lazarus/ide/diffpatch.pas

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{
 /***************************************************************************
   diffpatch.pas - functions to extract differences between texts
                   (diffs, patches) and apply them (patching).

 ***************************************************************************/

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  Author: Mattias Gaertner
  
  Abstract:
    Methods for creating diffs and ToDo: applying them (patching).

}
unit DiffPatch;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

interface

uses
  Classes, SysUtils, LCLProc;

type
  TTextDiffFlag = (
    tdfIgnoreCase,            // ignore case of letters
    tdfIgnoreEmptyLineChanges,// ignore if empty lines were added or removed
    tdfIgnoreHeadingSpaces,   // ignore spaces at start of line
    tdfIgnoreLineEnds,        // ignore if line end chars differ (e.g. #10 = #13#10)
    tdfIgnoreSpaceCharAmount, // ignore if space chars were added or removed
                              // except if all spaces were removed
    tdfIgnoreSpaceChars,      // ignore spaces (newline chars not included)
    tdfIgnoreTrailingSpaces   // ignore spaces at end of line
  );
  TTextDiffFlags = set of TTextDiffFlag;
  
  TTextDiffOutputType = (
    tdoContext,
    tdoRCS
    );

function CreateTextDiff(const Text1, Text2: string; Flags: TTextDiffFlags;
  OutputType: TTextDiffOutputType): string;

const
  TextDiffFlagNames: array[TTextDiffFlag] of string = (
    'IgnoreCase',
    'IgnoreEmptyLineChanges',
    'IgnoreHeadingSpaces',
    'IgnoreLineEnds',
    'IgnoreSpaceCharAmount',
    'IgnoreSpaceChars',
    'IgnoreTrailingSpaces'
    );
    

implementation


const
  LineBreak = #10;
  ContextLineCount = 3;

type
  TLineExtends = record
    LineStart: integer;
    LineEnd: integer;
    LineNumber: integer; // starting at 1
    NextLineStart: integer;
  end;
  
  TDiffPart = class
  public
    StartLine: integer; // starting at 1
    EndLine: integer;   // starting at 1
    Position: TLineExtends;
    Stream: TStream;
    destructor Destroy; override;
  end;
  
  TDiffOutput = class
  private
    Part1: TDiffPart;
    Part2: TDiffPart;
    procedure AddDefaultDiff(const Start1, End1: TLineExtends;
                             const Start2, End2: TLineExtends);
    procedure AddContextDiff(const Start1, End1: TLineExtends;
                             const Start2, End2: TLineExtends);
    procedure WriteLinesOfText(Stream: TStream; const s, Prefix: string;
                               const StartLine: TLineExtends; EndPos: integer);
    procedure StartContextBlock(const Start1, Start2: TLineExtends);
    procedure FinishOldContextBlock;
    procedure FinishDiff;
  public
    OutputType: TTextDiffOutputType;
    DiffStream: TStream;
    Text1: string;
    Text2: string;
    constructor Create(TheOutputType: TTextDiffOutputType);
    destructor Destroy; override;
    procedure AddRestDiff(const Start1: TLineExtends;
                          const Start2: TLineExtends);
    procedure AddDiff(const Start1, End1: TLineExtends;
                      const Start2, End2: TLineExtends);
    procedure SaveToString(var s: string);
  end;

