Re: [PATCH 1/2] FIX: use utf8_strnwidth for line_prefix in diff.c

> On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 3:04 PM Md Isfarul Haque via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Md Isfarul Haque <isfarul.876@gmail.com>
>>
>> This patch adresses diff.c:2721 and proposes the fix using a new function.
> 
> Please give more details here about what is currently at diff.c:2721
> and what the patch is fixing, as lines at diff.c:2721 could move to a
> different location if some changes are made to diff.c before your
> patches get merged or after they get merged.
> 
> Also if the patch is addressing an issue in a code comment I would
> expect the corresponding code comment to be removed by the patch.

> About the subject, maybe "diff: use utf8_strnwidth() for line_prefix"
> is already better.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Md Isfarul Haque <isfarul.876@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  diff.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
>>  diff.h |  1 +
>>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
>> index a89a6a6128a..e3223b8ce5b 100644
>> --- a/diff.c
>> +++ b/diff.c
>> @@ -2300,6 +2300,20 @@ const char *diff_line_prefix(struct diff_options *opt)
>>         return msgbuf->buf;
>>  }
>>
>> +const struct strbuf *diff_line_prefix_buf(struct diff_options *opt)
> 
> This function seems to be used only in diff.c, so it could be static.