From 3e4b906f7ebe7a3e38a7266f586824322a3b7eea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shuki <shuki@shuki>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:48:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Only create log files for backup/restore/retention commands

Utility commands (schedule, snapshots, remotes, etc.) were creating
empty 0 B log files on every invocation. Now init_logging only runs
for commands that produce meaningful log output.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 bin/gniza | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/gniza b/bin/gniza
index 76ab22c..bef59b6 100755
--- a/bin/gniza
+++ b/bin/gniza
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ elif [[ -f "$CONFIG_DIR/gniza.conf" ]]; then
     load_config
 fi
 
-init_logging
+# Only create log files for operations that produce meaningful output
+case "${SUBCOMMAND:-}" in
+    backup|restore|retention) init_logging ;;
+esac
 
 # ── Parse subcommand flags helper ────────────────────────────
 _parse_flag() {