Unify default emitter around universal LogEvent.header

All event kinds now share one shape: a one-line header plus an optional
diff body for changes. LogEvent.header is a lazy property covering every
kind (change, aborted, created, migrated), and default_emit reduces to
logging the header plus routing diff_lines to the .diff child logger.
Custom emitters can tap the same blocks - header, diff_lines, Line,
format_diff - instead of reimplementing formatting per message type.

demo/main.py

@@ -73,13 +73,6 @@ async def main() -> None:
         ) as data:
             data.counter = 2
 
-        try:
-            with kanta.transaction(action="reset", user="foo") as data:
-                data.counter = 99
-                raise ValueError("simulated failure")
-        except ValueError:
-            print(f"# Reading does not need transaction: {data.counter=}", flush=True)
-
     print(
         "\n# A later version of our application with new data model, migrations and logfmt"
     )
@@ -89,6 +82,13 @@ async def main() -> None:
         ) as data:
             data.total += 1
 
+        try:
+            with kanta.transaction(action="reset", user="userid001") as data:
+                data.total = 99
+                raise ValueError("simulated failure")
+        except ValueError:
+            print(f"# Reading does not need transaction: {data.total=}", flush=True)
+
         with kanta.transaction(action="delete", user="userid002") as data:
             del data.users["userid001"]
 

docs/database.md

@@ -234,10 +234,16 @@ def resolve_user_key(value: str) -> str | None:
   `"migrated"`, `"aborted"`), the preferred `logger` and `level`, and all
   relevant state: `action`, `user`, `extra`, `error` (for aborted
   transactions), `diff`, `previous`/`current` state dicts, the built `logfmt`
-  chain, and version info for migration events.  The default `"aborted"`
+  chain, and version info for migration events.
-  rendering is `<action>[ by <user>] transaction aborted: <error>` with the
+- The built-in formatting is assembled from standard blocks that custom
-  action and user colored and the user resolved via `logfmt`.  Pretty
+  emitters can reuse as-is or replace piecemeal:
-  `header` and `diff_lines` are lazy properties, built only if accessed.
+  - `event.header` — a lazy property producing the default one-line header
+    for any kind: `<action>[ <extra>][ by <user>]` for changes,
+    `<action>[ by <user>] transaction aborted: <error>` for aborts, and the
+    plain `Created`/`Migrated` summaries.
+  - `event.diff_lines` — a lazy property producing the pretty diff body for
+    change events (built only if accessed).
+  - `default_emit` itself is just `header` plus the `diff_lines` routing.
 - `@kanta.logemit` registers a callback receiving the event.  The callback
   decides what is logged and where: it may log one or more messages on
   `event.logger`, log somewhere else, or nothing at all.  A falsy return

kanta/logging.py

@@ -70,13 +70,33 @@ class LogEvent(msgspec.Struct, kw_only=True):
 
     @property
     def header(self) -> str:
-        """The default header line (colored), built on first access."""
+        """The default one-line header for this event, built on first access.
+
+        Covers every event kind: ``"<action>[ <extra>][ by <user>]"`` for
+        changes, ``"<action>[ by <user>] transaction aborted: <error>"`` for
+        aborts, and the plain ``Created``/``Migrated`` summaries.
+        """
         if self._header is None:
-            self._header = format_action_header(
+            self._header = self._build_header()
-                self.action or "", self.user, self.extra
-            )
         return self._header
 
+    def _build_header(self) -> str:
+        if self.kind == "created":
+            return f"Created {self.filename}"
+        if self.kind == "migrated":
+            migrations = ", ".join(self.migrations)
+            return (
+                f"Migrated {self.filename} "
+                f"v{self.from_version} -> v{self.to_version}: {migrations}"
+            )
+        if self.kind == "change":
+            return format_action_header(self.action or "", self.user, self.extra)
+        line = Line().action(self.action or "")
+        if self.user:
+            line(" by ").user(self.user)
+        line(f" transaction aborted: {self.error}")
+        return str(line)
+
     @property
     def diff_lines(self) -> list[str]:
         """Pretty-printed diff lines, built on first access and cached."""
@@ -118,34 +138,16 @@ def emit_event(
 def default_emit(ev: LogEvent) -> None:
     """Emit *ev* with Kanta's built-in formatting.
 
+    Logs :attr:`LogEvent.header`; for change events the
+    :attr:`LogEvent.diff_lines` body follows on the ``<logger>.diff`` child
+    logger so it can be silenced or routed separately from the headers.
     This is what runs when no logemit callback handles the event; custom
     callbacks may call it to delegate events they do not care about.
     """
-    if ev.kind == "created":
+    if ev.kind != "change":
-        ev.logger.log(ev.level, "Created %s", ev.filename)
+        ev.logger.log(ev.level, ev.header)
         return
 
-    if ev.kind == "migrated":
-        ev.logger.log(
-            ev.level,
-            "Migrated %s v%s -> v%s: %s",
-            ev.filename,
-            ev.from_version,
-            ev.to_version,
-            ", ".join(ev.migrations),
-        )
-        return
-
-    if ev.kind == "aborted":
-        line = Line().action(ev.action or "")
-        if ev.user:
-            line(" by ").user(ev.user)
-        line(f" transaction aborted: {ev.error}")
-        ev.logger.log(ev.level, str(line))
-        return
-
-    # kind == "change": diff lines go to the <logger>.diff child logger so
-    # they can be silenced or routed separately from the headers.
     diff_logger = logging.getLogger(f"{ev.logger.name}.diff")
     lines = ev.diff_lines if ev.show_diff and diff_logger.isEnabledFor(ev.level) else []
 

tests/test_logemit.py

@@ -290,3 +290,28 @@ async def test_aborted_transaction_includes_resolved_user(
     messages = [r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records if r.levelno == logging.WARNING]
     assert any(" by " in m and "Alice" in m for m in messages)
     assert any(" transaction aborted: boom" in m for m in messages)
+
+
+def test_event_header_covers_all_kinds():
+    created = LogEvent(kind="created", logger=transaction_logger, filename="x.db")
+    assert created.header == "Created x.db"
+
+    migrated = LogEvent(
+        kind="migrated",
+        logger=transaction_logger,
+        filename="x.db",
+        from_version=0,
+        to_version=1,
+        migrations=["migrate_v1 (rename)"],
+    )
+    assert migrated.header == "Migrated x.db v0 -> v1: migrate_v1 (rename)"
+
+    aborted = LogEvent(
+        kind="aborted",
+        logger=transaction_logger,
+        action="reset",
+        user="alice",
+        error=ValueError("boom"),
+    )
+    assert "transaction aborted: boom" in aborted.header
+    assert "alice" in aborted.header