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+# Log Readme
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+This file is needed to have the `log/` directory in place.
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+It stores daily text log files with names like 2020-07-06.log
+
+Compared to timelog.csv, these text log files are no good for importing into another system, statistics and summaries, or any other kind of machine manipulation.
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+These text log files are, however, suitable for human scanning and give more detail (the intention at the outset of each pomodoro ("What're you gonna do?", as well as the task recorded at the end of each pomodoro ("What'd you do?").