Allow external diffs to be used conditionally

What does this MR do?

Since external diffs are likely to be a bit slower than in-database ones, add a mode that makes diffs external after they've been obsoleted by events. This should strike a balance between performance and disk space.

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• Changelog entry added, if necessary
• Documentation created/updated via this MR
• Documentation reviewed by technical writer or follow-up review issue created
• Tests added for this feature/bug
• Tested in all supported browsers
• Conforms to the code review guidelines
• Conforms to the merge request performance guidelines
• Conforms to the style guides
• Conforms to the database guides
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• Security reports checked/validated by reviewer

Closes #54670 (closed)