From ae2c10b6464311e8a295c07905ce1dbae1341bda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Goodall <nbgoodall@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:51:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] logs command

---
 README.md |  4 +++-
 deploy.go | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 main.go   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9219ea8..1b3a577 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Provision a remote PocketBase server. This will:
 
 Syncs `pb_public`, `pb_migrations`, and `pb_hooks`, then restarts the remote PocketBase service. The command will automatically run `setup` if the PocketBase binary isn’t present on the remote.
 
-### logs
+### `logs`
+
+Connects to the configured server and streams `/root/pb/{service}/{service}.log` via `tail -n 100 -F`.
 
 ### secrets
diff --git a/deploy.go b/deploy.go
index a4d211f..e2f00b4 100644
--- a/deploy.go
+++ b/deploy.go
@@ -209,6 +209,25 @@ func runDeploy() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func runLogs() error {
+	ctx, err := buildDeploymentContext()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer closeSSHControlMaster(ctx.serverIP)
+
+	logPath := filepath.Join(ctx.serviceDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s.log", ctx.serviceName))
+	script := fmt.Sprintf(`set -euo pipefail
+log=%s
+if [ ! -f "$log" ]; then
+  echo "log file not found: $log" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+tail -n 25 -F "$log"
+`, shellQuote(logPath))
+	return runSSHRawCommand(ctx.serverIP, script)
+}
+
 func remoteBinaryExists(server, path string) (bool, error) {
 	script := fmt.Sprintf(`if [ -f %q ]; then printf yes; else printf no; fi`, path)
 	output, err := runSSHOutput(server, script)
@@ -420,6 +439,14 @@ func runSSHCommand(server, script string) error {
 	return pipeErr
 }
 
+func runSSHRawCommand(server, script string) error {
+	remoteCmd := fmt.Sprintf("bash --noprofile --norc -c %s", shellQuote(script))
+	cmd := exec.Command("ssh", append(sshArgs(server), remoteCmd)...)
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
 func runSSHOutput(server, script string) (string, error) {
 	remoteCmd := fmt.Sprintf("bash --noprofile --norc -c %s", shellQuote(script))
 	cmd := exec.Command("ssh", append(sshArgs(server), remoteCmd)...)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 63da1ce..bdad531 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func defaultCommands() []command {
 		{name: "dev", description: "run the PocketBase binary locally", action: runDev},
 		{name: "setup", description: "provision the remote server and install PocketBase", action: runSetup},
 		{name: "deploy", description: "sync migrations/hooks/static assets (runs setup if needed)", action: runDeploy},
-		{name: "logs", description: "show PocketBase logs", action: placeholderAction("logs")},
+		{name: "logs", description: "show PocketBase logs", action: runLogs},
 		{name: "secrets", description: "manage deployment secrets", action: placeholderAction("secrets")},
 	}
 }