });
+                let source_rows = history.visible[column]
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter_map(|row| projection.source_row(row.position.display));
                 let first = source_rows
                     .clone()
                     .min()
@@ -1074,10 +991,10 @@ impl BufferViewports {
                 );
                 let text_area = draw_diff_pane(
                     frame,
-                    diff,
-                    file,
+                    projection.diff,
+                    projection.file,
                     content,
-                    column == 1,
+                    projection.focus == Focus::Before,
                     [&*syntax, &*syntax],
                     [view.semantic_tokens(), view.semantic_tokens()],
                     (history.top.display, &mut history.left[column], None),
@@ -1095,9 +1012,9 @@ impl BufferViewports {
                     self.panels.caret = paint_diff_editor(
                         frame,
                         view,
-                        diff,
+                        projection.diff,
                         text_area,
-                        HistoryDiff::focus(column),
+                        projection.focus,
                         (history.top.display, history.left[column]),
                         Some(&history.visible[column]),
                     )
@@ -1194,8 +1111,9 @@ impl BufferViewports {
                     } else {
                         history.left[column].saturating_sub(3)
                     };
-                    history.left[column] = history.columns[column].bound_horizontal(
-                        HistoryDiff::focus(column),
+                    let projection = history.comparison.column(column);
+                    history.left[column] = projection.diff.bound_horizontal(
+                        projection.focus,
                         left,
                         history.widths[column],
                     );
diff --git a/tests/unit/diff.rs b/tests/unit/diff.rs
index d8cbc8f..cd18c4d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/diff.rs
+++ b/tests/unit/diff.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,67 @@ std::thread_local! {
     pub(super) static WIDTH_SCANS: std::cell::Cell<usize> = const { std::cell::Cell::new(0) };
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn conflict_history_preserves_source_gaps_base_changes_and_native_eof_rows() {
+    let history = HistoryComparison::new([
+        "xbc def\nkeep\n",
+        "abc def\nkeep\n",
+        "abc deg\nadded\nkeep\n",
+    ]);
+    let rows: Vec<_> = (0..history.row_count())
+        .map(|row| {
+            std::array::from_fn::<_, 3, _>(|column| history.column(column).source_row(row))
+        })
+        .collect();
+    assert_eq!(
+        rows,
+        [
+            [Some(0), Some(0), Some(0)],
+            [None, None, Some(1)],
+            [Some(1), Some(1), Some(2)],
+            [Some(2), Some(2), Some(3)],
+        ]
+    );
+    for column in 0..3 {
+        let projection = history.column(column);
+        for (display, row) in rows.iter().enumerate() {
+            if let Some(source) = row[column] {
+                assert_eq!(projection.display_row(source), Some(display));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let base = history.column(1);
+    let changed = &base.diff.rows[0].changes;
+    for column in [0, 6] {
+        assert!(changed.iter().any(|range| range[0].contains(&column)));
+    }
+    assert!(!changed.iter().any(|range| range[0].contains(&4)));
+    assert_eq!(base.diff.rows[2].kind, RowKind::Equal);
+    assert!(base.diff.rows[2].changes.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(history.column(2).lines[1], "added");
+
+    // Rebuilding for a new input/base choice must not retain old source mappings.
+    let history = HistoryComparison::new([
+        "abc def\nkeep\n",
+        "abc deg\nadded\nkeep\n",
+        "xbc def\nkeep\n",
+    ]);
+    assert_eq!(history.column(1).source_row(1), Some(1));
+    assert_eq!(history.column(0).source_row(1), None);
+    assert_eq!(history.column(2).source_row(1), None);
+    for text in ["", "\n", "same", "same\n"] {
+        let history = HistoryComparison::new([text; 3]);
+        let native_rows = text.split('\n').count();
+        assert_eq!(history.row_count(), native_rows);
+        for column in 0..3 {
+            for row in 0..native_rows {
+                assert_eq!(history.column(column).source_row(row), Some(row));
+                assert_eq!(history.column(column).display_row(row), Some(row));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn resolver_equal_text_retains_native_rows_and_cached_viewport() {
     for text in ["", "\n", "same\n", "same"] {