From dc152e89f7847a91b9ea42d5b857701427642e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tooomm <tooomm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 19:19:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] CI: Print colored diff for lint check (#6975)

* print colored diff in gha

* use spaces
---
 .ci/lint_cpp.sh | 24 ++----------------------
 format.sh       |  8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/lint_cpp.sh b/.ci/lint_cpp.sh
index cfb1e1f07..9786a83fc 100755
--- a/.ci/lint_cpp.sh
+++ b/.ci/lint_cpp.sh
@@ -13,17 +13,9 @@ fi
 # Check formatting using format.sh
 echo "Checking your code using format.sh..."
 
-diff="$(./format.sh --diff --cmake --shell --print-version --branch origin/master)"
+./format.sh --color-diff --cmake --shell --print-version --branch origin/master
 err=$?
 
-sep="
-----------
-"
-used_version="${diff%%"$sep"*}"
-diff="${diff#*"$sep"}"
-changes_to_make="${diff%%"$sep"*}"
-files_to_edit="${diff#*"$sep"}"
-
 case $err in
   1)
     cat <<EOM
@@ -36,19 +28,10 @@ case $err in
 ***  Then commit and push those changes to this branch. ***
 ***   Check our CONTRIBUTING.md file for more details.  ***
 ***                                                     ***
-***                    Thank you ❤️                      ***
+***                    Thank you ❤️                     ***
 ***                                                     ***
 ***********************************************************
 
-Used version:
-$used_version
-
-Affected files:
-$files_to_edit
-
-The following changes should be made:
-$changes_to_make
-
 Exiting...
 EOM
     exit 2
@@ -65,9 +48,6 @@ EOM
 ***                                                     ***
 ***********************************************************
 
-Used version:
-$used_version
-
 Exiting...
 EOM
     exit 0
diff --git a/format.sh b/format.sh
index c43f537f5..83dee9e28 100755
--- a/format.sh
+++ b/format.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This script will run clang-format on all modified, non-3rd-party C++/Header files.
 # Optionally runs cmake-format on all modified cmake files.
 # Optionally runs shellcheck on all modified shell files.
-# Uses clang-format cmake-format git diff find shellcheck
+# Uses clang-format, cmake-format, git, diff, find and shellcheck
 # Never, ever, should this receive a path with a newline in it. Don't bother proofing it for that.
 
 set -o pipefail
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ OPTIONS:
         Do not check any source files for clang-format.
 
     --print-version
-        Print the version of clang-format being used before continuing.
+        Print the lint tool version being used before continuing.
 
     --shell
-        Use shellcheck to lint shell files. Not available in the default inline
-        mode.
+        Use shellcheck to lint shell files.
+        Not available in the default inline mode.
 
     -t, --test
         Do not edit files in place. Set exit code to 1 if changes are required.