klog is a permanent fork of https://github.com/golang/glog.
## Why was klog created?
The decision to create klog was one that wasn't made lightly, but it was necessary due to some
drawbacks that are present in [glog](https://github.com/golang/glog). Ultimately, the fork was created due to glog not being under active development; this can be seen in the glog README:
> The code in this repo [...] is not itself under development
This makes us unable to solve many use cases without a fork. The factors that contributed to needing feature development are listed below:
*`glog` [presents a lot "gotchas"](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/61006) and introduces challenges in containerized environments, all of which aren't well documented.
*`glog` doesn't provide an easy way to test logs, which detracts from the stability of software using it
* A long term goal is to implement a logging interface that allows us to add context, change output format, etc.
- Replace imports for `"github.com/golang/glog"` with `"k8s.io/klog/v2"`
- Use `klog.InitFlags(nil)` explicitly for initializing global flags as we no longer use `init()` method to register the flags
- You can now use `log_file` instead of `log_dir` for logging to a single file (See `examples/log_file/usage_log_file.go`)
- If you want to redirect everything logged using klog somewhere else (say syslog!), you can use `klog.SetOutput()` method and supply a `io.Writer`. (See `examples/set_output/usage_set_output.go`)
- For more logging conventions (See [Logging Conventions](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-instrumentation/logging.md))
**NOTE**: please use the newer go versions that support semantic import versioning in modules, ideally go 1.11.4 or greater.
### Coexisting with klog/v2
See [this example](examples/coexist_klog_v1_and_v2/) to see how to coexist with both klog/v1 and klog/v2.
### Coexisting with glog
This package can be used side by side with glog. [This example](examples/coexist_glog/coexist_glog.go) shows how to initialize and synchronize flags from the global `flag.CommandLine` FlagSet. In addition, the example makes use of stderr as combined output by setting `alsologtostderr` (or `logtostderr`) to `true`.
## Community, discussion, contribution, and support
Learn how to engage with the Kubernetes community on the [community page](http://kubernetes.io/community/).