3 files changed, 105 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/CMakeLists.txt b/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/CMakeLists.txt
index fe81fedda9..1276fc59cf 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 set(SOURCES
-    Hunks.cpp
     Format.cpp
+    Generator.cpp
+    Hunks.cpp
 )
 
 serenity_lib(LibDiff diff)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Generator.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Generator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8537e749be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Generator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Mustafa Quraish <mustafa@serenityos.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#include "Generator.h"
+
+namespace Diff {
+
+Vector<Hunk> from_text(StringView const& old_text, StringView const& new_text)
+{
+    auto old_lines = old_text.lines();
+    auto new_lines = new_text.lines();
+
+    /**
+     * This is a simple implementation of the Longest Common Subsequence algorithm (over
+     * the lines of the text as opposed to the characters). A Dynamic programming approach
+     * is used here.
+     */
+
+    enum class Direction {
+        Up,       // Added a new line
+        Left,     // Removed a line
+        Diagonal, // Line remained the same
+    };
+
+    // A single cell in the DP-matrix. Cell (i, j) represents the longest common
+    // sub-sequence of lines between old_lines[0 : i] and new_lines[0 : j].
+    struct Cell {
+        size_t length;
+        Direction direction;
+    };
+
+    auto dp_matrix = Vector<Cell>();
+    dp_matrix.resize((old_lines.size() + 1) * (new_lines.size() + 1));
+
+    auto dp = [&dp_matrix, width = old_lines.size() + 1](size_t i, size_t j) -> Cell& {
+        return dp_matrix[i + width * j];
+    };
+
+    // Initialize the first row and column
+    for (size_t i = 0; i <= old_lines.size(); ++i)
+        dp(i, 0) = { 0, Direction::Left };
+
+    for (size_t j = 0; j <= new_lines.size(); ++j)
+        dp(0, j) = { 0, Direction::Up };
+
+    // Fill in the rest of the DP table
+    for (size_t i = 1; i <= old_lines.size(); ++i) {
+        for (size_t j = 1; j <= new_lines.size(); ++j) {
+            if (old_lines[i - 1] == new_lines[j - 1]) {
+                dp(i, j) = { dp(i - 1, j - 1).length + 1, Direction::Diagonal };
+            } else {
+                auto up = dp(i, j - 1).length;
+                auto left = dp(i - 1, j).length;
+                if (up > left)
+                    dp(i, j) = { up, Direction::Up };
+                else
+                    dp(i, j) = { left, Direction::Left };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Vector<Hunk> hunks;
+    size_t i = old_lines.size();
+    size_t j = new_lines.size();
+
+    // FIXME: This creates a hunk per line, very inefficient.
+    while (i > 0 && j > 0) {
+        auto& cell = dp(i, j);
+        if (cell.direction == Direction::Up) {
+            --j;
+            hunks.append({ i, j, {}, { new_lines[j] } });
+        } else if (cell.direction == Direction::Left) {
+            --i;
+            hunks.append({ i, j, { old_lines[i] }, {} });
+        } else if (cell.direction == Direction::Diagonal) {
+            --i;
+            --j;
+        }
+    }
+
+    hunks.reverse();
+    return hunks;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Generator.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Generator.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..599cdd8461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Generator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Mustafa Quraish <mustafa@serenityos.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Hunks.h"
+
+namespace Diff {
+
+Vector<Hunk> from_text(StringView const& old_text, StringView const& new_text);
+
+}