diff --git a/pkg/commands/patch_manager.go b/pkg/commands/patch_manager.go
index 3cd106fbc..6c1b9ced9 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/patch_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/patch_manager.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type PatchManager struct {
 	ApplyPatch  applyPatchFunc
 }
 
-// NewPatchManager returns a new PatchModifier
+// NewPatchManager returns a new PatchManager
 func NewPatchManager(log *logrus.Entry, applyPatch applyPatchFunc) *PatchManager {
 	return &PatchManager{
 		Log:        log,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func NewPatchManager(log *logrus.Entry, applyPatch applyPatchFunc) *PatchManager
 	}
 }
 
-// NewPatchManager returns a new PatchModifier
+// NewPatchManager returns a new PatchManager
 func (p *PatchManager) Start(commitSha string, diffMap map[string]string) {
 	p.CommitSha = commitSha
 	p.fileInfoMap = map[string]*fileInfo{}
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ func (p *PatchManager) RenderPlainPatchForFile(filename string, reverse bool, ke
 		return info.diff
 	case PART:
 		// generate a new diff with just the selected lines
-		m := NewPatchModifier(p.Log, filename, info.diff)
-		return m.ModifiedPatchForLines(info.includedLineIndices, reverse, keepOriginalHeader)
+		return ModifiedPatchForLines(p.Log, filename, info.diff, info.includedLineIndices, reverse, keepOriginalHeader)
 	default:
 		return ""
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/patch_modifier.go b/pkg/commands/patch_modifier.go
index e407199c0..092814f90 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/patch_modifier.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/patch_modifier.go
@@ -258,3 +258,8 @@ func ModifiedPatchForRange(log *logrus.Entry, filename string, diffText string,
 	p := NewPatchModifier(log, filename, diffText)
 	return p.ModifiedPatchForRange(firstLineIdx, lastLineIdx, reverse, keepOriginalHeader)
 }
+
+func ModifiedPatchForLines(log *logrus.Entry, filename string, diffText string, includedLineIndices []int, reverse bool, keepOriginalHeader bool) string {
+	p := NewPatchModifier(log, filename, diffText)
+	return p.ModifiedPatchForLines(includedLineIndices, reverse, keepOriginalHeader)
+}