# Possible bug with --word-diff=porcelain

1 messages from 2011-05-01 to 2011-05-01. Participants: Eli Barzilay.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/27233

## Eli Barzilay, 2011-05-01 20:00

Subject: Possible bug with --word-diff=porcelain
Message-ID: <19901.48084.941695.439684@winooski.ccs.neu.edu>
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It looks like there are cases where a newline is omitted in the output
of --word-diff=porcelain:

  $ cat A
  A foo B
  zzzzzzzz
  C
  $ cat B
  A bar B
  C
  $ git diff --word-diff=porcelain A B
  diff --git a/A b/B
  index dfadf3e..3e2f1ba 100644
  --- a/A
  +++ b/B
  @@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
   A 
  -foo
  +bar
    B                        /// right
  -zzzzzzzz                  \\\ here
  ~
   C
  ~

I'd expect the output to be

  --- a/A
  +++ b/B
  @@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
   A 
  -foo
  +bar
    B
  ~
  -zzzzzzzz
  ~
   C
  ~

Actually it looks like the problem is not just in the porcelain
output: I see it with other formats too, like the plain one:

  diff --git a/A b/B
  index dfadf3e..3e2f1ba 100644
  --- a/A
  +++ b/B
  @@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
  A [-foo-]{+bar+} B[-zzzzzzzz-]
  C

and with --word-diff=color:

   diff --git a/A b/B
   index dfadf3e..3e2f1ba 100644
   --- a/A
   +++ b/B
   @@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
   A foobar Bzzzzzzzz
   C

(where the colors are correct, but the newline is missing)

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