Changed logger name from "filelock._api" to "filelock"

README.md

@@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ with lock:
 ```
 
 
+### Adjusting the Log Level
+
+By default, the logger name is *"filelock"* and the logging level is set to
+*logging.WARNING*. This can be adjusted using the *logging* module.
+
+```Python
+import logging
+
+logging.getLogger("filelock").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+```
+
+
 ## FileLock vs SoftFileLock
 
 The *FileLock* is platform dependent while the *SoftFileLock* is not. Use the

src/filelock/_api.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from ._error import Timeout
 
-_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger("filelock")
 
 
 # This is a helper class which is returned by :meth:`BaseFileLock.acquire` and wraps the lock to make sure __enter__

tests/test_filelock.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def test_simple(lock_type, tmp_path, caplog):
         "Lock {} released on {}".format(id(lock), lock_path),
     ]
     assert [r.levelno for r in caplog.records] == [logging.DEBUG, logging.DEBUG, logging.DEBUG, logging.DEBUG]
+    assert [r.name for r in caplog.records] == ["filelock", "filelock", "filelock", "filelock"]
 
 
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