diff --git a/modules/git/repo_compare.go b/modules/git/repo_compare.go
index 50e9005511..019c9bc806 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_compare.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_compare.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetMergeBase(tmpRemote string, base, head string) (strin
 }
 
 // GetCompareInfo generates and returns compare information between base and head branches of repositories.
-func (repo *Repository) GetCompareInfo(basePath, baseBranch, headBranch string, directComparison bool) (_ *CompareInfo, err error) {
+func (repo *Repository) GetCompareInfo(basePath, baseBranch, headBranch string, directComparison, fileOnly bool) (_ *CompareInfo, err error) {
 	var (
 		remoteBranch string
 		tmpRemote    string
@@ -87,13 +87,17 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetCompareInfo(basePath, baseBranch, headBranch string,
 		}
 
 		// We have a common base - therefore we know that ... should work
-		logs, err := NewCommand("log", baseCommitID+separator+headBranch, prettyLogFormat).RunInDirBytes(repo.Path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		compareInfo.Commits, err = repo.parsePrettyFormatLogToList(logs)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsePrettyFormatLogToList: %v", err)
+		if !fileOnly {
+			logs, err := NewCommand("log", baseCommitID+separator+headBranch, prettyLogFormat).RunInDirBytes(repo.Path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			compareInfo.Commits, err = repo.parsePrettyFormatLogToList(logs)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsePrettyFormatLogToList: %v", err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			compareInfo.Commits = []*Commit{}
 		}
 	} else {
 		compareInfo.Commits = []*Commit{}
diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 67ca8ff558..2cb1bcd1a9 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -2027,7 +2027,8 @@ diff.file_image_height = Height
 diff.file_byte_size = Size
 diff.file_suppressed = File diff suppressed because it is too large
 diff.file_suppressed_line_too_long = File diff suppressed because one or more lines are too long
-diff.too_many_files = Some files were not shown because too many files changed in this diff
+diff.too_many_files = Some files were not shown because too many files have changed in this diff
+diff.show_more = Show More
 diff.generated = generated
 diff.vendored = vendored
 diff.comment.placeholder = Leave a comment
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/pull.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/pull.go
index d8e0d8099a..f2a1d7fe63 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/pull.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/pull.go
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ func parseCompareInfo(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.CreatePullRequestOption)
 		return nil, nil, nil, nil, "", ""
 	}
 
-	compareInfo, err := headGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(models.RepoPath(baseRepo.Owner.Name, baseRepo.Name), baseBranch, headBranch, true)
+	compareInfo, err := headGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(models.RepoPath(baseRepo.Owner.Name, baseRepo.Name), baseBranch, headBranch, true, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		headGitRepo.Close()
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "GetCompareInfo", err)
@@ -1193,9 +1193,9 @@ func GetPullRequestCommits(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	}
 	defer baseGitRepo.Close()
 	if pr.HasMerged {
-		prInfo, err = baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), pr.MergeBase, pr.GetGitRefName(), true)
+		prInfo, err = baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), pr.MergeBase, pr.GetGitRefName(), true, false)
 	} else {
-		prInfo, err = baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), pr.BaseBranch, pr.GetGitRefName(), true)
+		prInfo, err = baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), pr.BaseBranch, pr.GetGitRefName(), true, false)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetCompareInfo", err)
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/commit.go b/routers/web/repo/commit.go
index c5f3f70c1c..4c0f94f15d 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/commit.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/commit.go
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ func Diff(ctx *context.Context) {
 		err     error
 	)
 
+	fileOnly := ctx.FormBool("file-only")
+
 	if ctx.Data["PageIsWiki"] != nil {
 		gitRepo, err = git.OpenRepository(ctx.Repo.Repository.WikiPath())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -288,16 +290,8 @@ func Diff(ctx *context.Context) {
 		commitID = commit.ID.String()
 	}
 
-	statuses, err := models.GetLatestCommitStatus(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, commitID, db.ListOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("GetLatestCommitStatus: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	ctx.Data["CommitStatus"] = models.CalcCommitStatus(statuses)
-	ctx.Data["CommitStatuses"] = statuses
-
 	diff, err := gitdiff.GetDiffCommitWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo,
-		commitID, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines,
+		commitID, ctx.FormString("skip-to"), setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines,
 		setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLineCharacters, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffFiles,
 		gitdiff.GetWhitespaceFlag(ctx.Data["WhitespaceBehavior"].(string)),
 		false)
@@ -333,10 +327,23 @@ func Diff(ctx *context.Context) {
 	setCompareContext(ctx, parentCommit, commit, headTarget)
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = commit.Summary() + " ยท " + base.ShortSha(commitID)
 	ctx.Data["Commit"] = commit
+	ctx.Data["Diff"] = diff
+	if fileOnly {
+		ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplDiffBox)
+		return
+	}
+
+	statuses, err := models.GetLatestCommitStatus(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, commitID, db.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("GetLatestCommitStatus: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx.Data["CommitStatus"] = models.CalcCommitStatus(statuses)
+	ctx.Data["CommitStatuses"] = statuses
+
 	verification := models.ParseCommitWithSignature(commit)
 	ctx.Data["Verification"] = verification
 	ctx.Data["Author"] = models.ValidateCommitWithEmail(commit)
-	ctx.Data["Diff"] = diff
 	ctx.Data["Parents"] = parents
 	ctx.Data["DiffNotAvailable"] = diff.NumFiles == 0
 
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/compare.go b/routers/web/repo/compare.go
index 556a6218a6..33b95838c7 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/compare.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/compare.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	tplCompare     base.TplName = "repo/diff/compare"
 	tplBlobExcerpt base.TplName = "repo/diff/blob_excerpt"
+	tplDiffBox     base.TplName = "repo/diff/box"
 )
 
 // setCompareContext sets context data.
@@ -161,6 +162,8 @@ func ParseCompareInfo(ctx *context.Context) *CompareInfo {
 	baseRepo := ctx.Repo.Repository
 	ci := &CompareInfo{}
 
+	fileOnly := ctx.FormBool("file-only")
+
 	// Get compared branches information
 	// A full compare url is of the form:
 	//
@@ -411,15 +414,19 @@ func ParseCompareInfo(ctx *context.Context) *CompareInfo {
 	if rootRepo != nil &&
 		rootRepo.ID != ci.HeadRepo.ID &&
 		rootRepo.ID != baseRepo.ID {
-		perm, branches, tags, err := getBranchesAndTagsForRepo(ctx.User, rootRepo)
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.ServerError("GetBranchesForRepo", err)
-			return nil
-		}
-		if perm {
+		canRead := rootRepo.CheckUnitUser(ctx.User, models.UnitTypeCode)
+		if canRead {
 			ctx.Data["RootRepo"] = rootRepo
-			ctx.Data["RootRepoBranches"] = branches
-			ctx.Data["RootRepoTags"] = tags
+			if !fileOnly {
+				branches, tags, err := getBranchesAndTagsForRepo(ctx.User, rootRepo)
+				if err != nil {
+					ctx.ServerError("GetBranchesForRepo", err)
+					return nil
+				}
+
+				ctx.Data["RootRepoBranches"] = branches
+				ctx.Data["RootRepoTags"] = tags
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -432,15 +439,18 @@ func ParseCompareInfo(ctx *context.Context) *CompareInfo {
 		ownForkRepo.ID != ci.HeadRepo.ID &&
 		ownForkRepo.ID != baseRepo.ID &&
 		(rootRepo == nil || ownForkRepo.ID != rootRepo.ID) {
-		perm, branches, tags, err := getBranchesAndTagsForRepo(ctx.User, ownForkRepo)
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.ServerError("GetBranchesForRepo", err)
-			return nil
-		}
-		if perm {
+		canRead := ownForkRepo.CheckUnitUser(ctx.User, models.UnitTypeCode)
+		if canRead {
 			ctx.Data["OwnForkRepo"] = ownForkRepo
-			ctx.Data["OwnForkRepoBranches"] = branches
-			ctx.Data["OwnForkRepoTags"] = tags
+			if !fileOnly {
+				branches, tags, err := getBranchesAndTagsForRepo(ctx.User, ownForkRepo)
+				if err != nil {
+					ctx.ServerError("GetBranchesForRepo", err)
+					return nil
+				}
+				ctx.Data["OwnForkRepoBranches"] = branches
+				ctx.Data["OwnForkRepoTags"] = tags
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -492,7 +502,7 @@ func ParseCompareInfo(ctx *context.Context) *CompareInfo {
 		headBranchRef = git.TagPrefix + ci.HeadBranch
 	}
 
