silent deletion of log files generated with helix -vvv ir.cpp, when opening them with helix

[matu3ba]

Reproduction steps

wget https://github.com/ziglang/zig/blob/master/src/stage1/ir.cpp
hx -vvv ir.cpp

Environment

• Platform: Linux pc 5.14.14
• Helix version: v0.5.0-16-g592fba1

The log file is 1.2 MB, so I compressed it.

What is happening:

[user@pc stage1]$ hx -vvv ir.cpp
[user@pc stage1]$ cd ~/.cache/helix/
[user@pc helix]$ l
helix.log
[user@pc helix]$ du
 1.2M   ┌── helix.log
 1.2M ┌─┴ .
[user@pc helix]$ cp helix.log helix_back.log
[user@pc helix]$ hx helix.log
[user@pc helix]$ du .
   0B   ┌── helix.log
 1.2M   ├── helix_back.log
 1.2M ┌─┴ .

accidentically I opened the issue as question in tree-sitter repo, but at least I also filed there one bug.

[matu3ba]

helix_back.zip

[kirawi]

#735 I didn't consider that would happen, hmm. Maybe that change should just be reverted.

[archseer]

Yeah, we should get rid of truncation. Helix doesn't log much anymore unless ran with -v so it should be fine.

[WindSoilder]

What about truncate only when run with -v, otherwise keep the log open? If no truncate and run with -v again and again, the log file can be large (though I think user won't do this often)