{ TDiffPart }

destructor TDiffPart.Destroy;
begin
  Stream.Free;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

var
  IsSpaceChars: array[char] of boolean;
  UpperCaseChars: array[char] of char;

function TextToLine(const s: string): string;
var
  i: integer;
  OrdStr: string;
begin
  Result:=s;
  i:=1;
  while i<=length(Result) do begin
    if ord(Result[i])>=ord(' ') then begin
      inc(i);
    end else begin
      OrdStr:='#'+IntToStr(ord(Result[i]));
      Result:=LeftStr(Result,i-1)+OrdStr+RightStr(Result,length(Result)-i);
    end;
  end;
end;
  
function LineExtendsToStr(const LineExtends: TLineExtends;
  const s: string): string;
begin
  with LineExtends do
    Result:='(Start='+IntToStr(LineStart)+' End='+IntToStr(LineEnd)
      +' Next='+IntToStr(NextLineStart)+' Number='+IntToStr(LineNumber)
      +' Text="'+TextToLine(copy(s,LineStart,NextLineStart-LineStart))+'")';
end;

procedure GetLineExtends(const s: string; LineStart: integer;
  var LineEnd, NextLineStart: integer);
var Len: integer;
begin
  Len:=length(s);
  LineEnd:=LineStart;
  while (LineEnd<=Len) do begin
    if (not (s[LineEnd] in [#10,#13])) then begin
      inc(LineEnd);
    end else begin
      NextLineStart:=LineEnd+1;
      if (NextLineStart<=Len) and (s[NextLineStart] in [#10,#13])
      and (s[LineEnd]<>s[NextLineStart]) then
        inc(NextLineStart);
      exit;
    end;
  end;
  // this was the last line and it has no line end
  NextLineStart:=LineEnd;
end;

procedure GetLineExtends(const s: string; var LineExtends: TLineExtends);
begin
  GetLineExtends(s,LineExtends.LineStart,LineExtends.LineEnd,
                 LineExtends.NextLineStart);
end;

procedure GetPrevLineExtends(const s: string; LineStart: integer;
  var PrevLineStart, PrevLineEnd: integer);
begin
  // read line end
  PrevLineEnd:=LineStart;
  if (PrevLineEnd>1) and (s[PrevLineEnd-1] in [#10,#13]) then
    dec(PrevLineEnd);
  if (PrevLineEnd>1) and (s[PrevLineEnd-1] in [#10,#13])
  and (s[PrevLineEnd]<>s[PrevLineEnd-1]) then
    dec(PrevLineEnd);
  // read line content
  PrevLineStart:=PrevLineEnd;
  while (PrevLineStart>1) and (not (s[PrevLineStart-1] in [#10,#13])) do
    dec(PrevLineStart);
end;

procedure GetPrevLineExtends(const s: string; var LineExtends: TLineExtends);
begin
  if LineExtends.LineStart<1 then exit;
  LineExtends.NextLineStart:=LineExtends.LineStart;
  GetPrevLineExtends(s,LineExtends.LineStart,LineExtends.LineStart,
                     LineExtends.LineEnd);
  dec(LineExtends.LineNumber);
end;

function CountLineEnds(const s: string; StartPos, EndPos: integer): integer;
begin
  Result:=0;
  while (StartPos<EndPos) do begin
    if not (s[StartPos] in [#10,#13]) then begin
      inc(StartPos);
    end else begin
      inc(Result);
      inc(StartPos);
      if (StartPos<EndPos) and (s[StartPos] in [#10,#13])
      and (s[StartPos]<>s[StartPos-1]) then
        inc(StartPos);
    end;
  end;
end;

function CountLinesTillEnd(const s: string; StartPos: integer): integer;
var Len: integer;
begin
  Len:=length(s);
  Result:=CountLineEnds(s,StartPos,Len+1);
  if (StartPos<=Len) and (not (s[Len] in [#10,#13])) then
    inc(Result);
end;

function IsEmptyLine(const s: string; LineStart, LineEnd: integer;
  Flags: TTextDiffFlags): boolean;
var
  i: integer;
begin
  if LineStart<=length(s) then begin
    if ([tdfIgnoreSpaceCharAmount,tdfIgnoreSpaceChars,tdfIgnoreHeadingSpaces,
      tdfIgnoreTrailingSpaces]*Flags)<>[] then
    begin
      Result:=true;
      for i:=LineStart to LineEnd-1 do begin
        if not IsSpaceChars[s[i]] then begin
          Result:=false;
          exit;
        end;
      end;
    end else begin
      Result:=(LineEnd=LineStart);
    end;
  end else begin
    Result:=true;
    exit;
  end;
end;

