✨ Ensure an id is included when serializing a log entry

models/entry.go

@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"codeberg.org/danjones000/my-log/tools"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 const DateFormat = tools.DateFormat
@@ -64,9 +67,18 @@ func (e Entry) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
 	if e.Title == "" {
 		return []byte{}, ErrorMissingTitle
 	}
-	if e.Date == (time.Time{}) {
+	if e.Date.IsZero() {
 		return []byte{}, ErrorMissingDate
 	}
+
+	if _, hasId := e.Fields.Get("id"); !hasId {
+		host, hostErr := os.Hostname()
+		if hostErr != nil {
+			host = "localhost"
+		}
+		e.Fields = e.Fields.Set("id", fmt.Sprintf("tag:%s,%s:my-log/%s", host, time.Now().Format("2006"), uuid.NewString()))
+	}
+
 	ch := e.getFieldMarshalChan()
 	buff := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	buff.WriteString("@begin ")