symfony
diff --git a/‎src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
Lines changed: 14 additions & 2 deletions b/‎src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
Lines changed: 14 additions & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Formatter/OutputFormatterTest.php
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions b/‎src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Formatter/OutputFormatterTest.php
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions
@@ -31,7 +31,15 @@ class OutputFormatter implements OutputFormatterInterface
      */
     public static function escape($text)
     {
-        return preg_replace('/([^\\\\]?)</', '$1\\<', $text);
+        $text = preg_replace('/([^\\\\]?)</', '$1\\<', $text);
+
+        if ('\\' === substr($text, -1)) {
+            $len = strlen($text);
+            $text = rtrim($text, '\\');
+            $text .= str_repeat('<<', $len - strlen($text));
+        }
+
+        return $text;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -129,7 +137,7 @@ public function format($message)
         $message = (string) $message;
         $offset = 0;
         $output = '';
-        $tagRegex = '[a-z][a-z0-9_=;-]*';
+        $tagRegex = '[a-z][a-z0-9_=;-]*+';
         preg_match_all("#<(($tagRegex) | /($tagRegex)?)>#ix", $message, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
         foreach ($matches[0] as $i => $match) {
             $pos = $match[1];
@@ -164,6 +172,10 @@ public function format($message)
 
         $output .= $this->applyCurrentStyle(substr($message, $offset));
 
+        if (false !== strpos($output, '<<')) {
+            return strtr($output, array('\\<' => '<', '<<' => '\\'));
+        }
+
         return str_replace('\\<', '<', $output);
     }
 
 
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ public function testStyleEscaping()
         $formatter = new OutputFormatter(true);
 
         $this->assertEquals(
-            "(\033[32mz>=2.0,<a2.3\033[0m)",
-            $formatter->format('(<info>'.$formatter->escape('z>=2.0,<a2.3').'</info>)')
+            "(\033[32mz>=2.0,<<<a2.3\\\033[0m)",
+            $formatter->format('(<info>'.$formatter->escape('z>=2.0,<\\<<a2.3\\').'</info>)')
         );
 
         $this->assertEquals(