function GotoNextLine(var LineExtends: TLineExtends): boolean;
begin
  with LineExtends do begin
    if LineStart<NextLineStart then begin
      inc(LineNumber);
      LineStart:=NextLineStart;
      Result:=true;
    end else
      Result:=false;
  end;
end;

function LinesAreEqual(
  const Text1: string; Line1Start, Line1End, NextLine1Start: integer;
  const Text2: string; Line2Start, Line2End, NextLine2Start: integer;
  Flags: TTextDiffFlags): boolean;
var
  Start1, End1, Pos1,
  Start2, End2, Pos2: integer;
begin
  Start1:=Line1Start;
  End1:=Line1End;
  Start2:=Line2Start;
  End2:=Line2End;
  if [tdfIgnoreHeadingSpaces,tdfIgnoreSpaceChars]*Flags<>[] then begin
    // ignore spaces at start of line
    while (Start1<End1) and IsSpaceChars[Text1[Start1]] do inc(Start1);
    while (Start2<End2) and IsSpaceChars[Text2[Start2]] do inc(Start2);
  end;
  if [tdfIgnoreTrailingSpaces,tdfIgnoreSpaceChars]*Flags<>[] then begin
    // ignore spaces at end of line
    while (Start1<End1) and IsSpaceChars[Text1[End1-1]] do dec(End1);
    while (Start2<End2) and IsSpaceChars[Text2[End2-1]] do dec(End2);
  end;
  
  // compare line content (i.e. the chars without the line end)
  Pos1:=Start1;
  Pos2:=Start2;
  while (Pos1<End1) and (Pos2<End2) do begin
    if not IsSpaceChars[Text1[Pos1]] then begin
      // Text1 contains a normal char
      if not IsSpaceChars[Text2[Pos2]] then begin
        // Text2 contains a normal char
        if tdfIgnoreCase in Flags then begin
          // compare case insensitive
          if UpperCaseChars[Text1[Pos1]]=UpperCaseChars[Text2[Pos2]] then begin
            // no diff -> proceed with next chars
            inc(Pos1);
            inc(Pos2);
          end else begin
            // diff found -> lines differ
            Result:=false;
            exit;
          end;
        end else begin
          // compare case sensitive
          if Text1[Pos1]=Text2[Pos2] then begin
            // no diff -> proceed with next chars
            inc(Pos1);
            inc(Pos2);
          end else begin
            // diff found -> lines differ
            Result:=false;
            exit;
          end;
        end;
      end else begin
        // Text2 contains a space
        if not (tdfIgnoreSpaceChars in Flags) then begin
          // diff found -> lines differ
          Result:=false;
          exit;
        end else begin
          // skip all spaces in Text2 and proceed the search
          repeat
            inc(Pos2);
          until (Pos2>=End2) or (not IsSpaceChars[Text2[Pos2]]);
        end;
      end;
    end else begin
      // Text1 contains a space
      if not IsSpaceChars[Text2[Pos2]] then begin
        // Text2 contains a normal char
        if not (tdfIgnoreSpaceChars in Flags) then begin
          // diff found -> lines differ
          Result:=false;
          exit;
        end else begin
          // skip all spaces in Text1 and proceed the search
          repeat
            inc(Pos1);
          until (Pos1>=End1) or (not IsSpaceChars[Text1[Pos1]]);
        end;
      end else begin
        // Text2 contains a space
        if [tdfIgnoreSpaceChars,tdfIgnoreSpaceCharAmount]*Flags<>[] then begin
          // skip all spaces in Text1 and Text2 and proceed the search
          repeat
            inc(Pos1);
          until (Pos1>=End1) or (not IsSpaceChars[Text1[Pos1]]);
          repeat
            inc(Pos2);
          until (Pos2>=End2) or (not IsSpaceChars[Text2[Pos2]]);
        end else begin
          // compare the space chars
          if Text1[Pos1]=Text2[Pos2] then begin
            // no diff -> proceed with next chars
            inc(Pos1);
            inc(Pos2);
          end else begin
            // diff found -> lines differ
            Result:=false;
            exit;
          end;
        end;
      end;
    end;
  end;
  if (Pos1<End1) or (Pos2<End2) then begin
    // one line is longer -> lines differ
    Result:=false;
    exit;
  end;
  // compare line ends
  if not (tdfIgnoreLineEnds in Flags) then begin
    Pos1:=Line1End;
    Pos2:=Line2End;
    while (Pos1<NextLine1Start) and (Pos2<NextLine2Start)
    and (Text1[Pos1]=Text2[Pos2]) do begin
      inc(Pos1);
      inc(Pos2);
    end;
    Result:=(Pos1=NextLine1Start) and (Pos2=NextLine2Start);
  end else begin
    Result:=true;
  end;
end;

