Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: >>> I think we could do better with some automation tooling for committers >>> here. One low-risk and simple change would be to provide a >>> non-destructive mode for pgindent that would show you the changes if any >>> it would make. That could be worked into a git pre-commit hook that >>> committers could deploy. I can testify to the usefulness of such hooks - >>> I have one that while not perfect has saved me on at least two occasions >>> from forgetting to bump the catalog version.
That sounds like a good idea from here. I do not think we want a mandatory commit filter, but if individual committers care to work this into their process in some optional way, great! I can think of ways I'd use it during patch development, too. (One reason not to want a mandatory filter is that you might wish to apply pgindent as a separate commit, so that you can then put that commit into .git-blame-ignore-revs. This could be handy for example when a patch needs to change the nesting level of a lot of pre-existing code, without making changes in it otherwise.) >> This time with patch. > ... with typo fixed. Looks reasonable, but you should also update src/tools/pgindent/pgindent.man, which AFAICT is our only documentation for pgindent switches. (Is it time for a --help option in pgindent?) regards, tom lane