From 7a1f601cfd7604dd99fa6d6af0aa3e2a3f3de6b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Lee <github@roganartu.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:54:59 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added ability to disable level text truncation. Fixes
 #406

---
 text_formatter.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/text_formatter.go b/text_formatter.go
index cce61f2..a51bf19 100644
--- a/text_formatter.go
+++ b/text_formatter.go
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ type TextFormatter struct {
 	// that log extremely frequently and don't use the JSON formatter this may not
 	// be desired.
 	DisableSorting bool
+
+	// Disables the truncation of the level text to 4 characters.
+	DisableLevelTruncation bool
 }
 
 func (f *TextFormatter) Format(entry *Entry) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -113,7 +116,10 @@ func (f *TextFormatter) printColored(b *bytes.Buffer, entry *Entry, keys []strin
 		levelColor = blue
 	}
 
-	levelText := strings.ToUpper(entry.Level.String())[0:4]
+	levelText := strings.ToUpper(entry.Level.String())
+	if !f.DisableLevelTruncation {
+		levelText = levelText[0:4]
+	}
 
 	if !f.FullTimestamp {
 		fmt.Fprintf(b, "\x1b[%dm%s\x1b[0m[%04d] %-44s ", levelColor, levelText, miniTS(), entry.Message)

From e5b6713580618875560ec106fc60a2ac82e14c96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Lee <github@roganartu.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 00:28:23 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Added testing for DisableLevelTruncation

---
 text_formatter_test.go | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/text_formatter_test.go b/text_formatter_test.go
index e25a44f..6b5353d 100644
--- a/text_formatter_test.go
+++ b/text_formatter_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package logrus
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -57,5 +58,43 @@ func TestTimestampFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	checkTimeStr("")
 }
 
+func TestDisableLevelTruncation(t *testing.T) {
+	entry := &Entry{
+		Time:    time.Now(),
+		Message: "testing",
+	}
+	keys := []string{}
+	timestampFormat := "Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006"
+	checkDisableTruncation := func(disabled bool, level Level) {
+		tf := &TextFormatter{DisableLevelTruncation: disabled}
+		var b bytes.Buffer
+		entry.Level = level
+		tf.printColored(&b, entry, keys, timestampFormat)
+		logLine := (&b).String()
+		if disabled {
+			expected := strings.ToUpper(level.String())
+			if !strings.Contains(logLine, expected) {
+				t.Errorf("level string expected to be %s when truncation disabled", expected)
+			}
+		} else {
+			expected := strings.ToUpper(level.String())
+			if len(level.String()) > 4 {
+				if strings.Contains(logLine, expected) {
+					t.Errorf("level string %s expected to be truncated to %s when truncation is enabled", expected, expected[0:4])
+				}
+			} else {
+				if !strings.Contains(logLine, expected) {
+					t.Errorf("level string expected to be %s when truncation is enabled and level string is below truncation threshold", expected)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	checkDisableTruncation(true, DebugLevel)
+	checkDisableTruncation(true, InfoLevel)
+	checkDisableTruncation(false, ErrorLevel)
+	checkDisableTruncation(false, InfoLevel)
+}
+
 // TODO add tests for sorting etc., this requires a parser for the text
 // formatter output.

From 1f59c9ad125a4f3f3d172f2b3d67cee2fa217b74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Lee <github@roganartu.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:05:25 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add DisableLevelTruncation description to README

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 206c746..7622d31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ The built-in logging formatters are:
   * *Note:* to force colored output when there is no TTY, set the `ForceColors`
     field to `true`.  To force no colored output even if there is a TTY  set the
     `DisableColors` field to `true`
+  * When colors are enabled, levels are truncated to 4 characters by default. To disable
+    truncation set the `DisableLevelTruncation` field to `true`.
 * `logrus.JSONFormatter`. Logs fields as JSON.
 
 Third party logging formatters: