On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:55:34 -0800 Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > minimal is guaranteed to produce a minimal diff, i.e. fewest total > subtractions and additions. That is sometimes "best" quality, but > definitely not always. I second this. Recently I had a case when I had to use --anchored option of git diff to produce more informative diff instead of minimal one.