diff --git a/gitconfig b/gitconfig
index 48ba93447b624f3950c2a3a618aba094842736e3..306eec748c226f83e9403f206ab690def1f1a8a2 100644
--- a/gitconfig
+++ b/gitconfig
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     log = 50
 [diff]
     compactionHeuristic = true
-    algorithm = patience
+    algorithm = histogram
 [alias]
     ahead = show --name-status @{u}..HEAD
     alias = config --get-regexp ^alias\\.