From dd93fe117dd28e6fa8b015c1a27fc7a1d0ab0539 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Clarke <alex.j.tusa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:29:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Implemented log rolling so the log file doesn't just
 grow exponentially [#60]

---
 Cargo.toml   |  2 +-
 src/utils.rs | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index babd875..a7f63b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ derivative = "2.2.0"
 human-panic = "2.0.6"
 indoc = "2.0.7"
 log = "0.4.29"
-log4rs = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["file_appender"] }
+log4rs = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["rolling_file_appender", "compound_policy", "size_trigger", "fixed_window_roller"] }
 regex = "1.12.2"
 reqwest = { version = "0.13.2", features = ["json"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 7dd2e5a..904ae20 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ use anyhow::{Context, anyhow};
 use colored::Colorize;
 use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use log::{LevelFilter, error};
-use log4rs::append::file::FileAppender;
+use log4rs::append::rolling_file::policy::compound::roll::fixed_window::FixedWindowRoller;
+use log4rs::append::rolling_file::policy::compound::trigger::size::SizeTrigger;
+use log4rs::append::rolling_file::policy::compound::CompoundPolicy;
+use log4rs::append::rolling_file::RollingFileAppender;
 use log4rs::config::{Appender, Root};
 use log4rs::encode::pattern::PatternEncoder;
 use regex::Regex;
@@ -47,11 +50,23 @@ pub fn get_log_path() -> PathBuf {
 }
 
 pub fn init_logging_config() -> log4rs::Config {
-  let logfile = FileAppender::builder()
+  let log_path = get_log_path();
+  let archive_pattern = log_path
+    .with_file_name("managarr.{}.log")
+    .to_string_lossy()
+    .into_owned();
+
+  let trigger = SizeTrigger::new(10 * 1024 * 1024);
+  let roller = FixedWindowRoller::builder()
+    .build(&archive_pattern, 3)
+    .unwrap();
+  let policy = CompoundPolicy::new(Box::new(trigger), Box::new(roller));
+
+  let logfile = RollingFileAppender::builder()
     .encoder(Box::new(PatternEncoder::new(
       "{d(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%.3f)(utc)} <{i}> [{l}] {f}:{L} - {m}{n}",
     )))
-    .build(get_log_path())
+    .build(log_path, Box::new(policy))
     .unwrap();
 
   log4rs::Config::builder()