From b48dc5b3eea878ae627c3629081da441475dc0c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Gao <gaobing1230@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:54:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] diff: continue after equal path-limited siblings

---
 dictdiffer/__init__.py   |  2 +-
 tests/test_dictdiffer.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dictdiffer/__init__.py b/dictdiffer/__init__.py
index debd78a..f438da1 100644
--- a/dictdiffer/__init__.py
+++ b/dictdiffer/__init__.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def check(key):
                 # otherwise, the change will be handled as `change` flag.
                 if path_limit and path_limit.path_is_limit(_node + [key]):
                     if _first[key] == _second[key]:
-                        return
+                        continue
 
                     yield CHANGE, _node + [key], (
                         deepcopy(_first[key]), deepcopy(_second[key])
diff --git a/tests/test_dictdiffer.py b/tests/test_dictdiffer.py
index c1152b8..d885e85 100644
--- a/tests/test_dictdiffer.py
+++ b/tests/test_dictdiffer.py
@@ -188,6 +188,19 @@ def test_path_limit_addition(self):
         for patch in res:
             assert patch in diffed
 
+        first = {'input': {}, 'output': {}, 'forward': {'WWW': {'port': 80}}}
+        second = {
+            'input': {},
+            'output': {},
+            'forward': {'WWW': {'port': 80}, 'FTP': {'port': 21}},
+        }
+        diffed = list(diff(
+            first, second, path_limit=[('*', '*')], dot_notation=False
+        ))
+
+        res = [('add', ['forward'], [('FTP', {'port': 21})])]
+        assert res == diffed
+
     def test_path_limit_deletion(self):
         first = {'author': {'last_name': 'Doe', 'first_name': 'John'}}
         second = {}