From f3ea6ab2a9ddd05c3d3603d38820d364d63e8772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer Brower <6729162+sbrow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 16:38:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Added `-verbose` and `-quiet` flags to set the log
 level.

---
 TODOS.md  |  2 +-
 main.odin | 13 ++++++++++++-
 site.odin |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/TODOS.md b/TODOS.md
index e9d407d..f6af2ac 100644
--- a/TODOS.md
+++ b/TODOS.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   - [ ] talk about the context stack (and its limit).
   - [ ] highlight the differences in the way menus are handled.
 - [ ] consider sites with date based urls.
-- [ ] Don't show annoying log output in tests.
+- [x] Don't show annoying log output in tests.
 - [ ] improve home link customization.
   - [ ] currently an accessibility issue.
 - [x] support JSON5 in in frontmatter
diff --git a/main.odin b/main.odin
index 33140eb..a252a66 100644
--- a/main.odin
+++ b/main.odin
@@ -46,7 +46,18 @@ main :: proc() {
 
 	logger_opts: log.Options =
 		(log.Default_Console_Logger_Opts - log.Full_Timestamp_Opts - {.Short_File_Path})
-	console_logger := log.create_console_logger(.Info, logger_opts)
+	level := log.Level.Info
+	for arg in os.args {
+		switch (arg) {
+			case "-verbose":
+			level = .Debug;
+			break
+			case "-quiet":
+			level = .Warning;
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	console_logger := log.create_console_logger(level, logger_opts)
 	context.logger = console_logger
 	defer log.destroy_console_logger(console_logger)
 
diff --git a/site.odin b/site.odin
index 60ea779..d711fa8 100644
--- a/site.odin
+++ b/site.odin
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ Flags :: struct {
 	drafts:      bool `args:"name=drafts" usage:"Include draft pages in the build"`,
 	watch:       bool `usage:"Rebuild on file changes (polls every 5 seconds)"`,
 	minify:      bool `args:"name=minify" usage:"Minify HTML output and CSS assets"`,
+	verbose:     bool `usage:"Enable debug logging"`,
+	quiet:       bool `usage:"Suppress info logging (warnings and errors only)"`,
 	md_enable:   string `args:"name=ext" usage:"Enable markdown extensions (comma-separated: emoji,sidenotes,alerts,highlight,sections)"`,
 	md_disable:  string `args:"name=no-ext" usage:"Disable markdown extensions (comma-separated: emoji,sidenotes,alerts,highlight,sections)"`,
 }