function LinesAreEqual(
  const Text1: string; const Line1Extends: TLineExtends;
  const Text2: string; const Line2Extends: TLineExtends;
  Flags: TTextDiffFlags): boolean;
begin
  Result:=LinesAreEqual(Text1,Line1Extends.LineStart,Line1Extends.LineEnd,
                              Line1Extends.NextLineStart,
                        Text2,Line2Extends.LineStart,Line2Extends.LineEnd,
                              Line2Extends.NextLineStart,
                        Flags);
end;

procedure GetNextLineExtends(const s: string;
  var LineStart, LineEnd, NextLineStart, LineNumber: integer;
  Flags: TTextDiffFlags);
var Len: integer;
begin
  Len:=length(s);
  repeat
    GetLineExtends(s,LineStart,LineEnd,NextLineStart);
    if (LineStart>Len)
    or (not (tdfIgnoreEmptyLineChanges in Flags))
    or (not IsEmptyLine(s,LineStart,LineEnd,Flags)) then
      break;
    LineStart:=NextLineStart;
    inc(LineNumber);
  until false;
end;

procedure GetNextLineExtends(const s: string;
  var LineExtends: TLineExtends; Flags: TTextDiffFlags);
begin
  GetNextLineExtends(s,LineExtends.LineStart,LineExtends.LineEnd,
                     LineExtends.NextLineStart,LineExtends.LineNumber,
                     Flags);
end;

procedure WriteStrToStream(Stream: TStream; const s: string);
begin
  if s='' then exit;
  Stream.Write(s[1],length(s));
end;

procedure WriteLineToStream(Stream: TStream; const Source: string;
  const Line: TLineExtends);
begin
  if (Source='') or (Line.LineStart=Line.NextLineStart) then exit;
  Stream.Write(Source[Line.LineStart],Line.NextLineStart-Line.LineStart);
end;

procedure FindNextEqualLine(
  const Text1: string; const Start1: TLineExtends;
  const Text2: string; const Start2: TLineExtends;
  Flags: TTextDiffFlags;
  var EqualLine1, EqualLine2: TLineExtends
  );
var
  Max1, Max2, Cur1, Cur2: TLineExtends;
begin
  //writeln('FindNextEqualLine A ');
  Max1:=Start1;
  Max2:=Start2;

