puts(reset);
 }
 
-static void emit_add_line(const char *reset, struct emit_callback *ecbdata, const char *line, int len)
+static void emit_line_with_ws(int nparents,
+               const char *set, const char *reset, const char *ws,
+               const char *line, int len)
 {
-       int col0 = ecbdata->nparents;
+       int col0 = nparents;
        int last_tab_in_indent = -1;
        int last_space_in_indent = -1;
        int i;
        int tail = len;
        int need_highlight_leading_space = 0;
-       const char *ws = diff_get_color(ecbdata->color_diff, DIFF_WHITESPACE);
-       const char *set = diff_get_color(ecbdata->color_diff, DIFF_FILE_NEW);
-
-       if (!*ws) {
-               emit_line(set, reset, line, len);
-               return;
-       }
-
        /* The line is a newly added line.  Does it have funny leading
         * whitespaces?  In indent, SP should never precede a TAB.
         */
                emit_line(set, reset, line + i, len - i);
 }
 
+static void emit_add_line(const char *reset, struct emit_callback *ecbdata, const char *line, int len)
+{
+       const char *ws = diff_get_color(ecbdata->color_diff, DIFF_WHITESPACE);
+       const char *set = diff_get_color(ecbdata->color_diff, DIFF_FILE_NEW);
+
+       if (!*ws)
+               emit_line(set, reset, line, len);
+       else
+               emit_line_with_ws(ecbdata->nparents, set, reset, ws,
+                               line, len);
+}
+
 static void fn_out_consume(void *priv, char *line, unsigned long len)
 {
        int i;
 struct checkdiff_t {
        struct xdiff_emit_state xm;
        const char *filename;
-       int lineno;
+       int lineno, color_diff;
 };
 
 static void checkdiff_consume(void *priv, char *line, unsigned long len)
 {
        struct checkdiff_t *data = priv;
+       const char *ws = diff_get_color(data->color_diff, DIFF_WHITESPACE);
+       const char *reset = diff_get_color(data->color_diff, DIFF_RESET);
+       const char *set = diff_get_color(data->color_diff, DIFF_FILE_NEW);
 
        if (line[0] == '+') {
-               int i, spaces = 0;
+               int i, spaces = 0, space_before_tab = 0, white_space_at_end = 0;
 
                /* check space before tab */
                for (i = 1; i < len && (line[i] == ' ' || line[i] == '\t'); i++)
                        if (line[i] == ' ')
                                spaces++;
                if (line[i - 1] == '\t' && spaces)
-                       printf("%s:%d: space before tab:%.*s\n",
-                               data->filename, data->lineno, (int)len, line);
+                       space_before_tab = 1;
 
                /* check white space at line end */
                if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
                        len--;
                if (isspace(line[len - 1]))
-                       printf("%s:%d: white space at end: %.*s\n",
-                               data->filename, data->lineno, (int)len, line);
+                       white_space_at_end = 1;
+
+               if (space_before_tab || white_space_at_end) {
+                       printf("%s:%d: %s", data->filename, data->lineno, ws);
+                       if (space_before_tab) {
+                               printf("space before tab");
+                               if (white_space_at_end)
+                                       putchar(',');
+                       }
+                       if (white_space_at_end)
+                               printf("white space at end");
+                       printf(":%s ", reset);
+                       emit_line_with_ws(1, set, reset, ws, line, len);
+               }
 
                data->lineno++;
        } else if (line[0] == ' ')
 
 static void builtin_checkdiff(const char *name_a, const char *name_b,
                             struct diff_filespec *one,
-                            struct diff_filespec *two)
+                            struct diff_filespec *two, struct diff_options *o)
 {
        mmfile_t mf1, mf2;
        struct checkdiff_t data;
        data.xm.consume = checkdiff_consume;
        data.filename = name_b ? name_b : name_a;
        data.lineno = 0;
+       data.color_diff = o->color_diff;
 
        if (fill_mmfile(&mf1, one) < 0 || fill_mmfile(&mf2, two) < 0)
                die("unable to read files to diff");
        diff_fill_sha1_info(p->one);
        diff_fill_sha1_info(p->two);
 
-       builtin_checkdiff(name, other, p->one, p->two);
+       builtin_checkdiff(name, other, p->one, p->two, o);
 }
 
 void diff_setup(struct diff_options *options)