Re: [HACKERS] Time to change pg_regress diffs to unified by default? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christoph Berg
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Time to change pg_regress diffs to unified by default?
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Msg-id 20190103093917.GB8340@msg.df7cb.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Time to change pg_regress diffs to unified by default?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Time to change pg_regress diffs to unified by default?  (Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>)
Re: [HACKERS] Time to change pg_regress diffs to unified by default?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Re: Peter Eisentraut 2019-01-02 <70440c81-37bb-76dd-e48b-b5a9550d5613@2ndquadrant.com>
> Committed.

\o/

> While we're considering the pg_regress output, what do you think about
> replacing the ======... separator with a standard diff separator like
> "diff %s %s %s\n".  This would make the file behave more like a proper
> diff file, for use with other tools.  And it shows the diff options
> used, for clarity.  See attached patch.

It will especially say which _alternate.out file was used, which seems
like a big win. So +1.

Christoph


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