I've just released difftastic 0.6!
Comment diffing is now much smarter, output alignment is way improved, several major crashes have been fixed, and I've even added Go support :)
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Spent a bunch of time learning about text diffing algorithms this evening.
"Myers Algorithm" refers to a specific paper written by Eugene Myers, and he published faster algorithms later!
I've released difftastic 0.57! In this release:
* A bunch of improvements around detection and display of binary files.
* Fixed some diffing issues with (ironically) text files.
* Better diff results for Scheme.
I'm flattered that SemanticDiff has a blog post comparing it with difftastic! https://semanticdiff.com/blog/semanticdiff-vs-difftastic/
It's a pretty even-handed post, and it touches on some of the different design decisions. For example, SemanticDiff considers 0xA and 10 to be the same when diffing.


