Re: run pgindent on a regular basis / scripted manner

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Jelte Fennema <postgres@jeltef.nl>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Jesse Zhang <sbjesse@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-01-20T18:19:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2023-01-20 12:09:05 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> The core problem here is that requiring that would translate to
>> requiring every code contributor to have a working copy of pg_bsd_indent.

> Wouldn't just every committer suffice?

Not if we have cfbot complaining about it.

(Another problem here is that there's a sizable subset of committers
who clearly just don't care, and I'm not sure we can convince them to.)

>> Yeah, if we switched to some other tool maybe we could reduce the size
>> of that problem.  But as Bruce replied, we've not found another one that
>> (a) can be coaxed to make output comparable to what we're accustomed to
>> and (b) seems decently well maintained.

> One question around this is how much change we'd accept. clang-format for
> example is well maintained and can get somewhat close to our style - but
> there are things that can't easily be approximated.

If somebody wants to invest the effort in seeing how close we can get
and what the remaining delta would look like, we could have a discussion
about whether it's an acceptable change.  I don't think anyone has
tried with clang-format.

			regards, tom lane



Commits

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  1. Fix comment from commit 22655aa231.

  2. Add a few recent commits to .git-blame-ignore-revs.

  3. Pre-beta2 mechanical code beautification.

  4. Pre-beta mechanical code beautification.

  5. Make agreed-on updates in perltidy options.

  6. Remove obsolete pgindent options --code-base and --build

  7. Integrate pg_bsd_indent into our build/test infrastructure.

  8. Sync pg_bsd_indent's copyright notices with Postgres practice.

  9. Import pg_bsd_indent sources.

  10. pgindent: filter files for the --commit option

  11. pgindent: more ways to find files to indent

  12. Fix pgindent --show-diff option.

  13. Add non-destructive modes to pgindent

  14. Initial pgindent run with pg_bsd_indent version 2.0.