cake-build/cake

Debug/Diagnostic color is far too dark

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#3,245 opened on Mar 8, 2021

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Description

While investigating issues with https://github.com/cake-build/cake/pull/3240, I temporarily enabled Debug/Diagnostic logging for the integration tests, during which the log rendering is far too dark and becomes unreadable in some environments.

GitHub Actions run 2052071902: image

Azure Pipelines build 17082: image

Here's another screenshot of a normal GitHub Actions run showing the color spectrum for different LogLevel/Verbosity: image

And the same for a normal Azure Pipelines build: image

Finally, I've seen similar problems when building local in WSL.

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Tech stack
csharp
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developer experience
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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stale
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clear
Prerequisites
C# basicsCake build system
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50
Research direction
Investigate the logging color definitions in the Cake source code, likely in the Core logging module. Look for where colors are assigned to Debug and Diagnostic levels and adjust them to be more readable across different consoles (GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, WSL). Check if there are existing color configuration options or constants.