From 7b40c692eb5402ff41d2d9d20d06e73172e79b09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cian Johnston <cian@coder.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 11:00:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: coderd: dev mode should show verbose output by default
 (#1898)

* check buildinfo for devel prerelease tag and show verbose output if so
---
 cli/server.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cli/server.go b/cli/server.go
index 48d7ee237a..897653b019 100644
--- a/cli/server.go
+++ b/cli/server.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coder/coder/buildinfo"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/provisioner/echo"
 
 	"github.com/briandowns/spinner"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 	xgithub "golang.org/x/oauth2/github"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
@@ -98,7 +100,8 @@ func server() *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Start a Coder server",
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			logger := slog.Make(sloghuman.Sink(os.Stderr))
-			if verbose {
+			buildModeDev := semver.Prerelease(buildinfo.Version()) == "-devel"
+			if verbose || buildModeDev {
 				logger = logger.Leveled(slog.LevelDebug)
 			}