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+import {describe, it} from "jstests/libs/mochalite.js";
+import {stringdiff} from "src/mongo/shell/stringdiff.js";
+
+describe("diff strings", () => {
+    function difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff) {
+        let diff = stringdiff(oldStr, newStr);
+        assert.eq(diff, expectedDiff);
+    }
+
+    it("no diff", () => {
+        const oldStr = "aaa\nbbb\nccc";
+        const newStr = "aaa\nbbb\nccc";
+        const expectedDiff = "";
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("middle diff", () => {
+        const oldStr = "aaa\nbbb\nccc";
+        const newStr = "aaa\nxxx\nccc";
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+ aaa
+-bbb
++xxx
+ ccc`;
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("prefix diff", () => {
+        const oldStr = "aaa\nbbb\nccc";
+        const newStr = "xxx\nbbb\nccc";
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+-aaa
++xxx
+ bbb
+ ccc`;
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("suffix diff", () => {
+        const oldStr = "aaa\nbbb\nccc";
+        const newStr = "aaa\nbbb\nxxx";
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+ aaa
+ bbb
+-ccc
++xxx`;
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("oneliner diff", () => {
+        const oldStr = "aaa";
+        const newStr = "axa";
+        // don't do character by character diffing, just line by line
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+-aaa
++axa`;
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("completely different", () => {
+        const oldStr = "aaa\nbbb\nccc";
+        const newStr = "xxx\nyyy\nzzz";
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+-aaa
+-bbb
+-ccc
++xxx
++yyy
++zzz`;
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("context window", () => {
+        const oldStr = "a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj\nk\nl\nm\nn\no\np\nq\nr\ns\nt\nu\nv\nw\nx\ny\nz";
+        const newStr = "a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj\nk\nl\nX\nn\no\np\nq\nr\ns\nt\nu\nv\nw\nx\ny\nz";
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+ i
+ j
+ k
+ l
+-m
++X
+ n
+ o
+ p
+ q`;
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("overlapping context window", () => {
+        const oldStr = "a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj\nk\nl\nm\nn\no\np\nq\nr\ns\nt\nu\nv\nw\nx\ny\nz";
+        const newStr = "a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj\nX\nl\nm\nn\nY\np\nq\nr\ns\nt\nu\nv\nw\nx\ny\nz";
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+ g
+ h
+ i
+ j
+-k
++X
+ l
+ m
+ n
+-o
++Y
+ p
+ q
+ r
+ s`;
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("separate chunks", () => {
+        const oldStr = "a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj\nk\nl\nm\nn\no\np\nq\nr\ns\nt\nu\nv\nw\nx\ny\nz";
+        const newStr = "a\nb\nX\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj\nk\nl\nm\nn\no\np\nq\nr\ns\nt\nu\nv\nw\nY\ny\nz";
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+ a
+ b
+-c
++X
+ d
+ e
+ f
+ g
+---
+ t
+ u
+ v
+ w
+-x
++Y
+ y
+ z`;
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+
+    it("compound diff", () => {
+        // https://www.nathaniel.ai/myers-diff/
+        const oldStr = `\
+Empty Bottles - Colin Morton (1981)
+---
+line up all the empty bottles
+the long-necked beer bottles from the antique stores
+the wine bottles and pop bottles left on beaches
+steam off the labels and line the bottles up the green ones with
+the brown black yellow and clear ones
+line up
+the beer bottles whose labels have been torn off by
+neurotic fingers
+and the bottles sent back by the breweries because they have
+cockroaches or dead mice at the bottom
+line up
+the bottles afloat on all the seas those with messages in
+them and those without any
+and the bottles with methyl hydrate-soaked cotton in them
+used by schoolkids for killing insects
+line up the bottle that killed Malcolm Lowry with the bottle that...`;
+
+        const newStr = `\
+Monkey Stops Whistling - David Morgan (2011)
+---
+Stand to attention all the empty bottles
+the long-necked beer bottles from the antique stores
+the wine bottles and pop bottles left on beaches
+steam off the labels and line the bottles up the green ones with
+the brown black yellow and clear ones
+Stand to attention all the empty bottles
+the beer bottles whose labels have been torn off by
+neurotic fingers
+and the bottles sent back by the breweries because they have
+cockroaches or dead bluebottles at the bottom
+Stand to attention all the empty bottles
+the bottles afloat on all the seas those with messages in
+them and those without any
+line up the bottle that killed Malcolm Lowry with the bottle that...`;
+
+        const expectedDiff = `\
+-Empty Bottles - Colin Morton (1981)
++Monkey Stops Whistling - David Morgan (2011)
+ ---
+-line up all the empty bottles
++Stand to attention all the empty bottles
+ the long-necked beer bottles from the antique stores
+ the wine bottles and pop bottles left on beaches
+ steam off the labels and line the bottles up the green ones with
+ the brown black yellow and clear ones
+-line up
++Stand to attention all the empty bottles
+ the beer bottles whose labels have been torn off by
+ neurotic fingers
+ and the bottles sent back by the breweries because they have
+-cockroaches or dead mice at the bottom
+-line up
++cockroaches or dead bluebottles at the bottom
++Stand to attention all the empty bottles
+ the bottles afloat on all the seas those with messages in
+ them and those without any
+-and the bottles with methyl hydrate-soaked cotton in them
+-used by schoolkids for killing insects
+ line up the bottle that killed Malcolm Lowry with the bottle that...`;
+
+        difftest(oldStr, newStr, expectedDiff);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/stringdiff.js b/src/mongo/shell/stringdiff.js
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+/**
+ * Compares two strings and returns their differences in patch format.
+ *
+ * This function uses Myers diff algorithm to compute the differences between two strings,
+ * then converts the result into a patch format that can be applied to transform the old
+ * string into the new string.
