Can vim diff use the patience algorithm?

Is there any way to set vimdiff's diff strategy to be the patience algorithm? It's built into git and seems to be much better than a normal diff.

For reference:

• How to set patience as default git diff algorithm
• Where can I find the patience diff implemented?

As of vim 8.1.0360 (Sep 2018), vim (except as packaged by Apple 😠) ships with xdiff (the same library that git uses for diffs), meaning patience diff is now natively supported in vim and neovim (see neovim issue 1466). Add this to your vimrc:

if has("mac") && $VIM == "/usr/share/vim"
  set diffopt-=internal
elseif has("patch-8.1.0360")
  set diffopt+=internal,algorithm:patience
endif

A nice introduction to both the new algorithm:patience and indent-heuristic (added in the same release) diff options can be found at Vimways ~ The power of diff.