commit 8295dece153624d0efa4d5df11e73119adcf1764
from: Mark Jamsek <mark@jamsek.dev>
via: Thomas Adam <thomas@xteddy.org>
date: Sun Oct 08 11:13:51 2023 UTC

tog: make patience the default diff algorithm

As discussed on IRC. It makes nicer diffs and the performance hit should
only be noticeable with the odd large diff. It might also be a motivator
in trying to speed up the patience implementation.

ok stsp@

commit - d1e03b8cc3ffd9122ab07adab47d84534f70bd67
commit + 8295dece153624d0efa4d5df11e73119adcf1764
blob - 6b4cb836095040c424af47d6a41111f9f98496b5
blob + d8658727083f485410ad107da6f6be22bc730f01
--- tog/tog.1
+++ tog/tog.1
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ are
 .Dq patience
 and
 .Dq myers .
-If unset, the Myers diff algorithm will be used by default.
+If unset, the Patience diff algorithm will be used by default.
 .It Ev TOG_VIEW_SPLIT_MODE
 Determines the default layout of split-screen views.
 If set to
blob - ef460ef97a1a026c9f09084327688fc233fa180d
blob + 8254a3de951c3f481513de8eaada4bbca428bcbf
--- tog/tog.c
+++ tog/tog.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static struct {
 	int			 idx;
 	char			 marker;
 } tog_base_commit;
-static enum got_diff_algorithm tog_diff_algo = GOT_DIFF_ALGORITHM_MYERS;
+static enum got_diff_algorithm tog_diff_algo = GOT_DIFF_ALGORITHM_PATIENCE;
 
 static const struct got_error *
 tog_ref_cmp_by_name(void *arg, int *cmp, struct got_reference *re1,