Add 'QuoteEmptyFields' option to TextFormatter

text_formatter.go

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ type TextFormatter struct {
 	// be desired.
 	DisableSorting bool
 
+	// QuoteEmptyFields will wrap empty fields in quotes if true
+	QuoteEmptyFields bool
+
 	// Whether the logger's out is to a terminal
 	isTerminal   bool
 	terminalOnce sync.Once
@@ -132,7 +135,10 @@ func (f *TextFormatter) printColored(b *bytes.Buffer, entry *Entry, keys []strin
 	}
 }
 
-func needsQuoting(text string) bool {
+func (f *TextFormatter) needsQuoting(text string) bool {
+	if f.QuoteEmptyFields && len(text) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
 	for _, ch := range text {
 		if !((ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') ||
 			(ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z') ||
@@ -155,14 +161,14 @@ func (f *TextFormatter) appendKeyValue(b *bytes.Buffer, key string, value interf
 func (f *TextFormatter) appendValue(b *bytes.Buffer, value interface{}) {
 	switch value := value.(type) {
 	case string:
-		if !needsQuoting(value) {
+		if !f.needsQuoting(value) {
 			b.WriteString(value)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(b, "%q", value)
 		}
 	case error:
 		errmsg := value.Error()
-		if !needsQuoting(errmsg) {
+		if !f.needsQuoting(errmsg) {
 			b.WriteString(errmsg)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(b, "%q", errmsg)