  Cur1:=Start1;
  Cur2:=Start2;
  try
    if LinesAreEqual(Text1,Cur1,Text2,Cur2,Flags)
    and (not IsEmptyLine(Text1,Cur1.LineStart,Cur1.LineEnd,Flags)) then begin
      //writeln('FindNextEqualLine B :');
      //writeln('  1 ',LineExtendsToStr(Cur1,Text1));
      //writeln('  2 ',LineExtendsToStr(Cur2,Text2));
      exit;
    end;
    repeat
      // increase Max1
      if GotoNextLine(Max1) then begin
        GetLineExtends(Text1,Max1);
        // search Max1 Line in Text2
        if Max1.LineStart<Max1.NextLineStart then begin
          Cur1:=Max1;
          Cur2:=Start2;
          repeat
            if LinesAreEqual(Text1,Cur1,Text2,Cur2,Flags)
            and (not IsEmptyLine(Text1,Cur1.LineStart,Cur1.LineEnd,Flags)) then
              exit;
            if Cur2.LineStart>=Max2.LineStart then break;
            Cur2.LineStart:=Cur2.NextLineStart;
            inc(Cur2.LineNumber);
            GetLineExtends(Text2,Cur2);
          until false;
        end;
      end;
      // increase Max2
      if GotoNextLine(Max2) then begin
        GetLineExtends(Text2,Max2);
        // search Max2 Line in Text1
        if Max2.LineStart<Max2.NextLineStart then begin
          Cur1:=Start1;
          Cur2:=Max2;
          repeat
            if LinesAreEqual(Text1,Cur1,Text2,Cur2,Flags)
            and (not IsEmptyLine(Text1,Cur1.LineStart,Cur1.LineEnd,Flags)) then
              exit;
            if Cur1.LineStart>=Max1.LineStart then break;
            Cur1.LineStart:=Cur1.NextLineStart;
            inc(Cur1.LineNumber);
            GetLineExtends(Text1,Cur1);
          until false;
        end;
      end;
    until (Max1.LineStart>=Max1.NextLineStart)
      and (Max2.LineStart>=Max2.NextLineStart);
    // no equal line found
    Cur1:=Max1;
    Cur2:=Max2;
  finally
    repeat
      EqualLine1:=Cur1;
      EqualLine2:=Cur2;
      // chomp empty lines at end
      GetPrevLineExtends(Text1,Cur1);
      GetPrevLineExtends(Text2,Cur2);
    until not LinesAreEqual(Text1,Cur1,Text2,Cur2,Flags);
  end;
end;

function CreateTextDiff(const Text1, Text2: string; Flags: TTextDiffFlags;
  OutputType: TTextDiffOutputType): string;
var
  Line1, Line2, EqualLine1, EqualLine2: TLineExtends;
  Len1, Len2: integer;
  DiffOutput: TDiffOutput;
begin
  Result := '';
  DiffOutput:=TDiffOutput.Create(OutputType);
  DiffOutput.Text1:=Text1;
  DiffOutput.Text2:=Text2;
  try
    try
      Len1:=length(Text1);
      Len2:=length(Text2);
      Line1.LineStart:=1;
      Line1.LineNumber:=1;
      Line2.LineStart:=1;
      Line2.LineNumber:=1;
      repeat
        // search for a difference line ...
        repeat
          // skip empty lines in Text1 and get line1 extends ...
          GetNextLineExtends(Text1,Line1,Flags);
          // skip empty lines in Text2 and get line2 extends ...
          GetNextLineExtends(Text2,Line2,Flags);
          // skip equal lines ...
          if (Line1.LineStart<=Len1) and (Line2.LineStart<=Len2) then begin
            if not LinesAreEqual(Text1,Line1,Text2,Line2,Flags)
            then
              break;
            Line1.LineStart:=Line1.NextLineStart;
            inc(Line1.LineNumber);
            Line2.LineStart:=Line2.NextLineStart;
            inc(Line2.LineNumber);
          end else begin
            if (Line1.LineStart<=Len1) or (Line2.LineStart<=Len2) then begin
              // one text is longer than the other
              DiffOutput.AddRestDiff(Line1,Line2);
            end else begin
              // no more diff found
            end;
            exit;
          end;
        until false;
        // difference line found -> search next equal line
        FindNextEqualLine(Text1,Line1, Text2,Line2, Flags, EqualLine1,EqualLine2);
        DiffOutput.AddDiff(Line1,EqualLine1, Line2,EqualLine2);
        // continue the search ...
        Line1:=EqualLine1;
        GotoNextLine(Line1);
        Line2:=EqualLine2;
        GotoNextLine(Line2);
      until false;
    except
      on E: Exception do begin
        DebugLn('CreateTextDiff ',E.Message);
      end;
    end;
  finally
    DiffOutput.SaveToString(Result);
    DiffOutput.Free;
  end;
end;

