From 25fa48ee8d0440e447f33ebe243666318508ae13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rolf Koenders <rolfkoenders@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:39:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set the global level via the configuration object passed to
 log4js.configure or target `all` in the `levels` object.

---
 lib/log4js.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/log4js.js b/lib/log4js.js
index fc3baca..f6b6b4a 100644
--- a/lib/log4js.js
+++ b/lib/log4js.js
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ function configureLevels(levels) {
   if (levels) {
     for (var category in levels) {
       if (levels.hasOwnProperty(category)) {
+        if(category === "all") {
+          setGlobalLogLevel(levels[category]);
+        }
         getLogger(category).setLevel(levels[category]);
       }
     }
@@ -173,7 +176,9 @@ function configureLevels(levels) {
 }
 
 function setGlobalLogLevel(level) {
-  Logger.prototype.level = levels.toLevel(level, levels.TRACE);
+  if(level) {
+    Logger.prototype.level = levels.toLevel(level, levels.TRACE);
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -199,6 +204,7 @@ function configureOnceOff(config, options) {
     try {
       configureAppenders(config.appenders, options);
       configureLevels(config.levels);
+      setGlobalLogLevel(config.globalLevel);
       
       if (config.replaceConsole) {
         replaceConsole();