-	ci.CompareInfo, err = ci.HeadGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(baseRepo.RepoPath(), baseBranchRef, headBranchRef, ci.DirectComparison)
+	ci.CompareInfo, err = ci.HeadGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(baseRepo.RepoPath(), baseBranchRef, headBranchRef, ci.DirectComparison, fileOnly)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetCompareInfo", err)
 		return nil
@@ -545,7 +555,7 @@ func PrepareCompareDiff(
 	}
 
 	diff, err := gitdiff.GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(ci.HeadGitRepo,
-		beforeCommitID, headCommitID, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines,
+		beforeCommitID, headCommitID, ctx.FormString("skip-to"), setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines,
 		setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLineCharacters, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffFiles, whitespaceBehavior, ci.DirectComparison)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior", err)
@@ -606,29 +616,22 @@ func PrepareCompareDiff(
 	return false
 }
 
-func getBranchesAndTagsForRepo(user *models.User, repo *models.Repository) (bool, []string, []string, error) {
-	perm, err := models.GetUserRepoPermission(repo, user)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, nil, nil, err
-	}
-	if !perm.CanRead(models.UnitTypeCode) {
-		return false, nil, nil, nil
-	}
+func getBranchesAndTagsForRepo(user *models.User, repo *models.Repository) (branches, tags []string, err error) {
 	gitRepo, err := git.OpenRepository(repo.RepoPath())
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	defer gitRepo.Close()
 
-	branches, _, err := gitRepo.GetBranches(0, 0)
+	branches, _, err = gitRepo.GetBranches(0, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	tags, err := gitRepo.GetTags(0, 0)
+	tags, err = gitRepo.GetTags(0, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	return true, branches, tags, nil
+	return branches, tags, nil
 }
 
 // CompareDiff show different from one commit to another commit
@@ -665,6 +668,12 @@ func CompareDiff(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 	ctx.Data["Tags"] = baseTags
 
+	fileOnly := ctx.FormBool("file-only")
+	if fileOnly {
+		ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplDiffBox)
+		return
+	}
+
 	headBranches, _, err := ci.HeadGitRepo.GetBranches(0, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetBranches", err)
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/pull.go b/routers/web/repo/pull.go
index dde5561351..153ebc306f 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/pull.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/pull.go
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func PrepareMergedViewPullInfo(ctx *context.Context, issue *models.Issue) *git.C
 	ctx.Data["HasMerged"] = true
 
 	compareInfo, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetCompareInfo(ctx.Repo.Repository.RepoPath(),
-		pull.MergeBase, pull.GetGitRefName(), true)
+		pull.MergeBase, pull.GetGitRefName(), true, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "fatal: Not a valid object name") || strings.Contains(err.Error(), "unknown revision or path not in the working tree") {
 			ctx.Data["IsPullRequestBroken"] = true
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ func PrepareViewPullInfo(ctx *context.Context, issue *models.Issue) *git.Compare
 		}
 
 		compareInfo, err := baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pull.BaseRepo.RepoPath(),
-			pull.MergeBase, pull.GetGitRefName(), true)
+			pull.MergeBase, pull.GetGitRefName(), true, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "fatal: Not a valid object name") {
 				ctx.Data["IsPullRequestBroken"] = true
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func PrepareViewPullInfo(ctx *context.Context, issue *models.Issue) *git.Compare
 	}
 
 	compareInfo, err := baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pull.BaseRepo.RepoPath(),
-		git.BranchPrefix+pull.BaseBranch, pull.GetGitRefName(), true)
+		git.BranchPrefix+pull.BaseBranch, pull.GetGitRefName(), true, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "fatal: Not a valid object name") {
 			ctx.Data["IsPullRequestBroken"] = true
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func ViewPullFiles(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["AfterCommitID"] = endCommitID
 
