fix: disabling logging completely now works

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ func InitConfig() {
 		MetricsEnabled.Set(true)
 	}
 
+	err = viper.ReadInConfig()
 	if viper.ConfigFileUsed() != "" {
 		log.Printf("Using config file: %s", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
 
-		err = viper.ReadInConfig()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println(err.Error())
 			log.Println("Using default config.")

pkg/log/logging.go

@@ -63,23 +63,26 @@ func InitLogger() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// We define our two backends
-	if config.LogStandard.GetString() != "off" {
+	// The backend is the part which actually handles logging the log entries somewhere.
+	cf := config.LogStandard.GetString()
+	var backend logging.Backend
+	backend = &NoopBackend{}
+	if cf != "off" && cf != "false" {
 		stdWriter := GetLogWriter("standard")
 
-		level, err := logging.LogLevel(strings.ToUpper(config.LogLevel.GetString()))
-		if err != nil {
-			Fatalf("Error setting database log level: %s", err.Error())
-		}
-
 		logBackend := logging.NewLogBackend(stdWriter, "", 0)
-		backend := logging.NewBackendFormatter(logBackend, logging.MustStringFormatter(Fmt+"\n"))
-
-		backendLeveled := logging.AddModuleLevel(backend)
-		backendLeveled.SetLevel(level, logModule)
-
-		logInstance.SetBackend(backendLeveled)
+		backend = logging.NewBackendFormatter(logBackend, logging.MustStringFormatter(Fmt+"\n"))
 	}
+
+	level, err := logging.LogLevel(strings.ToUpper(config.LogLevel.GetString()))
+	if err != nil {
+		Fatalf("Error setting database log level: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	backendLeveled := logging.AddModuleLevel(backend)
+	backendLeveled.SetLevel(level, logModule)
+
+	logInstance.SetBackend(backendLeveled)
 }
 
 // GetLogWriter returns the writer to where the normal log goes, depending on the config

pkg/log/noop.go

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2021 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public Licensee for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package log
+
+import (
+	"github.com/op/go-logging"
+)
+
+// NoopBackend doesn't log anything. Used in cases where we want to disable logging completely.
+type NoopBackend struct{}
+
+func (n *NoopBackend) Log(level logging.Level, i int, record *logging.Record) error {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/log/watermill_logger.go

@@ -45,8 +45,13 @@ func NewWatermillLogger() *WatermillLogger {
 		logger: logging.MustGetLogger(watermillLogModule),
 	}
 
-	logBackend := logging.NewLogBackend(GetLogWriter("events"), "", 0)
-	backend := logging.NewBackendFormatter(logBackend, logging.MustStringFormatter(watermillFmt+"\n"))
+	cf := config.LogEvents.GetString()
+	var backend logging.Backend
+	backend = &NoopBackend{}
+	if cf != "off" && cf != "false" {
+		logBackend := logging.NewLogBackend(GetLogWriter("events"), "", 0)
+		backend = logging.NewBackendFormatter(logBackend, logging.MustStringFormatter(watermillFmt+"\n"))
+	}
 
 	backendLeveled := logging.AddModuleLevel(backend)
 	backendLeveled.SetLevel(level, watermillLogModule)