1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/progress.c b/progress.c
index 564845a..949a2a5 100644
--- a/progress.c
+++ b/progress.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static void display(struct progress *progress, uint64_t n, const char *done)
 	const char *tp;
 	struct strbuf *counters_sb = &progress->counters_sb;
 	int show_update = 0;
+	int last_count_len = counters_sb->len;
 
 	if (progress->delay && (!progress_update || --progress->delay))
 		return;
@@ -110,10 +111,12 @@ static void display(struct progress *progress, uint64_t n, const char *done)
 
 	if (show_update) {
 		if (is_foreground_fd(fileno(stderr)) || done) {
-			const char *eol = done ? done : "   \r";
-
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s%s", progress->title,
-				counters_sb->buf, eol);
+			const char *eol = done ? done : "\r";
+			size_t clear_len = counters_sb->len < last_count_len ?
+					last_count_len - counters_sb->len + 1 :
+					0;
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s%*s", progress->title,
+				counters_sb->buf, (int) clear_len, eol);
 			fflush(stderr);
 		}
 		progress_update = 0;