 	diff, err := gitdiff.GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo,
-		startCommitID, endCommitID, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines,
+		startCommitID, endCommitID, ctx.FormString("skip-to"), setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines,
 		setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLineCharacters, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffFiles,
 		gitdiff.GetWhitespaceFlag(ctx.Data["WhitespaceBehavior"].(string)), false)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
index ef66675c5b..f843bc4dcf 100644
--- a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
+++ b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ func getCommitFileLineCount(commit *git.Commit, filePath string) int {
 
 // Diff represents a difference between two git trees.
 type Diff struct {
+	Start, End                             string
 	NumFiles, TotalAddition, TotalDeletion int
 	Files                                  []*DiffFile
 	IsIncomplete                           bool
@@ -719,6 +720,9 @@ parsingLoop:
 
 		// TODO: Handle skipping first n files
 		if len(diff.Files) >= maxFiles {
+
+			lastFile := createDiffFile(diff, line)
+			diff.End = lastFile.Name
 			diff.IsIncomplete = true
 			_, err := io.Copy(io.Discard, reader)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -1217,7 +1221,7 @@ func readFileName(rd *strings.Reader) (string, bool) {
 // GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior builds a Diff between two commits of a repository.
 // Passing the empty string as beforeCommitID returns a diff from the parent commit.
 // The whitespaceBehavior is either an empty string or a git flag
-func GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo *git.Repository, beforeCommitID, afterCommitID string, maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles int, whitespaceBehavior string, directComparison bool) (*Diff, error) {
+func GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo *git.Repository, beforeCommitID, afterCommitID, skipTo string, maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles int, whitespaceBehavior string, directComparison bool) (*Diff, error) {
 	repoPath := gitRepo.Path
 
 	commit, err := gitRepo.GetCommit(afterCommitID)
@@ -1228,31 +1232,42 @@ func GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo *git.Repository, beforeCommitID,
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(git.DefaultContext, time.Duration(setting.Git.Timeout.Default)*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+	argsLength := 6
+	if len(whitespaceBehavior) > 0 {
+		argsLength++
+	}
+	if len(skipTo) > 0 {
+		argsLength++
+	}
+
+	diffArgs := make([]string, 0, argsLength)
 	if (len(beforeCommitID) == 0 || beforeCommitID == git.EmptySHA) && commit.ParentCount() == 0 {
-		diffArgs := []string{"diff", "--src-prefix=\\a/", "--dst-prefix=\\b/", "-M"}
+		diffArgs = append(diffArgs, "diff", "--src-prefix=\\a/", "--dst-prefix=\\b/", "-M")
 		if len(whitespaceBehavior) != 0 {
 			diffArgs = append(diffArgs, whitespaceBehavior)
 		}
 		// append empty tree ref
 		diffArgs = append(diffArgs, "4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904")
 		diffArgs = append(diffArgs, afterCommitID)
-		cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, git.GitExecutable, diffArgs...)
 	} else {
 		actualBeforeCommitID := beforeCommitID
 		if len(actualBeforeCommitID) == 0 {
 			parentCommit, _ := commit.Parent(0)
 			actualBeforeCommitID = parentCommit.ID.String()
 		}
-		diffArgs := []string{"diff", "--src-prefix=\\a/", "--dst-prefix=\\b/", "-M"}
+		diffArgs = append(diffArgs, "diff", "--src-prefix=\\a/", "--dst-prefix=\\b/", "-M")
 		if len(whitespaceBehavior) != 0 {
 			diffArgs = append(diffArgs, whitespaceBehavior)
 		}
 		diffArgs = append(diffArgs, actualBeforeCommitID)
 		diffArgs = append(diffArgs, afterCommitID)
-		cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, git.GitExecutable, diffArgs...)
 		beforeCommitID = actualBeforeCommitID
 	}
+	if skipTo != "" {
+		diffArgs = append(diffArgs, "--skip-to="+skipTo)
+	}
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, git.GitExecutable, diffArgs...)
+
 	cmd.Dir = repoPath
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 
@@ -1272,6 +1287,7 @@ func GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo *git.Repository, beforeCommitID,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ParsePatch: %v", err)
 	}
+	diff.Start = skipTo
 
