diff -r 1198c86beb73 -r e40b7a504b1d hgext/fastannotate/formatter.py
--- a/hgext/fastannotate/formatter.py	Wed Jan 16 11:55:01 2019 -0500
+++ b/hgext/fastannotate/formatter.py	Wed Jan 16 11:55:49 2019 -0500
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                         result += ': ' + self.ui.label('-' + lines[i],
                                                        'diff.deleted')
 
-            if result[-1] != '\n':
+            if result[-1:] != '\n':
                 result += '\n'
 
         self.ui.write(result)