{ TDiffOutput }

procedure TDiffOutput.AddRestDiff(
  const Start1: TLineExtends;
  const Start2: TLineExtends);
var
  End1, End2: TLineExtends;
begin
  End1.LineStart:=length(Text1)+1;
  End1.LineEnd:=End1.LineStart;
  End1.NextLineStart:=End1.LineStart;
  End1.LineNumber:=Start1.LineNumber+CountLinesTillEnd(Text1,Start1.LineStart);
  End2.LineStart:=length(Text2)+1;
  End2.LineEnd:=End2.LineStart;
  End2.NextLineStart:=End2.LineStart;
  End2.LineNumber:=Start2.LineNumber+CountLinesTillEnd(Text2,Start2.LineStart);
  AddDiff(Start1,End1,  Start2,End2);
end;

procedure TDiffOutput.AddDiff(
  const Start1, End1: TLineExtends;
  const Start2, End2: TLineExtends);
begin
  if (Start1.LineStart>length(Text1))
  and (Start2.LineStart>length(Text2)) then
    // no diff
    exit;
  case OutputType of
  tdoContext:
    AddContextDiff(Start1,End1,Start2,End2);
  else
    AddDefaultDiff(Start1,End1,Start2,End2);
  end;
end;

procedure TDiffOutput.SaveToString(var s: string);
begin
  FinishDiff;
  SetLength(s,DiffStream.Size);
  DiffStream.Position:=0;
  if s<>'' then
    DiffStream.Read(s[1],length(s));
end;

procedure TDiffOutput.WriteLinesOfText(Stream: TStream;
  const s, Prefix: string;
  const StartLine: TLineExtends; EndPos: integer);
{ Write all lines in front of EndLine, starting with StartLine
}
var
  Line: TLineExtends;
begin
  Line:=StartLine;
  while (Line.LineStart<EndPos) do begin
    WriteStrToStream(Stream,Prefix);
    if (Line.LineEnd>Line.LineStart) then
      Stream.Write(s[Line.LineStart],Line.LineEnd-Line.LineStart);
    if (Line.NextLineStart>Line.LineEnd) then
      Stream.Write(s[Line.LineEnd],Line.NextLineStart-Line.LineEnd)
    else begin
      WriteStrToStream(Stream,LineBreak);
      WriteStrToStream(Stream,'\ No newline at end');
      WriteStrToStream(Stream,LineBreak);
    end;
    if not GotoNextLine(Line) then break;
    GetLineExtends(s,Line);
  end;
end;

procedure TDiffOutput.StartContextBlock(const Start1, Start2: TLineExtends);

  procedure InitPart(const Part: TDiffPart; const Source: string;
    StartExt: TLineExtends);
  begin
    if Part.Stream=nil then
      Part.Stream:=TMemoryStream.Create
    else
      Part.Stream.Size:=0;
    Part.StartLine:=StartExt.LineNumber-ContextLineCount;
    if Part.StartLine<1 then Part.StartLine:=1;
    Part.Position:=StartExt;
    while Part.Position.LineNumber>Part.StartLine do
      GetPrevLineExtends(Source,Part.Position);
  end;

begin
  FinishOldContextBlock;
  WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,'***************'+LineBreak);
  InitPart(Part1,Text1,Start1);
  InitPart(Part2,Text2,Start2);
end;