 	var checker *git.CheckAttributeReader
 
@@ -1299,7 +1315,7 @@ func GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo *git.Repository, beforeCommitID,
 				log.Error("Unable to open checker for %s. Error: %v", afterCommitID, err)
 			} else {
 				go func() {
-					err = checker.Run()
+					err := checker.Run()
 					if err != nil && err != ctx.Err() {
 						log.Error("Unable to open checker for %s. Error: %v", afterCommitID, err)
 					}
@@ -1382,8 +1398,8 @@ func GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo *git.Repository, beforeCommitID,
 
 // GetDiffCommitWithWhitespaceBehavior builds a Diff representing the given commitID.
 // The whitespaceBehavior is either an empty string or a git flag
-func GetDiffCommitWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo *git.Repository, commitID string, maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles int, whitespaceBehavior string, directComparison bool) (*Diff, error) {
-	return GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo, "", commitID, maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles, whitespaceBehavior, directComparison)
+func GetDiffCommitWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo *git.Repository, commitID, skipTo string, maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles int, whitespaceBehavior string, directComparison bool) (*Diff, error) {
+	return GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo, "", commitID, skipTo, maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles, whitespaceBehavior, directComparison)
 }
 
 // CommentAsDiff returns c.Patch as *Diff
diff --git a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff_test.go b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff_test.go
index 0c216ccb54..d69d0c01d8 100644
--- a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff_test.go
+++ b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff_test.go
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func TestGetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer gitRepo.Close()
 	for _, behavior := range []string{"-w", "--ignore-space-at-eol", "-b", ""} {
-		diffs, err := GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo, "559c156f8e0178b71cb44355428f24001b08fc68", "bd7063cc7c04689c4d082183d32a604ed27a24f9",
+		diffs, err := GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo, "559c156f8e0178b71cb44355428f24001b08fc68", "bd7063cc7c04689c4d082183d32a604ed27a24f9", "",
 			setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffFiles, behavior, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err, fmt.Sprintf("Error when diff with %s", behavior))
 		for _, f := range diffs.Files {
diff --git a/services/pull/pull.go b/services/pull/pull.go
index f7d154cfd0..5f6198a393 100644
--- a/services/pull/pull.go
+++ b/services/pull/pull.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func NewPullRequest(repo *models.Repository, pull *models.Issue, labelIDs []int6
 	defer baseGitRepo.Close()
 
