Subject: [PATCH 1/5] diff: handle ANSI escape codes in prefix when calculating diffstat width

From: "LorenzoPegorari via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:51:14 +0000

From: LorenzoPegorari <[email-masked]>

The diffstat width is calculated by taking the terminal width and
incorrectly subtracting the `strlen()` of `line_prefix`, instead of the
actual display width of `line_prefix`, which may contain ANSI escape
codes (e.g., ANSI-colored strings in `log --graph --stat`).

Utilize the display width instead, obtained via `utf8_strnwidth()` with
the flag `skip_ansi`.

Signed-off-by: LorenzoPegorari <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
---
 diff.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 501648a5c4..da6e9e7f49 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2756,7 +2756,9 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 	count = i; /* where we can stop scanning in data->files[] */
 
 	/*
-	 * We have width = stat_width or term_columns() columns total.
+	 * We have width = stat_width or term_columns() columns total minus the
+	 * length of line_prefix skipping ANSI escape codes to get the display
+	 * width (e.g., skip ANSI-colored strings in "log --graph --stat").
 	 * We want a maximum of min(max_len, stat_name_width) for the name part.
 	 * We want a maximum of min(max_change, stat_graph_width) for the +- part.
 	 * We also need 1 for " " and 4 + decimal_width(max_change)
@@ -2783,14 +2785,8 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 	 * separators and this message, this message will "overflow"
 	 * making the line longer than the maximum width.
 	 */
-
-	/*
-	 * NEEDSWORK: line_prefix is often used for "log --graph" output
-	 * and contains ANSI-colored string.  utf8_strnwidth() should be
-	 * used to correctly count the display width instead of strlen().
-	 */
 	if (options->stat_width == -1)
-		width = term_columns() - strlen(line_prefix);
+		width = term_columns() - utf8_strnwidth(line_prefix, strlen(line_prefix), 1);
 	else
 		width = options->stat_width ? options->stat_width : 80;
 	number_width = decimal_width(max_change) > number_width ?
-- 
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