The CustomLogSpace gem organizes Rails logs by controller and action. With it, developers no longer need to start the rails server repeatedly just to check logs.

To begin, add the gem to your application's Gemfile:

group :development do
  gem 'custom_log_space'
end

Next, run:

$ bundle install

Alternatively, you can install it directly using:

$ gem install custom_log_space

Logs are saved in the log/custom_log_space/#{controller_name}/#{action_name}/#{date}/#{time}.log.

user log % tree
.
├── custom_log_space
│   └── articles_controller
│       ├── index
│       │   ├── 2023-09-19
│       │   │   ├── 09:13.log
│       │   │   └── 20:00.log
│       │   └── saved
│       └── show
│           ├── 2023-09-18
│           │   ├── 21:29.log
│           │   └── 22:02.log
│           ├── 2023-09-19
│           │   └── 20:00.log
│           └── saved
└── development.log

To maintain system performance and manage disk space:

• Date Directory: Max of 2 date-folders, excluding 'saved'. A third will remove the oldest.
• File Limit: Up to 10 log files per date folder. Monitor your logs to stay within this.
• Extended Retention: Need logs longer? Archive or back up them. Accidental losses are avoided this way. Remember: Files in the 'saved' directory won't be deleted. To keep a log, move it there: log/custom_log_space/#{controller_name}/#{action_name}/saved/

If needed, add /log/custom_log_space/* to your .gitignore to ensure the logs aren't committed to your repository.

/log/custom_log_space/*

• Rails 7
• Ruby 3

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/custom_log_space. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

This gem is open-sourced under the MIT License terms.

All participants in the CustomLogSpace project, whether they're interacting with codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, or mailing lists, are expected to follow the code of conduct.