From 9845b0a889808116b28061675ef4e0f66c8e90d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Laupetin <jan@laupetin.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:18:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: attach to console on windows if possible

---
 src/ModMan/main.cpp | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ModMan/main.cpp b/src/ModMan/main.cpp
index a6afc7bb..66780792 100644
--- a/src/ModMan/main.cpp
+++ b/src/ModMan/main.cpp
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 #include "Web/ViteAssets.h"
 #include "Web/WebViewLib.h"
 
-#include <chrono>
 #include <format>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <Windows.h>
+#endif
+
 using namespace std::string_literals;
 using namespace PLATFORM_NAMESPACE;
 
@@ -105,10 +108,23 @@ namespace
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE /*hInst*/, HINSTANCE /*hPrevInst*/, LPSTR /*lpCmdLine*/, int /*nCmdShow*/)
-{
 #else
 int main()
+#endif
 {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    // Attach console if possible on Windows for stdout/stderr in console
+    if (AttachConsole(-1))
+    {
+        FILE* fDummy;
+        (void)freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+        (void)freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+        (void)freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONIN$", "r", stdin);
+        std::cout.clear();
+        std::clog.clear();
+        std::cerr.clear();
+        std::cin.clear();
+    }
 #endif
 
     con::info("Starting ModMan " GIT_VERSION);