// DiagnosticOptions instance.
TextDiagnosticPrinter *DiagClient
= new TextDiagnosticPrinter(llvm::errs(), &*DiagOpts);
- DiagClient->setPrefix(llvm::sys::path::filename(Path));
+
+ // If the clang binary happens to be named cl.exe for compatibility reasons,
+ // use clang-cl.exe as the prefix to avoid confusion between clang and MSVC.
+ StringRef ExeBasename(llvm::sys::path::filename(Path));
+ if (ExeBasename.trim().equals_lower("cl.exe"))
+ ExeBasename = "clang-cl.exe";
+ DiagClient->setPrefix(ExeBasename);
+
IntrusiveRefCntPtr<DiagnosticIDs> DiagID(new DiagnosticIDs());
DiagnosticsEngine Diags(DiagID, &*DiagOpts, DiagClient);