Improved the formatting and reliability of the stack traces

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "go.testFlags": [
+        "-v"
+    ]
+}

logger.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sanity-io/litter"
 
 	"github.com/pieterclaerhout/go-formatter"
@@ -199,10 +199,21 @@ func StackTrace(err error) {
 
 // FormattedStackTrace returns a formatted stacktrace for err
 func FormattedStackTrace(err error) string {
-	if cause := causeOfError(err); cause != nil {
+
+	if cause := errors.Cause(err); cause != nil {
 		err = cause
 	}
-	return strings.TrimSpace(errors.Wrap(err, 2).ErrorStack())
+
+	type stackTracer interface {
+		StackTrace() errors.StackTrace
+	}
+
+	if err, ok := err.(stackTracer); ok {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprintf("%+v", err))
+	}
+
+	return strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprintf("%+v", err))
+
 }
 
 // Fatal logs a fatal error message to stdout and exits the program with exit code 1

logger_internal.go

@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 )
 
-var logMutex = &sync.Mutex{}
-
 var colors = map[string]*color.Color{
 	"DEBUG": color.New(color.FgHiBlack),
 	"INFO ": color.New(color.FgHiGreen),
@@ -65,7 +62,6 @@ func printMessage(level string, message string) {
 	}
 
 	if PrintColors {
-		// cw := colorable.NewColorable(w)
 		if c, ok := colors[level]; ok {
 			c.Fprintln(w, message)
 			return
@@ -75,21 +71,3 @@ func printMessage(level string, message string) {
 	w.Write([]byte(message + "\n"))
 
 }
-
-func causeOfError(err error) error {
-
-	type causer interface {
-		Cause() error
-	}
-
-	for err != nil {
-		cause, ok := err.(causer)
-		if !ok {
-			break
-		}
-		err = cause.Cause()
-	}
-
-	return err
-
-}

logger_internal_test.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -96,35 +95,6 @@ func TestPrintMessage(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
-type customError struct {
-	message string
-}
-
-var errCustomErrorCause = errors.New("cause of error")
-
-func newCustomError(message string) *customError {
-	return &customError{
-		message: message,
-	}
-}
-
-func (e *customError) Error() string {
-	return e.message
-}
-
-func (e *customError) Cause() error {
-	return errCustomErrorCause
-}
-
-func TestCauseOfError(t *testing.T) {
-
-	err := newCustomError("custom error")
-	cause := causeOfError(err)
-
-	assert.EqualValues(t, errCustomErrorCause, cause)
-
-}
-
 func resetLogConfig() {
 	PrintTimestamp = false
 	DebugMode = false

logger_test.go

@@ -485,13 +485,36 @@ func TestStackTrace(t *testing.T) {
 	actualStdErr := stderr.String()
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "", actualStdOut)
-	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(actualStdErr, "test | ERROR | *errors.fundamental my error\n"))
+	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(actualStdErr, "test | ERROR | my error\n"))
+
+}
+
+type CustomError struct{}
+
+func (m *CustomError) Error() string {
+	return "boom"
+}
+
+func Test_StackTraceCustom(t *testing.T) {
+
+	resetLogConfig()
+	stdout, stderr := redirectOutput()
+	defer resetLogOutput()
+
+	log.StackTrace(&CustomError{})
+
+	actualStdOut := stdout.String()
+	actualStdErr := stderr.String()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "", actualStdOut, "stdout")
+	t.Log(actualStdErr)
+	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(actualStdErr, "test | ERROR | boom\n"), "stderr")
 
 }
 
 func TestFormattedStackTrace(t *testing.T) {
 	actual := log.FormattedStackTrace(errors.New("my error"))
-	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(actual, "*errors.fundamental my error\n"))
+	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(actual, "my error\n"))
 }
 
 func TestFatal(t *testing.T) {
@@ -564,7 +587,7 @@ func TestCheckError(t *testing.T) {
 		{"nil-debug-color", nil, true, "", "", -1},
 
 		{"err-release-nocolor", errors.New("test"), false, "", "test | FATAL | test\n", 1},
-		{"err-debug-nocolor", errors.New("test"), true, "", "test | FATAL | *errors.fundamental test\n", 1},
+		{"err-debug-nocolor", errors.New("test"), true, "", "test | FATAL | test\n", 1},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {