From 12802103c470402c0ceccbbb1d8b767bd4ffcc82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rodos <rodos@haywood.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 16:11:11 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: send INFO/DEBUG to stdout, WARNING/ERROR to stderr

Fixes #182
---
 bin/github-backup | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/github-backup b/bin/github-backup
index b33d19ff..d685bc90 100755
--- a/bin/github-backup
+++ b/bin/github-backup
@@ -16,12 +16,23 @@ from github_backup.github_backup import (
     retrieve_repositories,
 )
 
-logging.basicConfig(
-    format="%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d: %(message)s",
+# INFO and DEBUG go to stdout, WARNING and above go to stderr
+log_format = logging.Formatter(
+    fmt="%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d: %(message)s",
     datefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S",
-    level=logging.INFO,
 )
 
+stdout_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+stdout_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+stdout_handler.addFilter(lambda r: r.levelno < logging.WARNING)
+stdout_handler.setFormatter(log_format)
+
+stderr_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+stderr_handler.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+stderr_handler.setFormatter(log_format)
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, handlers=[stdout_handler, stderr_handler])
+
 
 def main():
     args = parse_args()