#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
template <typename T>
T inverse(T a, T m) {
  T u = 0, v = 1;
  while (a != 0) {
    T t = m / a;
    m -= t * a; swap(a, m);
    u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
  }
  assert(m == 1);
  return u;
}
 
template <typename T>
class Modular {
 public:
  using Type = typename decay<decltype(T::value)>::type;
 
  constexpr Modular() : value() {}
  template <typename U>
  Modular(const U& x) {
    value = normalize(x);
  }
 
  template <typename U>
  static Type normalize(const U& x) {
    Type v;
    if (-mod() <= x && x < mod()) v = static_cast<Type>(x);
    else v = static_cast<Type>(x % mod());
    if (v < 0) v += mod();
    return v;
  }
 
  const Type& operator()() const { return value; }
  template <typename U>
  explicit operator U() const { return static_cast<U>(value); }
  constexpr static Type mod() { return T::value; }
 
  Modular& operator+=(const Modular& other) { if ((value += other.value) >= mod()) value -= mod(); return *this; }
  Modular& operator-=(const Modular& other) { if ((value -= other.value) < 0) value += mod(); return *this; }
  template <typename U> Modular& operator+=(const U& other) { return *this += Modular(other); }
  template <typename U> Modular& operator-=(const U& other) { return *this -= Modular(other); }
  Modular& operator++() { return *this += 1; }
  Modular& operator--() { return *this -= 1; }
  Modular operator++(int) { Modular result(*this); *this += 1; return result; }
  Modular operator--(int) { Modular result(*this); *this -= 1; return result; }
  Modular operator-() const { return Modular(-value); }
 
  template <typename U = T>
  typename enable_if<is_same<typename Modular<U>::Type, int>::value, Modular>::type& operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
#ifdef _WIN32
    uint64_t x = static_cast<int64_t>(value) * static_cast<int64_t>(rhs.value);
    uint32_t xh = static_cast<uint32_t>(x >> 32), xl = static_cast<uint32_t>(x), d, m;
    asm(
      "divl %4; \n\t"
      : "=a" (d), "=d" (m)
      : "d" (xh), "a" (xl), "r" (mod())
    );
    value = m;
#else
    value = normalize(static_cast<int64_t>(value) * static_cast<int64_t>(rhs.value));
#endif
    return *this;
  }
  template <typename U = T>
  typename enable_if<is_same<typename Modular<U>::Type, int64_t>::value, Modular>::type& operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
    int64_t q = static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<long double>(value) * rhs.value / mod());
    value = normalize(value * rhs.value - q * mod());
    return *this;
  }
  template <typename U = T>
  typename enable_if<!is_integral<typename Modular<U>::Type>::value, Modular>::type& operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
    value = normalize(value * rhs.value);
    return *this;
  }
 
  Modular& operator/=(const Modular& other) { return *this *= Modular(inverse(other.value, mod())); }
 
  template <typename U>
  friend const Modular<U>& abs(const Modular<U>& v) { return v; }
 
  template <typename U>
  friend bool operator==(const Modular<U>& lhs, const Modular<U>& rhs);
 
  template <typename U>
  friend bool operator<(const Modular<U>& lhs, const Modular<U>& rhs);
 
  template <typename U>
  friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& stream, Modular<U>& number);
 
 private:
  Type value;
};
typedef long long ll;
const int maxn=2e5+10;
ll a[maxn],b[maxn];
int main(){
	ll k,n;
	cin>>k>>n;
	for(int i=1;i<=n;i++) cin>>a[i];
	for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
		b[i]=a[i+1]-a[i];
	}
	b[n]=k-a[n]+a[1];
	ll sum=0;
	ll ma=-1000000000;
	for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
		sum+=b[i];
		ma=max(b[i],ma);
	}
	cout<<sum-ma<<endl;
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 3328