patch 8.1.0360: using an external diff program is slow and inflexible commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e828b7621cf9065a3582be0c4dd1e0e846e335bf Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Sep 10 17:51:58 2018 +0200 patch 8.1.0360: using an external diff program is slow and inflexible Problem: Using an external diff program is slow and inflexible. Solution: Include the xdiff library. (Christian Brabandt, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2732) Use it by default.