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.

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 +1342,25 @@ 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/rustdoc-ui/issues/issue-81662-shortness.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //@ compile-flags:--test --error-format=short
 //@ check-stdout
-//@ error-pattern:cannot find function `foo` in this scope
+//@ error-pattern:cannot find function `foo`
 //@ normalize-stdout-test: "tests/rustdoc-ui/issues" -> "$$DIR"
 //@ normalize-stdout-test "finished in \d+\.\d+s" -> "finished in $$TIME"
 //@ failure-status: 101

tests/rustdoc-ui/issues/issue-81662-shortness.stdout

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ test $DIR/issue-81662-shortness.rs - foo (line 8) ... FAILED
 failures:
 
 ---- $DIR/issue-81662-shortness.rs - foo (line 8) stdout ----
-$DIR/issue-81662-shortness.rs:9:1: error[E0425]: cannot find function `foo` in this scope
+$DIR/issue-81662-shortness.rs:9:1: error[E0425]: cannot find function `foo` in this scope: not found in this scope
 error: aborting due to 1 previous error
 Couldn't compile the test.
 

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

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 most common being when calling a function and passing an argument which has a
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 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
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 most common being when calling a function and passing an argument which has a
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