latexdiff produces invalid output from changes to \multirow

Question

A co-worker and I are hoping to start using latexdiff for tracking changes in a document he is writing and I am proofreading. I've run into a spot where latexdiff seems to be generating invalid output. Here is the original text (which is inside a \begin{tabular} block):

\multirow{1}*{4. Conclude}
            & a. Write report                   & Joel/12hrs            & \hspace{10mm} 9/20 \\\hline

Here is the changed text:

\multirow{2}*{4. Conclude Project}
            & a. Write report                   & Joel/12hrs            & \hspace{10mm} 9/20 \\\cline{2-4}
            & b. Debrief                        & Joel/1hr              & \hspace{10mm} 9/21 \\\hline

Here is the output from latexdiff:

\DIFdelbegin %DIFDELCMD < \multirow{1}%%%
\DIFdelend \DIFaddbegin \multirow{2}\DIFaddend *{4. Conclude \DIFaddbegin \DIFadd{Project}\DIFaddend }
            & a. Write report                   & Joel/12hrs            & \hspace{10mm} 9/20 \\\DIFaddbegin \cline{2-4}
            & \DIFadd{b. Debrief                        }& \DIFadd{Joel/1hr                 }& \DIFadd{\hspace{10mm} 9/21 }\\\DIFaddend \hline

and here are the last few lines of the console:

[]\OT1/cmss/bx/n/12 Milesestones and Re-quired Tasks: Pro-posed Start-ing Date 
|   [] 
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again> 
                   \let 
l.464 ...end \DIFaddbegin \multirow{2}\DIFaddend *
                                                  {4. Conclude \DIFaddbegin ...

I'm too much of a LaTeX neophyte to interpret this error. Is there something we can do either in the original files or in latexdiff's output to resolve this error?

Answer 1

From a position of total ignorance, apparently this works:-)

Never used that tool but it is putting the markup in the middle of multirows arguments which is bad, it looks like you omitted the braces from the * argument which might have confused it, try {*}