Maintain highlighting in `note` and `help` even when they have a span

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/diagnostic.rs b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/diagnostic.rs
index e1dcbf5b280..67ca6d50cca 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/diagnostic.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/diagnostic.rs
@@ -741,6 +741,16 @@ impl<'a, G: EmissionGuarantee> Diag<'a, G> {
         self
     }
 
+    #[rustc_lint_diagnostics]
+    pub fn highlighted_span_note(
+        &mut self,
+        span: impl Into<MultiSpan>,
+        msg: Vec<StringPart>,
+    ) -> &mut Self {
+        self.sub_with_highlights(Level::Note, msg, span.into());
+        self
+    }
+
     /// This is like [`Diag::note()`], but it's only printed once.
     #[rustc_lint_diagnostics]
     pub fn note_once(&mut self, msg: impl Into<SubdiagMessage>) -> &mut Self {
@@ -815,6 +825,17 @@ impl<'a, G: EmissionGuarantee> Diag<'a, G> {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Add a help message attached to this diagnostic with a customizable highlighted message.
+    #[rustc_lint_diagnostics]
+    pub fn highlighted_span_help(
+        &mut self,
+        span: impl Into<MultiSpan>,
+        msg: Vec<StringPart>,
+    ) -> &mut Self {
+        self.sub_with_highlights(Level::Help, msg, span.into());
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Prints the span with some help above it.
     /// This is like [`Diag::help()`], but it gets its own span.
     #[rustc_lint_diagnostics]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs
index 483b757f20c..8df3b685829 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ impl HumanEmitter {
                 label_width += 2;
             }
             let mut line = 0;
-            for (text, _) in msgs.iter() {
+            for (text, style) 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 text in normalize_whitespace(&text).lines() {
@@ -1358,7 +1358,10 @@ impl HumanEmitter {
                             if line == 0 { String::new() } else { " ".repeat(label_width) },
                             text
                         ),
-                        header_style,
+                        match style {
+                            Style::Highlight => *style,
+                            _ => header_style,
+                        },
                     );
                     line += 1;
                 }