psql --help=variables missing csv_fieldsep

Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
To: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Cc: Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2025-11-03T17:44:31Z
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While messing with the \pset boolean display patch, I noticed that psql
--help=variables is missing csv_fieldsep.  Is there a reason for this?
It appears to be an omission of commit aa2ba50c2c13 -- accidental?

The attached patch adds it.

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Commits

  1. Refer readers of \? to "\? variables" for pset options

  2. Have psql's "\? variables" show csv_fieldsep

  3. Add CSV table output mode in psql.