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+# -*- ruby encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+module Diff; end unless defined? Diff
+# == How Diff Works (by Mark-Jason Dominus)
+#
+# I once read an article written by the authors of +diff+; they said that
+# they hard worked very hard on the algorithm until they found the right
+# one.
+#
+# I think what they ended up using (and I hope someone will correct me,
+# because I am not very confident about this) was the `longest common
+# subsequence' method. In the LCS problem, you have two sequences of items:
+#
+#    a b c d f g h j q z
+#    a b c d e f g i j k r x y z
+#
+# and you want to find the longest sequence of items that is present in both
+# original sequences in the same order. That is, you want to find a new
+# sequence *S* which can be obtained from the first sequence by deleting
+# some items, and from the second sequence by deleting other items. You also
+# want *S* to be as long as possible. In this case *S* is:
+#
+#    a b c d f g j z
+#
+# From there it's only a small step to get diff-like output:
+#
+#    e   h i   k   q r x y
+#    +   - +   +   - + + +
+#
+# This module solves the LCS problem. It also includes a canned function to
+# generate +diff+-like output.
+#
+# It might seem from the example above that the LCS of two sequences is
+# always pretty obvious, but that's not always the case, especially when the
+# two sequences have many repeated elements. For example, consider
+#
+#    a x b y c z p d q
+#    a b c a x b y c z
+#
+# A naive approach might start by matching up the +a+ and +b+ that appear at
+# the beginning of each sequence, like this:
+#
+#    a x b y c         z p d q
+#    a   b   c a b y c z
+#
+# This finds the common subsequence +a b c z+. But actually, the LCS is +a x
+# b y c z+:
+#
+#          a x b y c z p d q
+#    a b c a x b y c z
+module Diff::LCS
+  VERSION = '1.3'
+end
+
+require 'diff/lcs/callbacks'
+require 'diff/lcs/internals'
+
+module Diff::LCS
+  # Returns an Array containing the longest common subsequence(s) between
+  # +self+ and +other+. See Diff::LCS#LCS.
+  #
+  #   lcs = seq1.lcs(seq2)
+  def lcs(other, &block) #:yields self[i] if there are matched subsequences:
+    Diff::LCS.lcs(self, other, &block)
+  end
+
+  # Returns the difference set between +self+ and +other+. See
+  # Diff::LCS#diff.
+  def diff(other, callbacks = nil, &block)
+    Diff::LCS.diff(self, other, callbacks, &block)
+  end
+
+  # Returns the balanced ("side-by-side") difference set between +self+ and
+  # +other+. See Diff::LCS#sdiff.
+  def sdiff(other, callbacks = nil, &block)
+    Diff::LCS.sdiff(self, other, callbacks, &block)
+  end
+
+  # Traverses the discovered longest common subsequences between +self+ and
+  # +other+. See Diff::LCS#traverse_sequences.
+  def traverse_sequences(other, callbacks = nil, &block)
+    traverse_sequences(self, other, callbacks ||
+                       Diff::LCS.YieldingCallbacks, &block)
+  end
+
+  # Traverses the discovered longest common subsequences between +self+ and
+  # +other+ using the alternate, balanced algorithm. See
+  # Diff::LCS#traverse_balanced.
+  def traverse_balanced(other, callbacks = nil, &block)
+    traverse_balanced(self, other, callbacks ||
+                      Diff::LCS.YieldingCallbacks, &block)
+  end
+
+  # Attempts to patch +self+ with the provided +patchset+. A new sequence
+  # based on +self+ and the +patchset+ will be created. See Diff::LCS#patch.
+  # Attempts to autodiscover the direction of the patch.
+  def patch(patchset)
+    Diff::LCS.patch(self, patchset)
+  end
+  alias_method :unpatch, :patch
+
+  # Attempts to patch +self+ with the provided +patchset+. A new sequence
+  # based on +self+ and the +patchset+ will be created. See Diff::LCS#patch.
+  # Does no patch direction autodiscovery.
+  def patch!(patchset)
+    Diff::LCS.patch!(self, patchset)
+  end
+
+  # Attempts to unpatch +self+ with the provided +patchset+. A new sequence
+  # based on +self+ and the +patchset+ will be created. See Diff::LCS#unpatch.
