From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:26:56 GMT
Subject: inconsistent order of --diff-algorithm variants in man pages
Message-ID: <20260608112656.GI1082778@cventin.lip.ens-lyon.fr>

In Documentation/diff-algorithm-option.adoc, which is used by the
git-blame(1) and git-diff(1) man pages:

`--diff-algorithm=(patience|minimal|histogram|myers)`::
        Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
+
--
   `default`;;
   `myers`;;
        The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.
   `minimal`;;
        Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
        produced.
   `patience`;;
        Use "patience diff" algorithm when generating patches.
   `histogram`;;
        This algorithm extends the patience algorithm to "support
        low-occurrence common elements".
--

I think that using the same order in the --diff-algorithm line and
in the description that follows would be better, i.e.

  --diff-algorithm=(myers|minimal|patience|histogram)

FYI, the text was added in 07924d4d50e5304fb53eb60aaba8aef31d4c4e5e
in 2013, but without any explanation on this difference.

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