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* xdiff: PATIENCE/HISTOGRAM are not independent option bitsJunio C Hamano2012-02-19
| | | | | | | | | | Because the default Myers, patience and histogram algorithms cannot be in effect at the same time, XDL_PATIENCE_DIFF and XDL_HISTOGRAM_DIFF are not independent bits. Instead of wasting one bit per algorithm, define a few macros to access the few bits they occupy and update the code that access them. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* xdiff/xpatience: factor out fall-back-diff functionTay Ray Chuan2011-07-07
| | | | | | | | This is in preparation for the histogram diff algorithm, which will also re-use much of the code to call the default Meyers diff algorithm. Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Implement the patience diff algorithmJohannes Schindelin2009-01-07
The patience diff algorithm produces slightly more intuitive output than the classic Myers algorithm, as it does not try to minimize the number of +/- lines first, but tries to preserve the lines that are unique. To this end, it first determines lines that are unique in both files, then the maximal sequence which preserves the order (relative to both files) is extracted. Starting from this initial set of common lines, the rest of the lines is handled recursively, with Myers' algorithm as a fallback when the patience algorithm fails (due to no common unique lines). This patch includes memory leak fixes by Pierre Habouzit. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>