Fix colours on console when logging to file (#1846)

* Fix colours on console when logging to file

pkg/logger/hook.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+type fileLogHook struct {
+	Writer    io.Writer
+	Formatter logrus.Formatter
+}
+
+func (hook *fileLogHook) Fire(entry *logrus.Entry) error {
+	line, err := hook.Formatter.Format(entry)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = hook.Writer.Write(line)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (hook *fileLogHook) Levels() []logrus.Level {
+	return logrus.AllLevels
+}

pkg/logger/logger.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package logger
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -35,6 +34,13 @@ func Init(logFile string, logOut bool, logLevel string) {
 	customFormatter.FullTimestamp = true
 	logger.SetFormatter(customFormatter)
 
+	// #1837 - trigger the console to use color-mode since it won't be
+	// otherwise triggered until the first log entry
+	// this is covers the situation where the logger is only logging to file
+	// and therefore does not trigger the console color-mode - resulting in
+	// the access log colouring not being applied
+	_, _ = customFormatter.Format(logrus.NewEntry(logger))
+
 	if logFile != "" {
 		var err error
 		file, err = os.OpenFile(logFile, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
@@ -44,12 +50,23 @@ func Init(logFile string, logOut bool, logLevel string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if file != nil && logOut {
+	if file != nil {
-		mw := io.MultiWriter(os.Stderr, file)
+		if logOut {
-		logger.Out = mw
+			// log to file separately disabling colours
-	} else if file != nil {
+			fileFormatter := new(logrus.TextFormatter)
+			fileFormatter.TimestampFormat = customFormatter.TimestampFormat
+			fileFormatter.FullTimestamp = customFormatter.FullTimestamp
+			logger.AddHook(&fileLogHook{
+				Writer:    file,
+				Formatter: fileFormatter,
+			})
+		} else {
+			// logging to file only
+			// turn off the colouring for the file
+			customFormatter.ForceColors = false
 			logger.Out = file
 		}
+	}
 
 	// otherwise, output to StdErr
 

ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v0110.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 * Added interface options to disable creating performers/studios/tags from dropdown selectors. ([#1814](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/1814))
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
+* Fix colour codes not outputting correctly when logging to file on Windows. ([#1846](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/1846))
 * Sort directory listings using case sensitive collation. ([#1823](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/1823))
 * Fix auto-tag logic for names which have single-letter words. ([#1817](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/1817))
 * Fix huge memory usage spike during clean task. ([#1805](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/1805))