+  # Does no patch direction autodiscovery.
+  def unpatch!(patchset)
+    Diff::LCS.unpatch!(self, patchset)
+  end
+
+  # Attempts to patch +self+ with the provided +patchset+, using #patch!. If
+  # the sequence this is used on supports #replace, the value of +self+ will
+  # be replaced. See Diff::LCS#patch. Does no patch direction autodiscovery.
+  def patch_me(patchset)
+    if respond_to? :replace
+      replace(patch!(patchset))
+    else
+      patch!(patchset)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Attempts to unpatch +self+ with the provided +patchset+, using
+  # #unpatch!. If the sequence this is used on supports #replace, the value
+  # of +self+ will be replaced. See Diff::LCS#unpatch. Does no patch direction
+  # autodiscovery.
+  def unpatch_me(patchset)
+    if respond_to? :replace
+      replace(unpatch!(patchset))
+    else
+      unpatch!(patchset)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class << Diff::LCS
+  def lcs(seq1, seq2, &block) #:yields seq1[i] for each matched:
+    matches = Diff::LCS::Internals.lcs(seq1, seq2)
+    ret = []
+    string = seq1.kind_of? String
+    matches.each_with_index do |e, i|
+      unless matches[i].nil?
+        v = string ? seq1[i, 1] : seq1[i]
+        v = block[v] if block
+        ret << v
+      end
+    end
+    ret
+  end
+  alias_method :LCS, :lcs
+
+  # #diff computes the smallest set of additions and deletions necessary to
+  # turn the first sequence into the second, and returns a description of
+  # these changes.
+  #
+  # See Diff::LCS::DiffCallbacks for the default behaviour. An alternate
+  # behaviour may be implemented with Diff::LCS::ContextDiffCallbacks. If a
+  # Class argument is provided for +callbacks+, #diff will attempt to
+  # initialise it. If the +callbacks+ object (possibly initialised) responds
+  # to #finish, it will be called.
+  def diff(seq1, seq2, callbacks = nil, &block) # :yields diff changes:
+    diff_traversal(:diff, seq1, seq2, callbacks || Diff::LCS::DiffCallbacks,
+                   &block)
+  end
+
+  # #sdiff computes all necessary components to show two sequences and their
+  # minimized differences side by side, just like the Unix utility
+  # <em>sdiff</em> does:
+  #
+  #     old        <     -
+  #     same             same
+  #     before     |     after
+  #     -          >     new
+  #
+  # See Diff::LCS::SDiffCallbacks for the default behaviour. An alternate
+  # behaviour may be implemented with Diff::LCS::ContextDiffCallbacks. If a
+  # Class argument is provided for +callbacks+, #diff will attempt to
+  # initialise it. If the +callbacks+ object (possibly initialised) responds
+  # to #finish, it will be called.
+  def sdiff(seq1, seq2, callbacks = nil, &block) #:yields diff changes:
+    diff_traversal(:sdiff, seq1, seq2, callbacks || Diff::LCS::SDiffCallbacks,
+                   &block)
+  end
+
+  # #traverse_sequences is the most general facility provided by this
+  # module; #diff and #lcs are implemented as calls to it.
+  #
+  # The arguments to #traverse_sequences are the two sequences to traverse,
+  # and a callback object, like this:
+  #
+  #   traverse_sequences(seq1, seq2, Diff::LCS::ContextDiffCallbacks.new)
+  #
+  # == Callback Methods
+  #
+  # Optional callback methods are <em>emphasized</em>.
+  #
+  # callbacks#match::               Called when +a+ and +b+ are pointing to
+  #                                 common elements in +A+ and +B+.
+  # callbacks#discard_a::           Called when +a+ is pointing to an
+  #                                 element not in +B+.
+  # callbacks#discard_b::           Called when +b+ is pointing to an
+  #                                 element not in +A+.
+  # <em>callbacks#finished_a</em>:: Called when +a+ has reached the end of
+  #                                 sequence +A+.
+  # <em>callbacks#finished_b</em>:: Called when +b+ has reached the end of
+  #                                 sequence +B+.
