diff: add diff_line_prefix function
This is a helper function to call the diff output_prefix function and
return its value as a C string, allowing us to greatly simplify
everywhere that needs to get the output prefix.
Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index e00fc90..b768b7d 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,16 @@
return "";
}
+const char *diff_line_prefix(struct diff_options *opt)
+{
+ struct strbuf *msgbuf;
+ if (!opt->output_prefix)
+ return "";
+
+ msgbuf = opt->output_prefix(opt, opt->output_prefix_data);
+ return msgbuf->buf;
+}
+
static unsigned long sane_truncate_line(struct emit_callback *ecb, char *line, unsigned long len)
{
const char *cp;
