https://github.com/libgit2/xdiff
xdiff (from git)
https://github.com/libgit2/xdiff
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xdiff (from git)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/libgit2/xdiff
- Owner: libgit2
- License: other
- Created: 2023-05-11T20:55:02.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-02T22:45:48.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-26T19:44:25.716Z (3 months ago)
- Language: C
- Size: 53.7 KB
- Stars: 13
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 5
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: COPYING
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README
xdiff (via git)
===============
This is the version of the xdiff file differential library used by [git](https://github.com/git/git).
This project began life as [LibXDiff](http://www.xmailserver.org/xdiff-lib.html) by Davide Libenzi, but has been modified to suit the git project's needs. Some unnecessary functionality has been removed and some new functionality has been added.
Fundamentally, this library is _meant for git_ but has been extracted into a standalone library for compatibility with other git-like projects, for example, [libgit2](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2).
This repository tracks the git project as an upstream, and makes only minimal (with a goal of _zero_) changes to xdiff itself.
Inclusion in your application
-----------------------------
Although this project _is used by git_, it has no git-specific code explicitly inside it. git -- and other callers -- add application-specific code through the `git-xdiff.h` file. For example, if your application uses a custom `malloc`, then you can configure it in the `git-xdiff.h` file.
Contributions
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Contributions to improve the build or compatibility of this library _as a standalone work of art_ are welcome. Contributions that change the diff functionality, however, _[should be made to git project itself](https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/SubmittingPatches)_. (Once those changes land in git, thehy will be included here.)
Credits
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Many thanks to Davide Libenzi, the original author of LibXDiff, as well as the numerous contributors to git and libgit2 who have improved xdiff over the years.