+  #
+  # == Algorithm
+  #
+  #       a---+
+  #           v
+  #       A = a b c e h j l m n p
+  #       B = b c d e f j k l m r s t
+  #           ^
+  #       b---+
+  #
+  # If there are two arrows (+a+ and +b+) pointing to elements of sequences
+  # +A+ and +B+, the arrows will initially point to the first elements of
+  # their respective sequences. #traverse_sequences will advance the arrows
+  # through the sequences one element at a time, calling a method on the
+  # user-specified callback object before each advance. It will advance the
+  # arrows in such a way that if there are elements <tt>A[i]</tt> and
+  # <tt>B[j]</tt> which are both equal and part of the longest common
+  # subsequence, there will be some moment during the execution of
+  # #traverse_sequences when arrow +a+ is pointing to <tt>A[i]</tt> and
+  # arrow +b+ is pointing to <tt>B[j]</tt>. When this happens,
+  # #traverse_sequences will call <tt>callbacks#match</tt> and then it will
+  # advance both arrows.
+  #
+  # Otherwise, one of the arrows is pointing to an element of its sequence
+  # that is not part of the longest common subsequence. #traverse_sequences
+  # will advance that arrow and will call <tt>callbacks#discard_a</tt> or
+  # <tt>callbacks#discard_b</tt>, depending on which arrow it advanced. If
+  # both arrows point to elements that are not part of the longest common
+  # subsequence, then #traverse_sequences will advance one of them and call
+  # the appropriate callback, but it is not specified which it will call.
+  #
+  # The methods for <tt>callbacks#match</tt>, <tt>callbacks#discard_a</tt>,
+  # and <tt>callbacks#discard_b</tt> are invoked with an event comprising
+  # the action ("=", "+", or "-", respectively), the indicies +i+ and +j+,
+  # and the elements <tt>A[i]</tt> and <tt>B[j]</tt>. Return values are
+  # discarded by #traverse_sequences.
+  #
+  # === End of Sequences
+  #
+  # If arrow +a+ reaches the end of its sequence before arrow +b+ does,
+  # #traverse_sequence will try to call <tt>callbacks#finished_a</tt> with
+  # the last index and element of +A+ (<tt>A[-1]</tt>) and the current index
+  # and element of +B+ (<tt>B[j]</tt>). If <tt>callbacks#finished_a</tt>
+  # does not exist, then <tt>callbacks#discard_b</tt> will be called on each
+  # element of +B+ until the end of the sequence is reached (the call will
+  # be done with <tt>A[-1]</tt> and <tt>B[j]</tt> for each element).
+  #
+  # If +b+ reaches the end of +B+ before +a+ reaches the end of +A+,
+  # <tt>callbacks#finished_b</tt> will be called with the current index and
+  # element of +A+ (<tt>A[i]</tt>) and the last index and element of +B+
+  # (<tt>A[-1]</tt>). Again, if <tt>callbacks#finished_b</tt> does not exist
+  # on the callback object, then <tt>callbacks#discard_a</tt> will be called
+  # on each element of +A+ until the end of the sequence is reached
+  # (<tt>A[i]</tt> and <tt>B[-1]</tt>).
+  #
+  # There is a chance that one additional <tt>callbacks#discard_a</tt> or
+  # <tt>callbacks#discard_b</tt> will be called after the end of the
+  # sequence is reached, if +a+ has not yet reached the end of +A+ or +b+
+  # has not yet reached the end of +B+.
+  def traverse_sequences(seq1, seq2, callbacks = Diff::LCS::SequenceCallbacks, &block) #:yields change events:
+    callbacks ||= Diff::LCS::SequenceCallbacks
+    matches = Diff::LCS::Internals.lcs(seq1, seq2)
+
+    run_finished_a = run_finished_b = false
+    string = seq1.kind_of?(String)
+
+    a_size = seq1.size
+    b_size = seq2.size
+    ai = bj = 0
+
+    (0..matches.size).each do |i|
+      b_line = matches[i]
+
+      ax = string ? seq1[i, 1] : seq1[i]
+      bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+
+      if b_line.nil?
+        unless ax.nil? or (string and ax.empty?)
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('-', i, ax, bj, bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.discard_a(event)
+        end
+      else
+        loop do
+          break unless bj < b_line
+          bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('+', i, ax, bj, bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.discard_b(event)
+          bj += 1
+        end
+        bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+        event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('=', i, ax, bj, bx)
+        event = yield event if block_given?
