Re: run pgindent on a regular basis / scripted manner

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
Cc: Jelte Fennema <postgres@jeltef.nl>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, "shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com" <shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Jesse Zhang <sbjesse@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Date: 2023-08-12T15:57:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 2023-08-11 Fr 19:17, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Geoghegan<pg@bowt.ie>  writes:
>> I'm starting to have doubts about this policy. There have now been
>> quite a few follow-up "fixes" to indentation issues that koel
>> complained about. None of these fixups have been included in
>> .git-blame-ignore-revs. If things continue like this then "git blame"
>> is bound to become much less usable over time.
> FWIW, I'm much more optimistic than that.  I think what we're seeing
> is just the predictable result of not all committers having yet
> incorporated "pgindent it before committing" into their workflow.
> The need for followup fixes should diminish as people start doing
> that.  If you want to hurry things along, peer pressure on committers
> who clearly aren't bothering is the solution.


Yeah, part of the point of creating koel was to give committers a bit of 
a nudge in that direction.

With a git pre-commit hook it's pretty painless.


cheers


andrew

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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.