procedure TDiffOutput.FinishOldContextBlock;

  procedure WritePart(const Part: TDiffPart;
    const Source, HeaderPrefix, HeaderSuffix: string);
  begin
    // check if part contains any changed lines
    if Part.Position.LineNumber>Part.StartLine then begin
      // part contains changed lines -> append end context
      while (Part.Position.LineNumber<=Part.EndLine)
      and (Part.Position.LineStart<length(Source)) do begin
        WriteLinesOfText(Part.Stream,Source,'  ',Part.Position,
                         Part.Position.NextLineStart);
        if not GotoNextLine(Part.Position) then break;
        GetLineExtends(Source,Part.Position);
      end;
    end else begin
      // part does not contain changed lines -> skip
    end;

    Part.Stream.Position:=0;

    // write part
    WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,
            HeaderPrefix
            +IntToStr(Part.StartLine)+','+IntToStr(Part.EndLine)
            +HeaderSuffix+LineBreak);
    if Part.Stream.Size<>0 then
      DiffStream.CopyFrom(Part.Stream,Part.Stream.Size);
  end;

begin
  if Part1.Stream<>nil then begin
    WritePart(Part1,Text1,'*** ',' ****');
    WritePart(Part2,Text2,'--- ',' ----');
  end;
end;

procedure TDiffOutput.FinishDiff;
begin
  case OutputType of
  tdoContext: FinishOldContextBlock;
  end;
end;

procedure TDiffOutput.AddDefaultDiff(
  const Start1, End1: TLineExtends;
  const Start2, End2: TLineExtends);
{ Start1/2 is the first line that is different
  End1/2 is the first line that is equal

  The diff output:
    - There are three types of diffs: insertions, deletions and replacements
    - Insertions:
      - An insertion/addition starts with a
        <lines>a<lines>
        followed by the lines of text 2.
      - A deletion starts with a
        <lines>d<lines>
        followed by the lines of text 1.
      - A replacement/change starts with a
        <lines>c<lines>
        followed by the lines of text 1, folowed by
        ---
        followed by the lines of text 2.
    - <lines> can be single decimal number or a range. For example:
       1
       2,3
    - The lines of text 1 are always prefixed with '< '
      If the lines of text 1 do not end with a newline char it ends with a line
      \ No newline at end
    - The lines of text 2 are always prefixed with '> '
      If the lines of text 1 do not end with a newline char it ends with a line
      \ No newline at end
}
var
  DiffStartLine1, DiffEndLine1: integer;
  DiffStartLine2, DiffEndLine2: integer;
  ActionChar: char;

  procedure WriteActionLine;
  begin
    // write line numbers of text 1
    WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,IntToStr(DiffStartLine1));
    if DiffEndLine1>DiffStartLine1 then begin
      WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,',');
      WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,IntToStr(DiffEndLine1));
    end;
    // write action character 'a', 'd' or 'c'
    if (Start1.LineStart<End1.LineStart) then begin
      // part of text 1 is replaced
      if (Start2.LineStart<End2.LineStart) then
        ActionChar:='c'  // replacement
      else
        ActionChar:='d'; // deletion
    end else begin
      // insertion
      ActionChar:='a';
    end;
    DiffStream.Write(ActionChar,1);
    // write line numbers of text 2
    WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,IntToStr(DiffStartLine2));
    if DiffEndLine2>DiffStartLine2 then begin
      WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,',');
      WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,IntToStr(DiffEndLine2));
    end;
    // write <newline>
    WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,LineBreak);
  end;