+        callbacks.match(event)
+        bj += 1
+      end
+      ai = i
+    end
+    ai += 1
+
+    # The last entry (if any) processed was a match. +ai+ and +bj+ point
+    # just past the last matching lines in their sequences.
+    while (ai < a_size) or (bj < b_size)
+      # last A?
+      if ai == a_size and bj < b_size
+        if callbacks.respond_to?(:finished_a) and not run_finished_a
+          ax = string ? seq1[-1, 1] : seq1[-1]
+          bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('>', (a_size - 1), ax, bj, bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.finished_a(event)
+          run_finished_a = true
+        else
+          ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+          loop do
+            bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+            event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('+', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+            event = yield event if block_given?
+            callbacks.discard_b(event)
+            bj += 1
+            break unless bj < b_size
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # last B?
+      if bj == b_size and ai < a_size
+        if callbacks.respond_to?(:finished_b) and not run_finished_b
+          ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+          bx = string ? seq2[-1, 1] : seq2[-1]
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('<', ai, ax, (b_size - 1), bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.finished_b(event)
+          run_finished_b = true
+        else
+          bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+          loop do
+            ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+            event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('-', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+            event = yield event if block_given?
+            callbacks.discard_a(event)
+            ai += 1
+            break unless bj < b_size
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      if ai < a_size
+        ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+        bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+        event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('-', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+        event = yield event if block_given?
+        callbacks.discard_a(event)
+        ai += 1
+      end
+
+      if bj < b_size
+        ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+        bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+        event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('+', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+        event = yield event if block_given?
+        callbacks.discard_b(event)
+        bj += 1
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # #traverse_balanced is an alternative to #traverse_sequences. It uses a
+  # different algorithm to iterate through the entries in the computed
+  # longest common subsequence. Instead of viewing the changes as insertions
+  # or deletions from one of the sequences, #traverse_balanced will report
+  # <em>changes</em> between the sequences.
+  #
+  # The arguments to #traverse_balanced are the two sequences to traverse
+  # and a callback object, like this:
+  #
+  #   traverse_balanced(seq1, seq2, Diff::LCS::ContextDiffCallbacks.new)
+  #
+  # #sdiff is implemented with #traverse_balanced.
+  #
+  # == Callback Methods
+  #
+  # Optional callback methods are <em>emphasized</em>.
+  #
+  # callbacks#match::               Called when +a+ and +b+ are pointing to
+  #                                 common elements in +A+ and +B+.
+  # callbacks#discard_a::           Called when +a+ is pointing to an
+  #                                 element not in +B+.
+  # callbacks#discard_b::           Called when +b+ is pointing to an
+  #                                 element not in +A+.
+  # <em>callbacks#change</em>::     Called when +a+ and +b+ are pointing to
+  #                                 the same relative position, but
+  #                                 <tt>A[a]</tt> and <tt>B[b]</tt> are not
+  #                                 the same; a <em>change</em> has
+  #                                 occurred.
+  #
+  # #traverse_balanced might be a bit slower than #traverse_sequences,
+  # noticable only while processing huge amounts of data.
+  #
+  # == Algorithm
+  #
+  #       a---+
+  #           v
+  #       A = a b c e h j l m n p
+  #       B = b c d e f j k l m r s t
+  #           ^
+  #       b---+
+  #
+  # === Matches
+  #
+  # If there are two arrows (+a+ and +b+) pointing to elements of sequences
+  # +A+ and +B+, the arrows will initially point to the first elements of
+  # their respective sequences. #traverse_sequences will advance the arrows
+  # through the sequences one element at a time, calling a method on the
+  # user-specified callback object before each advance. It will advance the
+  # arrows in such a way that if there are elements <tt>A[i]</tt> and
+  # <tt>B[j]</tt> which are both equal and part of the longest common
+  # subsequence, there will be some moment during the execution of
+  # #traverse_sequences when arrow +a+ is pointing to <tt>A[i]</tt> and
+  # arrow +b+ is pointing to <tt>B[j]</tt>. When this happens,
+  # #traverse_sequences will call <tt>callbacks#match</tt> and then it will
+  # advance both arrows.
