On short error format, append primary span label to message

The `error-format=short` output only displays the path, error code and main error message all in the same line. We now add the primary span label as well after the error message, to provide more context.

Author: estebank

compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs

@@ -1328,10 +1328,11 @@ impl HumanEmitter {
                 buffer.append(0, ": ", header_style);
                 label_width += 2;
             }
+            let mut line = 0;
             for (text, _) in msgs.iter() {
                 let text = self.translate_message(text, args).map_err(Report::new).unwrap();
                 // Account for newlines to align output to its label.
-                for (line, text) in normalize_whitespace(&text).lines().enumerate() {
+                for text in normalize_whitespace(&text).lines() {
                     buffer.append(
                         line,
                         &format!(
@@ -1341,6 +1342,29 @@ impl HumanEmitter {
                         ),
                         header_style,
                     );
+                    line += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            if self.short_message {
+                let labels = msp
+                    .span_labels()
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .filter_map(|label| match label.label {
+                        Some(msg) if label.is_primary => {
+                            let text = self.translate_message(&msg, args).ok()?;
+                            if !text.trim().is_empty() {
+                                Some(text.to_string())
+                            } else {
+                                None
+                            }
+                        }
+                        _ => None,
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .join(", ");
+                if !labels.is_empty() {
+                    buffer.append(line, ": ", Style::NoStyle);
+                    buffer.append(line, &labels, Style::NoStyle);
                 }
             }
         }

tests/ui/json/json-bom-plus-crlf-multifile.stderr

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This error occurs when an expression was used in a place where the compiler
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 most common being when calling a function and passing an argument which has a
 different type than the matching type in the function declaration.
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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ This error occurs when an expression was used in a place where the compiler
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 most common being when calling a function and passing an argument which has a
 different type than the matching type in the function declaration.
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ This error occurs when an expression was used in a place where the compiler
 expected an expression of a different type. It can occur in several cases, the
 most common being when calling a function and passing an argument which has a
 different type than the matching type in the function declaration.
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 most common being when calling a function and passing an argument which has a
 different type than the matching type in the function declaration.
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