On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:37 AM Tom Ritter <tom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > Obviously there's nothing incorrect about the former diff, I just wish > it was the latter rather than the former. > > I know that git includes four diff algorithms; in my testing patience > or histogram exacerbated the problem; and none of them improved upon > it. If anyone has suggestions I'd be curious to know if there's > anything that could be done... It's not so easy to implement good diff algorithms. You might want to take a look at the "v2.11 new diff heuristic?" article in: https://git.github.io/rev_news/2016/12/14/edition-22/ Best, Christian.
