fix: pino pretty not working correctly in cli logs

Author: Jhonatanmizu

lib/bin/cli.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,32 @@
 import path from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 
+import pino from "pino";
+import pretty from "pino-pretty";
+
 import { parseCliArgs, usageText } from "./cli-args";
 
+import { setLogger } from "@/shared/logger";
 import { startWatch } from "@/runtime/watch-runner";
 
+function createCliLogger() {
+  const stream = pretty({
+    colorize: true,
+    sync: true,
+    translateTime: "SYS:HH:MM:ss",
+    ignore: "pid,hostname",
+    levelFirst: true,
+  });
+
+  return pino(
+    {
+      name: "snuts",
+      level: process.env["LOG_LEVEL"] ?? "info",
+    },
+    stream,
+  );
+}
+
 function writeOutput(message: string, target: "stdout" | "stderr"): void {
   const content = `${message}\n`;
 
@@ -17,6 +39,8 @@ function writeOutput(message: string, target: "stdout" | "stderr"): void {
 }
 
 export async function runCli(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
+  setLogger(createCliLogger());
+
   const parsedCommand = parseCliArgs(argv);
 
   if (parsedCommand.type === "help") {

lib/shared/logger/index.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-import { createRequire } from "module";
-
 import pino from "pino";
 
-function hasPinoPretty(): boolean {
-  try {
-    const require = createRequire(process.cwd() + "/index.js");
-    require.resolve("pino-pretty");
-    return true;
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Minimal logger interface used throughout the library.
  * Matches the subset of pino's API that is actually called internally,
@@ -54,23 +42,9 @@ export const silentLogger: ILogger = {
 };
 
 function createDefaultLogger(): ILogger {
-  const isDev = process.env["NODE_ENV"] !== "production";
-  const usePretty = isDev && hasPinoPretty();
-
   return pino({
-    name: "test-smell-watcher",
+    name: "snuts",
     level: process.env["LOG_LEVEL"] ?? "info",
-    transport: usePretty
-      ? {
-          target: "pino-pretty",
-          options: {
-            colorize: true,
-            translateTime: "SYS:HH:MM:ss",
-            ignore: "pid,hostname",
-            levelFirst: true,
-          },
-        }
-      : undefined,
   });
 }
 

package.json

@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
     "jest": "^29.7.0",
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.7.0",
     "lint-staged": "^16.2.4",
-    "pino-pretty": "^13.1.2",
     "prettier": "^3.6.2",
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "ts-jest": "^29.2.0",
@@ -111,6 +110,7 @@
     "esquery": "^1.6.0",
     "glob": "^11.0.3",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-    "pino": "^10.1.0"
+    "pino": "^10.1.0",
+    "pino-pretty": "^13.1.2"
   }
 }