Re: pgsql: Document why pgindent wants a fresh CVS checkout. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pgsql: Document why pgindent wants a fresh CVS checkout.
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Msg-id 201002261543.o1QFhTF06965@momjian.us
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In response to Re: pgsql: Document why pgindent wants a fresh CVS checkout.  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> momjian@postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
> > Log Message:
> > -----------
> > Document why pgindent wants a fresh CVS checkout.
>
> Why not just recommend "make maintainer-clean"?
>
> I think that using a fresh checkout is a good idea to ensure that you
> don't have any other changes in your tree (which would then get
> committed silently and accidentally); but the reason given here is
> pretty bogus.

Ah, yea, I couldn't find that in psql/Makefile last night, but I see it
now.  I have updated the README.

> BTW, shouldn't the sequence of steps be first download and then change
> into that directory?

Yea, I removed the CVS download idea now that you showed me
maintainer-clean works.

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