+  #
+  # === Discards
+  #
+  # Otherwise, one of the arrows is pointing to an element of its sequence
+  # that is not part of the longest common subsequence. #traverse_sequences
+  # will advance that arrow and will call <tt>callbacks#discard_a</tt> or
+  # <tt>callbacks#discard_b</tt>, depending on which arrow it advanced.
+  #
+  # === Changes
+  #
+  # If both +a+ and +b+ point to elements that are not part of the longest
+  # common subsequence, then #traverse_sequences will try to call
+  # <tt>callbacks#change</tt> and advance both arrows. If
+  # <tt>callbacks#change</tt> is not implemented, then
+  # <tt>callbacks#discard_a</tt> and <tt>callbacks#discard_b</tt> will be
+  # called in turn.
+  #
+  # The methods for <tt>callbacks#match</tt>, <tt>callbacks#discard_a</tt>,
+  # <tt>callbacks#discard_b</tt>, and <tt>callbacks#change</tt> are invoked
+  # with an event comprising the action ("=", "+", "-", or "!",
+  # respectively), the indicies +i+ and +j+, and the elements
+  # <tt>A[i]</tt> and <tt>B[j]</tt>. Return values are discarded by
+  # #traverse_balanced.
+  #
+  # === Context
+  # Note that +i+ and +j+ may not be the same index position, even if +a+
+  # and +b+ are considered to be pointing to matching or changed elements.
+  def traverse_balanced(seq1, seq2, callbacks = Diff::LCS::BalancedCallbacks)
+    matches = Diff::LCS::Internals.lcs(seq1, seq2)
+    a_size = seq1.size
+    b_size = seq2.size
+    ai = bj = mb = 0
+    ma = -1
+    string = seq1.kind_of?(String)
+
+    # Process all the lines in the match vector.
+    loop do
+      # Find next match indices +ma+ and +mb+
+      loop do
+        ma += 1
+        break unless ma < matches.size and matches[ma].nil?
+      end
+
+      break if ma >= matches.size # end of matches?
+      mb = matches[ma]
+
+      # Change(seq2)
+      while (ai < ma) or (bj < mb)
+        ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+        bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+
+        case [(ai < ma), (bj < mb)]
+        when [true, true]
+          if callbacks.respond_to?(:change)
+            event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('!', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+            event = yield event if block_given?
+            callbacks.change(event)
+            ai += 1
+            bj += 1
+          else
+            event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('-', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+            event = yield event if block_given?
+            callbacks.discard_a(event)
+            ai += 1
+            ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+            event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('+', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+            event = yield event if block_given?
+            callbacks.discard_b(event)
+            bj += 1
+          end
+        when [true, false]
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('-', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.discard_a(event)
+          ai += 1
+        when [false, true]
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('+', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.discard_b(event)
+          bj += 1
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Match
+      ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+      bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+      event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('=', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+      event = yield event if block_given?
+      callbacks.match(event)
+      ai += 1
+      bj += 1
+    end
+
+    while (ai < a_size) or (bj < b_size)
+      ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+      bx = string ? seq2[bj, 1] : seq2[bj]
+
+      case [(ai < a_size), (bj < b_size)]
+      when [true, true]
+        if callbacks.respond_to?(:change)
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('!', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.change(event)
+          ai += 1
+          bj += 1
+        else
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('-', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.discard_a(event)
+          ai += 1
+          ax = string ? seq1[ai, 1] : seq1[ai]
+          event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('+', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+          event = yield event if block_given?
+          callbacks.discard_b(event)
+          bj += 1
+        end
+      when [true, false]
+        event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('-', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+        event = yield event if block_given?
+        callbacks.discard_a(event)
+        ai += 1
+      when [false, true]
+        event = Diff::LCS::ContextChange.new('+', ai, ax, bj, bx)
+        event = yield event if block_given?
+        callbacks.discard_b(event)
+        bj += 1
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  PATCH_MAP = { #:nodoc:
+    :patch => { '+' => '+', '-' => '-', '!' => '!', '=' => '=' },
+    :unpatch => { '+' => '-', '-' => '+', '!' => '!', '=' => '=' }
+  }
+
+  # Applies a +patchset+ to the sequence +src+ according to the +direction+
+  # (<tt>:patch</tt> or <tt>:unpatch</tt>), producing a new sequence.
