Changed default values of mergeBuffer and seperatingThreshold

cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CliOptions.java

@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ public static class Merging {
         @Option(names = {"--match-merging"}, description = "Enables match merging (default: false)%n")
         public boolean enabled;
 
-        @Option(names = {"--merge-buffer"}, description = "Defines how low the length of a match can be, to be considered (default: 0)%n")
+        @Option(names = {"--merge-buffer"}, description = "Defines how low the length of a match can be, to be considered (default: 2)%n")
         public int mergeBuffer;
 
         @Option(names = {
-                "--seperating-threshold"}, description = "Defines how many token there can be between two neighboring matches (default: 0)%n")
+                "--seperating-threshold"}, description = "Defines how many token there can be between two neighboring matches (default: 6)%n")
         public int seperatingThreshold;
 
     }

core/src/main/java/de/jplag/merging/MatchMerging.java

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * to as left and right and neighboring matches as upper and lower. When neighboring matches get merged they become one
  * and the tokens separating them get removed from the submission clone. MergeBuffer describes how short a match can be
  * and SeperatingThreshold describes how many tokens can be between two neighboring matches. Both are set in
- * {@link JPlagOptions} as {@link MergingParameters} and default to (0,0).
+ * {@link JPlagOptions} as {@link MergingParameters} and default to (2,6).
  */
 public class MatchMerging {
     private JPlagOptions options;

core/src/main/java/de/jplag/merging/MergingParameters.java

@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 /**
  * Collection of parameters that describe how a match merging should be performed.
- * @param mergeBuffer describes how short a match can be, to be considered (Defaults to 0).
- * @param seperatingThreshold describes how many tokens can be between to neighboring matches (Defaults to 0).
+ * @param mergeBuffer describes how short a match can be, to be considered (Defaults to 2).
+ * @param seperatingThreshold describes how many tokens can be between to neighboring matches (Defaults to 6).
  */
 public record MergingParameters(boolean enabled, int mergeBuffer, int seperatingThreshold) {
 
     /**
      * The default values of MergingParameters are false for the enable-switch, which deactivate MatchMerging, while
-     * mergeBuffer and seperatingThreshold default to (0,0), which in testing yielded the best results.
+     * mergeBuffer and seperatingThreshold default to (2,6), which in testing yielded the best results.
      */
     public MergingParameters() {
-        this(false, 0, 0);
+        this(false, 2, 6);
     }
 
     /**