replaced likewise crate with similar as requested by the maintainer or likewise (#522)

Author: thomaskrause

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - generic importer configuration is now properly read and used
 
+### Changed
+
+- replaced `likewise` crate with `similar` as requested by the maintainer or `likewise` (#522)
+
 ## [0.49.0] - 2026-03-17
 
 ### Added

Cargo.toml

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ graphviz-rust = "0.9.7"
 indicatif = "0.17"
 itertools = "0.12"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-likewise = "3.0.0"
 linked-hash-map = "0.5.6"
 linked_hash_set = "0.1.4"
 log = "0.4"
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.138"
 sheets-diff = "1.1.3"
+similar = "2.7.0"
 tabled = { version = "0.15", features = ["ansi"] }
 tempfile = "3"
 termimad = "0.30"

src/manipulator/diff.rs

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ use graphannis_core::{
     graph::{ANNIS_NS, NODE_NAME_KEY, storage::union::UnionEdgeContainer},
 };
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use likewise::{Algorithm, DiffOp, capture_diff_slices};
 use linked_hash_set::LinkedHashSet;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use similar::{Algorithm, DiffOp, capture_diff_slices};
 
 use crate::{
     manipulator::Manipulator,