+ *
+ * @param {string} oldStr - The original string to compare from
+ * @param {string} newStr - The new string to compare to
+ * @returns {*} A patch representation of the differences between oldStr and newStr
+ * @throws {AssertionError} If oldStr is not a string
+ * @throws {AssertionError} If newStr is not a string
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const diff = stringdiff("hello world", "hello javascript");
+ * // Returns a patch showing the transformation from "hello world" to "hello javascript"
+ */
+export function stringdiff(oldStr, newStr) {
+    assert(typeof oldStr === "string");
+    assert(typeof newStr === "string");
+
+    return patchdiff(myersdiff(oldStr, newStr));
+}
+
+const INS = "+";
+const DEL = "-";
+const PAD = " "; // matching lines
+
+/**
+ * Converts a full diff output into a patch format with context windows.
+ *
+ * This function processes a diff string (with lines prefixed by '+', '-', or ' ')
+ * and returns a condensed version showing only the changed lines plus a configurable
+ * number of surrounding context lines. Separate chunks of changes are delimited with '---'.
+ *
+ * @param {string} fulldiff - The complete diff string with each line prefixed by '+' (insertion),
+ *                            '-' (deletion), or ' ' (unchanged)
+ * @returns {string} A condensed patch showing only changed lines with 4 lines of context
+ *                   before and after each change. Separate change chunks are separated by '---'.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const fulldiff = " line1\n line2\n-line3\n+line3a\n line4\n line5";
+ * const patch = patchdiff(fulldiff);
+ * // Returns: " line1\n line2\n-line3\n+line3a\n line4\n line5"
+ *
+ * @example
+ * // With large gaps between changes, chunks are separated
+ * const fulldiff = "-a\n+b\n c\n d\n e\n f\n g\n h\n i\n j\n-k\n+l";
+ * const patch = patchdiff(fulldiff);
+ * // Returns: "-a\n+b\n c\n d\n e\n f\n---\n g\n h\n i\n j\n-k\n+l"
+ */
+function patchdiff(fulldiff) {
+    let lines = fulldiff.split("\n");
+
+    const context = 4; // surround with 4 lines for context before/after diff
+
+    let keep = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+        if (lines[i].startsWith(DEL) || lines[i].startsWith(INS)) {
+            let start = Math.max(0, i - context);
+            let end = Math.min(lines.length, i + context + 1);
+            for (let j = start; j < end; j++) {
+                keep[j] = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let result = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+        if (keep[i]) {
+            if (i > 0 && !keep[i - 1] && result.length > 0) {
+                result.push("---");
+            }
+            result.push(lines[i]);
+        }
+    }
+    result = result.join("\n");
+    return result;
+}
+/**
+ * Implements Myers diff algorithm to compute the difference between two strings.
+ *
+ * This function uses Myers' O(ND) difference algorithm to find the shortest edit script
+ * that transforms string `a` into string `b`. The algorithm splits both strings into lines
+ * and computes insertions, deletions, and unchanged sections.
+ *
+ * The result is a multi-line string where each line is prefixed with:
+ * - ' ' (space) for unchanged lines
+ * - '-' for lines deleted from the original string
+ * - '+' for lines added in the new string
+ *
+ * @param {string} a - The original string to compare from
+ * @param {string} b - The new string to compare to
+ * @returns {string} A diff string with each line prefixed by ' ', '-', or '+' indicating
+ *                   unchanged, deleted, or inserted lines respectively. Lines are separated
+ *                   by newline characters.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const diff = myersdiff("hello\nworld", "hello\njavascript");
+ * // Returns: " hello\n-world\n+javascript"
+ *
+ * @see {@link https://blog.jcoglan.com/2017/02/12/the-myers-diff-algorithm-part-1/|Myers Diff Algorithm}
+ */
+function myersdiff(a, b) {
+    const aLines = a.split("\n");
+    const bLines = b.split("\n");
+
+    const N = aLines.length;
+    const M = bLines.length;
+    const MAX = N + M;
+
+    const v = [];
+    const trace = [];
+    v[1] = 0;
+
+    for (let d = 0; d <= MAX; d++) {
+        trace.push({...v});
+
+        for (let k = -d; k <= d; k += 2) {
+            let x;
+            if (k === -d || (k !== d && v[k - 1] < v[k + 1])) {
+                x = v[k + 1];
+            } else {
+                x = v[k - 1] + 1;
+            }
+
+            let y = x - k;
+
+            // Follow diagonal
+            while (x < N && y < M && aLines[x] === bLines[y]) {
+                x++;
+                y++;
+            }
+
+            v[k] = x;
+            if (x >= N && y >= M) {
+                // Found the solution, now backtrack to build the diff
+                return backtrack(aLines, bLines, trace, d);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return "";
+}
+
+function backtrack(aLines, bLines, trace, d) {
+    let x = aLines.length;
+    let y = bLines.length;
+    const diff = [];
+
+    for (let depth = d; depth >= 0; depth--) {
+        const v = trace[depth];
+        const k = x - y;
+
+        let prevK = k;
+        if (k === -depth || (k !== depth && v[k - 1] < v[k + 1])) {
+            prevK++;
+        } else {
+            prevK--;
+        }
+
+        const prevX = v[prevK];
+        const prevY = prevX - prevK;
+
+        // Add diagonal (unchanged) lines
+        while (x > prevX && y > prevY) {
+            x--;
+            y--;
+            diff.unshift(PAD + aLines[x]);
+        }
+
+        // Add deletion or insertion
+        if (depth > 0) {
+            if (x === prevX) {
+                // Insertion
+                y--;
+                diff.unshift(INS + bLines[y]);
+            } else {
+                // Deletion
+                x--;
+                diff.unshift(DEL + aLines[x]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return diff.join("\n");
+}