log syntax highlighting init errors (#895)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/helix-term/src/main.rs b/helix-term/src/main.rs
index 180dacd1..2589a375 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/main.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ fn setup_logging(logpath: PathBuf, verbosity: u64) -> Result<()> {
     };
 
     // Separate file config so we can include year, month and day in file logs
+    let file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+        .write(true)
+        .create(true)
+        .truncate(true)
+        .open(logpath)?;
     let file_config = fern::Dispatch::new()
         .format(|out, message, record| {
             out.finish(format_args!(
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ fn setup_logging(logpath: PathBuf, verbosity: u64) -> Result<()> {
                 message
             ))
         })
-        .chain(fern::log_file(logpath)?);
+        .chain(file);
 
     base_config.chain(file_config).apply()?;