 	compareInfo, err := baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(),
-		git.BranchPrefix+pr.BaseBranch, pr.GetGitRefName(), true)
+		git.BranchPrefix+pr.BaseBranch, pr.GetGitRefName(), true, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/templates/repo/diff/box.tmpl b/templates/repo/diff/box.tmpl
index 8c4b972bbc..d2651d7e08 100644
--- a/templates/repo/diff/box.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/diff/box.tmpl
@@ -42,105 +42,115 @@
 					<a class="file mono" href="#diff-{{.Index}}">{{.Name}}</a>
 				</li>
 			{{end}}
+			{{if .Diff.IsIncomplete}}
+				<li id="diff-too-many-files-stats" class="pt-2">
+					<span class="file df ac sb">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.too_many_files"}}
+						<a class="ui basic tiny button" id="diff-show-more-files-stats" data-href="{{$.Link}}?skip-to={{.Diff.End}}&file-only=true">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.show_more"}}</a>
+					</span>
+				</li>
+			{{end}}
 		</ol>
-		{{range $i, $file := .Diff.Files}}
-			{{$blobBase := call $.GetBlobByPathForCommit $.BaseCommit $file.OldName}}
-			{{$blobHead := call $.GetBlobByPathForCommit $.HeadCommit $file.Name}}
-			{{$isImage := or (call $.IsBlobAnImage $blobBase) (call $.IsBlobAnImage $blobHead)}}
-			{{$isCsv := (call $.IsCsvFile $file)}}
-			{{$showFileViewToggle := or $isImage (and (not $file.IsIncomplete) $isCsv)}}
-			<div class="diff-file-box diff-box file-content {{TabSizeClass $.Editorconfig $file.Name}} mt-3" id="diff-{{.Index}}" {{if $file.IsGenerated}}data-folded="true"{{end}}>
-				<h4 class="diff-file-header sticky-2nd-row ui top attached normal header df ac sb">
-					<div class="fold-file df ac">
-						<a role="button" class="chevron muted mr-2">
+		<div id="diff-file-boxes">
+			{{range $i, $file := .Diff.Files}}
+				{{$blobBase := call $.GetBlobByPathForCommit $.BaseCommit $file.OldName}}
+				{{$blobHead := call $.GetBlobByPathForCommit $.HeadCommit $file.Name}}
+				{{$isImage := or (call $.IsBlobAnImage $blobBase) (call $.IsBlobAnImage $blobHead)}}
+				{{$isCsv := (call $.IsCsvFile $file)}}
+				{{$showFileViewToggle := or $isImage (and (not $file.IsIncomplete) $isCsv)}}
+				<div class="diff-file-box diff-box file-content {{TabSizeClass $.Editorconfig $file.Name}} mt-3" id="diff-{{.Index}}" data-old-filename="{{$file.OldName}}" data-new-filename="{{$file.Name}}" {{if $file.IsGenerated}}data-folded="true"{{end}}>
+					<h4 class="diff-file-header sticky-2nd-row ui top attached normal header df ac sb">
+						<div class="fold-file df ac">
+							<a role="button" class="fold-file muted mr-2">
+								{{if $file.IsGenerated}}
+									{{svg "octicon-chevron-right" 18}}
+								{{else}}
+									{{svg "octicon-chevron-down" 18}}
+								{{end}}
+							</a>
+							<div class="bold df ac">
+								{{if $file.IsBin}}
+									<span class="ml-1 mr-3">
+										{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.bin"}}
+									</span>
+								{{else}}
+									{{template "repo/diff/stats" dict "file" . "root" $}}
+								{{end}}
+							</div>
+							<span class="file mono">{{if $file.IsRenamed}}{{$file.OldName}} &rarr; {{end}}{{$file.Name}}{{if .IsLFSFile}} ({{$.i18n.Tr "repo.stored_lfs"}}){{end}}</span>
 							{{if $file.IsGenerated}}
-								{{svg "octicon-chevron-right" 18}}
-							{{else}}
-								{{svg "octicon-chevron-down" 18}}
+								<span class="ui label ml-3">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.generated"}}</span>
 							{{end}}
-						</a>
-						<div class="bold df ac">
-							{{if $file.IsBin}}
-								<span class="ml-1 mr-3">
-									{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.bin"}}
-								</span>
-							{{else}}
-								{{template "repo/diff/stats" dict "file" . "root" $}}
+							{{if $file.IsVendored}}
+								<span class="ui label ml-3">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.vendored"}}</span>
 							{{end}}
 						</div>
-						<span class="file mono">{{if $file.IsRenamed}}{{$file.OldName}} &rarr; {{end}}{{$file.Name}}{{if .IsLFSFile}} ({{$.i18n.Tr "repo.stored_lfs"}}){{end}}</span>
-						{{if $file.IsGenerated}}
-							<span class="ui label ml-3">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.generated"}}</span>
-						{{end}}
-						{{if $file.IsVendored}}
-							<span class="ui label ml-3">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.vendored"}}</span>
-						{{end}}
-					</div>
-					<div class="diff-file-header-actions df ac">
-						{{if $showFileViewToggle}}
-							<div class="ui compact icon buttons">
-								<span class="ui tiny basic button poping up file-view-toggle" data-toggle-selector="#diff-source-{{$i}}" data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.file_view_source"}}" data-position="bottom center" data-variation="tiny inverted">{{svg "octicon-code"}}</span>
-								<span class="ui tiny basic button poping up file-view-toggle active" data-toggle-selector="#diff-rendered-{{$i}}" data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.file_view_rendered"}}" data-position="bottom center" data-variation="tiny inverted">{{svg "octicon-file"}}</span>
-							</div>
-						{{end}}
-						{{if $file.IsProtected}}
-							<span class="ui basic label">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.protected"}}</span>
-						{{end}}
-						{{if and (not $file.IsSubmodule) (not $.PageIsWiki)}}
-							{{if $file.IsDeleted}}
-								<a class="ui basic tiny button" rel="nofollow" href="{{EscapePound $.BeforeSourcePath}}/{{EscapePound .Name}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.view_file"}}</a>
-							{{else}}
-								<a class="ui basic tiny button" rel="nofollow" href="{{EscapePound $.SourcePath}}/{{EscapePound .Name}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.view_file"}}</a>
+						<div class="diff-file-header-actions df ac">
+							{{if $showFileViewToggle}}
+								<div class="ui compact icon buttons">
+									<span class="ui tiny basic button poping up file-view-toggle" data-toggle-selector="#diff-source-{{$i}}" data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.file_view_source"}}" data-position="bottom center" data-variation="tiny inverted">{{svg "octicon-code"}}</span>
+									<span class="ui tiny basic button poping up file-view-toggle active" data-toggle-selector="#diff-rendered-{{$i}}" data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.file_view_rendered"}}" data-position="bottom center" data-variation="tiny inverted">{{svg "octicon-file"}}</span>
+								</div>
 							{{end}}
-						{{end}}
-					</div>
-				</h4>
-				<div class="diff-file-body ui attached unstackable table segment">
-					<div id="diff-source-{{$i}}" class="file-body file-code code-diff{{if $.IsSplitStyle}} code-diff-split{{else}} code-diff-unified{{end}}{{if $showFileViewToggle}} hide{{end}}">
-						{{if or $file.IsIncomplete $file.IsBin}}
-							<div class="diff-file-body binary" style="padding: 5px 10px;">
-								{{if $file.IsIncomplete}}
-									{{if $file.IsIncompleteLineTooLong}}
-										{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.file_suppressed_line_too_long"}}
+							{{if $file.IsProtected}}
+								<span class="ui basic label">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.protected"}}</span>
+							{{end}}
+							{{if and (not $file.IsSubmodule) (not $.PageIsWiki)}}
+								{{if $file.IsDeleted}}
+									<a class="ui basic tiny button" rel="nofollow" href="{{EscapePound $.BeforeSourcePath}}/{{EscapePound .Name}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.view_file"}}</a>
+								{{else}}
+									<a class="ui basic tiny button" rel="nofollow" href="{{EscapePound $.SourcePath}}/{{EscapePound .Name}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.view_file"}}</a>
+								{{end}}
+							{{end}}
+						</div>
+					</h4>
+					<div class="diff-file-body ui attached unstackable table segment">
+						<div id="diff-source-{{$i}}" class="file-body file-code code-diff{{if $.IsSplitStyle}} code-diff-split{{else}} code-diff-unified{{end}}{{if $showFileViewToggle}} hide{{end}}">
+							{{if or $file.IsIncomplete $file.IsBin}}
+								<div class="diff-file-body binary" style="padding: 5px 10px;">
+									{{if $file.IsIncomplete}}
+										{{if $file.IsIncompleteLineTooLong}}
+											{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.file_suppressed_line_too_long"}}
+										{{else}}
+											{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.file_suppressed"}}
+										{{end}}
 									{{else}}
-										{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.file_suppressed"}}
+										{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.bin_not_shown"}}
 									{{end}}
-								{{else}}
-									{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.bin_not_shown"}}
-								{{end}}
+								</div>
+							{{else}}
+								<table class="chroma">
+									{{if $.IsSplitStyle}}
+										{{template "repo/diff/section_split" dict "file" . "root" $}}
+									{{else}}
+										{{template "repo/diff/section_unified" dict "file" . "root" $}}
+									{{end}}
+								</table>
+							{{end}}
+						</div>
+						{{if $showFileViewToggle}}
+							<div id="diff-rendered-{{$i}}" class="file-body file-code {{if $.IsSplitStyle}} code-diff-split{{else}} code-diff-unified{{end}}">
+								<table class="chroma w-100">
+									{{if $isImage}}
+										{{template "repo/diff/image_diff" dict "file" . "root" $ "blobBase" $blobBase "blobHead" $blobHead}}
+									{{else}}
+										{{template "repo/diff/csv_diff" dict "file" . "root" $}}
+									{{end}}
+								</table>
 							</div>
-						{{else}}
-							<table class="chroma">
-								{{if $.IsSplitStyle}}
-									{{template "repo/diff/section_split" dict "file" . "root" $}}
-								{{else}}
-									{{template "repo/diff/section_unified" dict "file" . "root" $}}
-								{{end}}
-							</table>
 						{{end}}
 					</div>
-					{{if $showFileViewToggle}}
-						<div id="diff-rendered-{{$i}}" class="file-body file-code {{if $.IsSplitStyle}} code-diff-split{{else}} code-diff-unified{{end}}">
-							<table class="chroma w-100">
-								{{if $isImage}}
-									{{template "repo/diff/image_diff" dict "file" . "root" $ "blobBase" $blobBase "blobHead" $blobHead}}
-								{{else}}
-									{{template "repo/diff/csv_diff" dict "file" . "root" $}}
-								{{end}}
-							</table>
-						</div>
-					{{end}}
 				</div>
-			</div>
-		{{end}}
+			{{end}}
 