begin
  DiffStartLine1:=Start1.LineNumber;
  DiffEndLine1:=End1.LineNumber-1;
  if DiffStartLine1>DiffEndLine1 then
    DiffStartLine1:=DiffEndLine1;
  DiffStartLine2:=Start2.LineNumber;
  DiffEndLine2:=End2.LineNumber-1;
  if DiffStartLine2>DiffEndLine2 then
    DiffStartLine2:=DiffEndLine2;
  WriteActionLine;
  WriteLinesOfText(DiffStream,Text1,'< ',Start1,End1.LineStart);
  if ActionChar='c' then begin
    WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,'---');
    WriteStrToStream(DiffStream,LineBreak);
  end;
  WriteLinesOfText(DiffStream,Text2,'> ',Start2,End2.LineStart);
end;

procedure TDiffOutput.AddContextDiff(
  const Start1, End1: TLineExtends;
  const Start2, End2: TLineExtends);
{ Start1/2 is the first line that is different
  End1/2 is the first line that is equal

  The diff output:
    - Every diff block starts with 15 stars
      ***************
    - Every diff block has two parts. One for each text.
    - The first text part starts with
      *** StartLine,EndLine ****
    - The second text part starts with
      --- StartLine,EndLine ----
    - In front of and behind each changed line there are unchanged line. These
      lines are the context.
    - At the beginning and at the end there are at least
      ContextLineCount number of unchanged lines.
    - Between two changed lines there are at most 2x ContextLineCount number of
      unchanged lines. If there are too many, the a new block is started
    - Changed lines starts with '! ', unchanged with '  '.
    - If a part contains no changed lines, its lines can be left out
}

  procedure WritePart(Part: TDiffPart; const Source: string;
    const StartExt, EndExt: TLineExtends; OtherPartHasChangedLines: boolean;
    CharForInsertDeletion: char);
  begin
    // check if there are changed lines
    if StartExt.LineStart<EndExt.LineStart then begin
      // write lines
      while Part.Position.LineStart<EndExt.LineStart do begin
        if Part.Position.LineStart<StartExt.LineStart then
          // this is an unchanged line in front of the changed lines
          WriteStrToStream(Part.Stream,'  ')
        else begin
          // this is a changed line
          if OtherPartHasChangedLines then
            WriteStrToStream(Part.Stream,'! ')
          else
            WriteStrToStream(Part.Stream,CharForInsertDeletion+' ');
        end;
        WriteLineToStream(Part.Stream,Source,Part.Position);
        if not GotoNextLine(Part.Position) then break;
        GetLineExtends(Source,Part.Position);
      end;
    end;
  end;

var
  Part1HasChangedLines: boolean;
  Part2HasChangedLines: boolean;
begin
  if (Part1.Stream<>nil)
  and (Start1.LineNumber-ContextLineCount<=Part1.EndLine-1)
  and (Start2.LineNumber-ContextLineCount<=Part2.EndLine-1) then begin
    // append the new difference
  end else begin
    // start a new block
    StartContextBlock(Start1,Start2);
  end;
  Part1.EndLine:=End1.LineNumber+ContextLineCount-1;
  Part2.EndLine:=End2.LineNumber+ContextLineCount-1;
  Part1HasChangedLines:=End1.LineStart>Start1.LineStart;
  Part2HasChangedLines:=End2.LineStart>Start2.LineStart;
  WritePart(Part1,Text1,Start1,End1,Part2HasChangedLines,'-');
  WritePart(Part2,Text2,Start2,End2,Part1HasChangedLines,'+');
end;

constructor TDiffOutput.Create(TheOutputType: TTextDiffOutputType);
begin
  OutputType:=TheOutputType;
  DiffStream:=TMemoryStream.Create;
  Part1:=TDiffPart.Create;
  Part2:=TDiffPart.Create;
end;

destructor TDiffOutput.Destroy;
begin
  DiffStream.Free;
  Part1.Free;
  Part2.Free;
  inherited Destroy;
end;


//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
procedure InternalInit;
var c: char;
begin
  for c:=Low(char) to High(char) do begin
    IsSpaceChars[c]:=c in [' ',#9];
    UpperCaseChars[c]:=upcase(c);
  end;
end;

initialization
  InternalInit;

finalization


end.