+  #
+  # If the +direction+ is not specified, Diff::LCS::patch will attempt to
+  # discover the direction of the +patchset+.
+  #
+  # A +patchset+ can be considered to apply forward (<tt>:patch</tt>) if the
+  # following expression is true:
+  #
+  #     patch(s1, diff(s1, s2)) -> s2
+  #
+  # A +patchset+ can be considered to apply backward (<tt>:unpatch</tt>) if
+  # the following expression is true:
+  #
+  #     patch(s2, diff(s1, s2)) -> s1
+  #
+  # If the +patchset+ contains no changes, the +src+ value will be returned
+  # as either <tt>src.dup</tt> or +src+. A +patchset+ can be deemed as
+  # having no changes if the following predicate returns true:
+  #
+  #     patchset.empty? or
+  #       patchset.flatten.all? { |change| change.unchanged? }
+  #
+  # === Patchsets
+  #
+  # A +patchset+ is always an enumerable sequence of changes, hunks of
+  # changes, or a mix of the two. A hunk of changes is an enumerable
+  # sequence of changes:
+  #
+  #     [ # patchset
+  #       # change
+  #       [ # hunk
+  #         # change
+  #       ]
+  #     ]
+  #
+  # The +patch+ method accepts <tt>patchset</tt>s that are enumerable
+  # sequences containing either Diff::LCS::Change objects (or a subclass) or
+  # the array representations of those objects. Prior to application, array
+  # representations of Diff::LCS::Change objects will be reified.
+  def patch(src, patchset, direction = nil)
+    # Normalize the patchset.
+    has_changes, patchset = Diff::LCS::Internals.analyze_patchset(patchset)
+
+    if not has_changes
+      return src.dup if src.respond_to? :dup
+      return src
+    end
+
+    string = src.kind_of?(String)
+    # Start with a new empty type of the source's class
+    res = src.class.new
+
+    direction ||= Diff::LCS::Internals.intuit_diff_direction(src, patchset)
+
+    ai = bj = 0
+
+    patch_map = PATCH_MAP[direction]
+
+    patchset.flatten.each do |change|
+      # Both Change and ContextChange support #action
+      action = patch_map[change.action]
+
+      case change
+      when Diff::LCS::ContextChange
+        case direction
+        when :patch
+          el = change.new_element
+          op = change.old_position
+          np = change.new_position
+        when :unpatch
+          el = change.old_element
+          op = change.new_position
+          np = change.old_position
+        end
+
+        case action
+        when '-' # Remove details from the old string
+          while ai < op
+            res << (string ? src[ai, 1] : src[ai])
+            ai += 1
+            bj += 1
+          end
+          ai += 1
+        when '+'
+          while bj < np
+            res << (string ? src[ai, 1] : src[ai])
+            ai += 1
+            bj += 1
+          end
+
+        res << el
+        bj += 1
+        when '='
+          # This only appears in sdiff output with the SDiff callback.
+          # Therefore, we only need to worry about dealing with a single
+          # element.
+          res << el
+
+          ai += 1
+          bj += 1
+        when '!'
+          while ai < op
+            res << (string ? src[ai, 1] : src[ai])
+            ai += 1
+            bj += 1
+          end
+
+        bj += 1
+        ai += 1
+
+        res << el
+        end
+      when Diff::LCS::Change
+        case action
+        when '-'
+          while ai < change.position
+            res << (string ? src[ai, 1] : src[ai])
+            ai += 1
+            bj += 1
+          end
+          ai += 1
+        when '+'
+          while bj < change.position
+            res << (string ? src[ai, 1] : src[ai])
+            ai += 1
+            bj += 1
+          end
+
+          bj += 1
+
+          res << change.element
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    while ai < src.size
+      res << (string ? src[ai, 1] : src[ai])
+      ai += 1
+      bj += 1
+    end
+
+    res
+  end
+
+  # Given a set of patchset, convert the current version to the prior
+  # version. Does no auto-discovery.
+  def unpatch!(src, patchset)
+    patch(src, patchset, :unpatch)
+  end
+
+  # Given a set of patchset, convert the current version to the next
+  # version. Does no auto-discovery.
+  def patch!(src, patchset)
+    patch(src, patchset, :patch)
+  end
+end