add in-built logging support for a better dev experience

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fc41dd893..668d8bab8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ func main() {
 	configFlag := false
 	flaggy.Bool(&configFlag, "c", "config", "Print the default config")
 
+	logFlag := false
+	flaggy.Bool(&logFlag, "l", "logs", "Tail lazygit logs (intended to be used in a separate terminal tab to lazygit)")
+
 	flaggy.Parse()
 
 	if versionFlag {
@@ -53,6 +56,11 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
+	if logFlag {
+		app.TailLogs()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	if repoPath != "." {
 		if err := os.Chdir(repoPath); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err.Error())