How to set diff options (--compaction-heuristic) in gitk

Question

The git 2.9 release came with an experimental diff algorithm --compaction-heuristic. I've set up git, and git gui to use this.

However I can't figure out how to configure gitk to use this option. I'm aware of the .gitk config file, but I can't figure out how configure diff options.

Answer 1

Setting diff.compactionHeuristic true in your git config should be picked up by gitk.

git config --global diff.compactionHeuristic true