go-kit / go-kit/kit

How to leverage kit/log logging in several .go files/libraries without producing an overwhelming amount of output?

Open
#565 9 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
enhancement help wanted
Dominant language
Go
Stars
27.4k
Forks
2.4k
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

I have experience with log4cxx and log4net that support hierarchical logging. I'd like to include a range of logging in my libraries and .go files but I'm not sure what the best approach is to keep the console output down when doing so.

If I have an issue I'll raise the level to debug to see the details. Even though I know the issue is likely in a single or handful of .go files, or maybe in a library, raising the level means seeing the debug output from everywhere I'm using logging that is part of the execution path. I *could* comment those log entries out but that's a lot of extra time.

Is there a generally accepted way of including logging in all of your .go files and methods without overwhelming yourself with output that you don't need to enable unless debugging that particular file?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.