fix: disable logs on some commands (#4865)

closes #4864

Signed-off-by: Carlos Alexandro Becker <caarlos0@users.noreply.github.com>

cmd/root.go

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ func (cmd *rootCmd) Execute(args []string) {
 		cmd.cmd.SetArgs(append([]string{"release"}, args...))
 	}
 
+	if shouldDisableLogs(args) {
+		log.SetLevel(log.FatalLevel)
+	}
+
 	if err := cmd.cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		code := 1
 		msg := "command failed"
@@ -73,13 +77,13 @@ Check out our website for more information, examples and documentation: https://
 		SilenceErrors:     true,
 		Args:              cobra.NoArgs,
 		ValidArgsFunction: cobra.NoFileCompletions,
-		PersistentPreRun: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+		PersistentPreRun: func(*cobra.Command, []string) {
 			if root.verbose || root.debug {
 				log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 				log.Debug("verbose output enabled")
 			}
 		},
-		PersistentPostRun: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+		PersistentPostRun: func(*cobra.Command, []string) {
 			log.Info("thanks for using goreleaser!")
 		},
 	}
@@ -103,6 +107,16 @@ Check out our website for more information, examples and documentation: https://
 	return root
 }
 
+func shouldDisableLogs(args []string) bool {
+	return len(args) > 0 && (args[0] == "help" ||
+		args[0] == "completion" ||
+		args[0] == "man" ||
+		args[0] == "docs" ||
+		args[0] == "jsonschema" ||
+		args[0] == cobra.ShellCompRequestCmd ||
+		args[0] == cobra.ShellCompNoDescRequestCmd)
+}
+
 func shouldPrependRelease(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) bool {
 	// find current cmd, if its not root, it means the user actively
 	// set a command, so let it go

cmd/root_test.go

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	goversion "github.com/caarlos0/go-version"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -100,3 +102,26 @@ func TestShouldPrependRelease(t *testing.T) {
 		require.False(t, result([]string{"__completeNoDesc"}))
 	})
 }
+
+func TestShouldDisableLogs(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		args   []string
+		expect bool
+	}{
+		{nil, false},
+		{[]string{"release"}, false},
+		{[]string{"release", "--clean"}, false},
+		{[]string{"help"}, true},
+		{[]string{"completion"}, true},
+		{[]string{"man"}, true},
+		{[]string{"jsonschema"}, true},
+		{[]string{"docs"}, true},
+		{[]string{cobra.ShellCompRequestCmd}, true},
+		{[]string{cobra.ShellCompNoDescRequestCmd}, true},
+	}
+	for _, tC := range testCases {
+		t.Run(strings.Join(tC.args, " "), func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, tC.expect, shouldDisableLogs(tC.args))
+		})
+	}
+}