From 9b4156888167c77c4b253e78a2c750b216fc2942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvain Migaud <sylvain@migaud.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 06:09:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Place date at the begining of the log file name

---
 CHANGELOG.md               | 1 +
 common/frontend/src/lib.rs | 2 +-
 voxygen/src/main.rs        | 8 +++++---
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fb375711c..84aedd47f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - Made dungeon tiers 3, 4, and 5 more common
+- Put date at the begining of the log file instead of the end to allow MIME type recognition
 - Tweaked CR and exp calculation formula
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/common/frontend/src/lib.rs b/common/frontend/src/lib.rs
index 6b78cf750e..1f5b389f48 100644
--- a/common/frontend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/frontend/src/lib.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ where
     if let Some((path, file)) = log_path_file {
         match fs::create_dir_all(path) {
             Ok(_) => {
-                let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::daily(path, file);
+                let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::never(path, file); // It is actually rolling daily since the log name is changing daily
                 let (non_blocking_file, file_guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(file_appender);
                 guards.push(file_guard);
                 file_setup = true;
diff --git a/voxygen/src/main.rs b/voxygen/src/main.rs
index 98e97f5db7..cd6b98eab0 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/main.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/main.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use veloren_voxygen::{
     GlobalState,
 };
 
+use chrono::Utc;
 #[cfg(feature = "hot-reloading")]
 use common::assets;
 use common::clock::Clock;
@@ -39,8 +40,9 @@ fn main() {
         .unwrap_or_else(|| userdata_dir.join("voxygen").join("logs"));
 
     // Init logging and hold the guards.
-    const LOG_FILENAME: &str = "voxygen.log";
-    let _guards = common_frontend::init_stdout(Some((&logs_dir, LOG_FILENAME)));
+    let now = Utc::now();
+    let log_filename = format!("{}_voxygen.log", now.format("%Y-%m-%d"));
+    let _guards = common_frontend::init_stdout(Some((&logs_dir, &log_filename)));
 
     info!("Using userdata dir at: {}", userdata_dir.display());
 
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ fn main() {
             Panic Payload: {:?}\n\
             PanicInfo: {}\n\
             Game version: {} [{}]",
-            logs_dir.join("voxygen.log.<date>").display(),
+            logs_dir.join(&log_filename).display(),
             reason,
             panic_info,
             common::util::GIT_HASH.to_string(),