-		{{if .Diff.IsIncomplete}}
-			<div class="diff-file-box diff-box file-content mt-3">
-				<h4 class="ui top attached normal header">
-					{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.too_many_files"}}
-				</h4>
-			</div>
-		{{end}}
+			{{if .Diff.IsIncomplete}}
+				<div class="diff-file-box diff-box file-content mt-3" id="diff-incomplete">
+					<h4 class="ui top attached normal header df ac sb">
+						{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.too_many_files"}}
+						<a class="ui basic tiny button" id="diff-show-more-files" data-href="{{$.Link}}?skip-to={{.Diff.End}}&file-only=true">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.diff.show_more"}}</a>
+					</h4>
+				</div>
+			{{end}}
+		</div>
 
 		{{if not $.Repository.IsArchived}}
 			<div class="hide" id="edit-content-form">
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/diff.js b/web_src/js/features/diff.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef0aaceeeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web_src/js/features/diff.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+export function initDiffShowMore() {
+  $('#diff-files, #diff-file-boxes').on('click', '#diff-show-more-files, #diff-show-more-files-stats', (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+
+    if ($(e.target).hasClass('disabled')) {
+      return;
+    }
+    $('#diff-show-more-files, #diff-show-more-files-stats').addClass('disabled');
+
+    const url = $('#diff-show-more-files, #diff-show-more-files-stats').data('href');
+    $.ajax({
+      type: 'GET',
+      url,
+    }).done((resp) => {
+      if (!resp || resp.html === '' || resp.empty) {
+        $('#diff-show-more-files, #diff-show-more-files-stats').removeClass('disabled');
+        return;
+      }
+      $('#diff-too-many-files-stats').remove();
+      $('#diff-files').append($(resp).find('#diff-files li'));
+      $('#diff-incomplete').replaceWith($(resp).find('#diff-file-boxes').children());
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/web_src/js/index.js b/web_src/js/index.js
index e6269c8abf..74aca6913b 100644
--- a/web_src/js/index.js
+++ b/web_src/js/index.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {initNotificationsTable, initNotificationCount} from './features/notifica
 import {initLastCommitLoader} from './features/lastcommitloader.js';
 import {initIssueContentHistory} from './features/issue-content-history.js';
 import {initStopwatch} from './features/stopwatch.js';
+import {initDiffShowMore} from './features/diff.js';
 import {showLineButton} from './code/linebutton.js';
 import {initMarkupContent, initCommentContent} from './markup/content.js';
 import {stripTags, mqBinarySearch} from './utils.js';
@@ -2881,6 +2882,7 @@ $(document).ready(async () => {
   initFileViewToggle();
   initReleaseEditor();
   initRelease();
+  initDiffShowMore();
   initIssueContentHistory();
   initAdminUserListSearchForm();