Re: pg_dump --with-* options

Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-06-13T15:58:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, 2025-06-13 at 09:39 +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:

> By the way, if we keep --with-statistics in pg_dump, are we planning
> to
> continue using the --with-xxx naming pattern for new options that
> specify extra data to dump?

Good point. Now that we are getting rid of some of the other options,
we don't need to worry about consistency with them, and I think we
should just use "--statistics".

Regards,
	Jeff Davis




Commits

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  1. Simplify options in pg_dump and pg_restore.

  2. pg_dump: reject combination of "only" and "with"

  3. Change pg_dump default for statistics export.