From a13aa8066a17cd3968029cd788c35040e8d7f50d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luxferre <lux@ferre>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:50:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] adjusted log format

---
 cmd/sidekick-mcp/main.go |  4 +++-
 cmd/sidekick-tui/main.go |  2 ++
 log.go                   | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 log.go

diff --git a/cmd/sidekick-mcp/main.go b/cmd/sidekick-mcp/main.go
index 58b92a3..8eda09f 100644
--- a/cmd/sidekick-mcp/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sidekick-mcp/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+  sidekick.SetupLogging(os.Stderr)
+
   cfg, err := sidekick.LoadConfig("config.toml")
   if err != nil {
     log.Fatalf("Failed to load config: %v", err)
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ func main() {
   // Disable standard logging to stdout if stdio transport is used,
   // so it doesn't corrupt the JSON-RPC stream.
   if cfg.MCPListener.Transport == "stdio" || cfg.MCPListener.Transport == "" {
-    log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+    sidekick.SetupLogging(os.Stderr)
   }
 
   sidekick.GlobalLogger = log.Printf
diff --git a/cmd/sidekick-tui/main.go b/cmd/sidekick-tui/main.go
index bab1666..a0c102c 100644
--- a/cmd/sidekick-tui/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sidekick-tui/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
   "context"
   "fmt"
   "log"
+  "os"
   "strings"
 
   "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textarea"
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 }
 
 func main() {
+  sidekick.SetupLogging(os.Stderr)
   if _, err := tea.NewProgram(initialModel(), tea.WithAltScreen()).Run(); err != nil {
     log.Fatal(err)
   }
diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..305a61a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package sidekick
+
+import (
+  "fmt"
+  "io"
+  "log"
+  "time"
+)
+
+type dashLoggerWriter struct {
+  w io.Writer
+}
+
+func (d *dashLoggerWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+  tStr := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
+  return fmt.Fprintf(d.w, "%s %s", tStr, p)
+}
+
+// SetupLogging sets up the global log package to use YYYY-MM-DD format
+func SetupLogging(w io.Writer) {
+  log.SetFlags(0)
+  log.SetOutput(&dashLoggerWriter{w: w})
+}