rails_log_autotruncator — Rails log auto truncate

rails_log_autotruncator is a simple (monkey)patch for ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger that limits a log file size. Use it if you just don't want your rails project development or test log file becomes large.

Disclaimer

You don't need this gem for ruby 1.9.3 and up. You can add the following code to your environment config file (i.e. config/environments/test.rb) for Rails 4:

config.logger = Logger.new(config.paths['log'].first, 1, 5.megabytes)

For Rails 3:

config.logger = Logger.new(config.paths.log.first, 1, 5.megabytes)

5.megabytes is a max log file size in this case. You can adjust it according to your needs.

Compatibility

• Ruby 1.9.2 Rails 3.0.6
• Ruby 1.8.7 Rails 2.3.5

Installation

Bundler

Add the rails_log_autotruncator gem to your Gemfile:

group :development, :test do
  gem 'rails_log_autotruncator'
end

Rails 2 without Bundler

gem install rails_log_autotruncator

then add to your environment.rb to Rails::Initializer.run:

config.gem "rails_log_autotruncator", :lib => "rails_log_autotruncator"

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2011 Dzmitry Plashchynski. See LICENSE for details.