From 9e6169695de7777dfa5d149cc7ab97e6c41713d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kenneth Benzie (Benie)" <benie@infektor.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 11:30:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use the patience diff method

---
 plugin/settings.vim | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugin/settings.vim b/plugin/settings.vim
index 50e0983..0412abe 100644
--- a/plugin/settings.vim
+++ b/plugin/settings.vim
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ set modeline
 " Don't redraw during execution macros, registers, commands, etc.
 set lazyredraw
 
+" When in diff mode, use the patience algorithm for more readable diffs.
+if &diff
+  set diffopt+=algorithm:patience
+endif
+
 " Allow color schemes to do bright colors without forcing bold
 if &t_Co == 8 && $TERM !~# '^linux\|^Eterm'
   set t_Co=16