add in-built logging support for a better dev experience

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/config/app_config.go b/pkg/config/app_config.go
index c79907c64..5df706ea0 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app_config.go
@@ -410,11 +410,12 @@ func getDefaultAppState() []byte {
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 }
 
-// // commenting this out until we use it again
-// func homeDirectory() string {
-// 	usr, err := user.Current()
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		log.Fatal(err)
-// 	}
-// 	return usr.HomeDir
-// }
+func globalConfigDir() string {
+	configDirs := configdir.New("jesseduffield", "lazygit")
+	configDir := configDirs.QueryFolders(configdir.Global)[0]
+	return configDir.Path
+}
+
+func LogPath() string {
+	return filepath.Join(globalConfigDir(), "development.log")
+}