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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/logutils/README.md b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/logutils/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..49490eae --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/logutils/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# logutils + +logutils is a Go package that augments the standard library "log" package +to make logging a bit more modern, without fragmenting the Go ecosystem +with new logging packages. + +## The simplest thing that could possibly work + +Presumably your application already uses the default `log` package. To switch, you'll want your code to look like the following: + +```go +package main + +import ( + "log" + "os" + + "github.com/hashicorp/logutils" +) + +func main() { + filter := &logutils.LevelFilter{ + Levels: []logutils.LogLevel{"DEBUG", "WARN", "ERROR"}, + MinLevel: logutils.LogLevel("WARN"), + Writer: os.Stderr, + } + log.SetOutput(filter) + + log.Print("[DEBUG] Debugging") // this will not print + log.Print("[WARN] Warning") // this will + log.Print("[ERROR] Erring") // and so will this + log.Print("Message I haven't updated") // and so will this +} +``` + +This logs to standard error exactly like go's standard logger. Any log messages you haven't converted to have a level will continue to print as before. |