diff --git a/.mikaela/gitconfig b/.mikaela/gitconfig
index b3b191ff..ab66afb8 100644
--- a/.mikaela/gitconfig
+++ b/.mikaela/gitconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 	gpgsign = true
 [diff]
 	compactionHeuristic = true
+	algorithm = histogram
 [pager]
 #	 log = diff-highlight | less
 #	 show = diff-highlight | less
diff --git a/conf/gitconfig b/conf/gitconfig
index 375c9cb4..afdbcc0d 100644
--- a/conf/gitconfig
+++ b/conf/gitconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 	gpgsign = true
 [diff]
 	compactionHeuristic = true
+	algorithm = histogram
 [pager]
 #	 log = diff-highlight | less
 #	 show = diff-highlight | less