Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c > index 2aefd0f..7dcef73 100644 > --- a/diff.c > +++ b/diff.c > @@ -493,6 +493,19 @@ static void emit_line(struct diff_options *o, const char *set, const char *reset > emit_line_0(o, set, reset, line[0], line+1, len-1); > } > > +static void emit_line_fmt(struct diff_options *o, > + const char *set, const char *reset, > + const char *fmt, ...) > +{ > + struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT; > + va_list ap; > + va_start(ap, fmt); > + strbuf_vaddf(&sb, fmt, ap); > + va_end(ap); > + > + emit_line(o, set, reset, sb.buf, sb.len); > +} > + > static int new_blank_line_at_eof(struct emit_callback *ecbdata, const char *line, int len) > { > if (!((ecbdata->ws_rule & WS_BLANK_AT_EOF) && > @@ -1217,7 +1230,6 @@ static void fn_out_consume(void *priv, char *line, unsigned long len) > const char *context = diff_get_color(ecbdata->color_diff, DIFF_CONTEXT); > const char *reset = diff_get_color(ecbdata->color_diff, DIFF_RESET); > struct diff_options *o = ecbdata->opt; > - const char *line_prefix = diff_line_prefix(o); > > o->found_changes = 1; > > @@ -1233,10 +1245,12 @@ static void fn_out_consume(void *priv, char *line, unsigned long len) > name_a_tab = strchr(ecbdata->label_path[0], ' ') ? "\t" : ""; > name_b_tab = strchr(ecbdata->label_path[1], ' ') ? "\t" : ""; > > - fprintf(o->file, "%s%s--- %s%s%s\n", > - line_prefix, meta, ecbdata->label_path[0], reset, name_a_tab); > - fprintf(o->file, "%s%s+++ %s%s%s\n", > - line_prefix, meta, ecbdata->label_path[1], reset, name_b_tab); > + emit_line_fmt(o, meta, reset, "--- %s%s\n", > + ecbdata->label_path[0], name_a_tab); > + > + emit_line_fmt(o, meta, reset, "+++ %s%s\n", > + ecbdata->label_path[1], name_b_tab); Hmph, the original showed the following for the name-a line: diff_line_prefix(o) META "--- " label_path RESET name_a_tab LF The updated one calls emit_line_fmt() with o, meta, reset, fmt and args, and then * strbuf_vaddf(&buf, "--- %s%s\n", label_path, name_a_tab) creates a string "--- " + label_path + LF * emit_line() is called on the whole thing with META and RESET * which is emit_line_0() that encloses the whole thing between META and RESET but knows the trailing LF should come after RESET. So the coloring seems to be correct, but I am not sure where the line-prefix went.