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diff-algorithms
- Aug 1, 2026 What a Unified Diff Hunk Actually Encodes How the hunk header, the minus and plus blocks, and the context window are produced, and which parts of a change a line-oriented diff cannot represent at all. software engineering
- May 16, 2024 Diff Algorithm Choice and the Noise It Adds to a Review Myers, histogram, and patience strategies produce different edit scripts for the same two files, and the choice determines whether a reviewer sees structure or a wall of moved lines. software engineering
- Oct 25, 2021 How Diff Produces Hunks: Myers, Patience, and Hunk Sliding The shortest-edit-script problem behind line diffs, why the minimal answer often reads badly, and how hunk boundaries get moved after the fact. developer tools