[PATCH v2 3/3] diff: Introduce --diff-algorithm command line option

Since command line options have higher priority than config file variables and taking previous commit into account, we need a way how to specify myers algorithm on command line. However, inventing `--myers` is not the right answer. We need far more general option, and that is `--diff-algorithm`.

Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] diff: Introduce --diff-algorithm command line option

Michal Privoznik mpriv...@redhat.com writes: +--diff-algorithm={patience|minimal|histogram|myers}:: + Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows: ++ +-- +`myers`;; + The basic greedy diff algorithm. +`minimal`;; + Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible