Git uses a delta compression to store objects that are similar to each-other. Is this algorithm standardized and used in other tools as well? Is there documentation describing the format? Is it c...

Git uses a delta compression to store objects that are similar to each-other. Is this algorithm standardized and used in other tools as well? Is there documentation describing the format? Is it c...

I've been looking like crazy for an explanation of a diff algorithm that works and is efficient. The closest I got is this link to RFC 3284 (from several Eric Sink blog posts), which describe...