Re: EXCEPT TABLE - Case inconsistency for describe \d and \dRp+

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Cc: Yuchen Li <liyuchen_xyz@163.com>, vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-04-23T09:00:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 6:04 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I would like to explicitly mention in the commit message that "Tag for
> > included publications was a pre-existing behavior but it is better to
> > change it for making it consistent with excluded publications tag. So,
> > how about a commit message as follows: "psql: Improve describe footer
> > titles for publications.
> >
> > The psql describe (`\d`) footer titles were previously unintuitive
> > when listing publications that included or excluded specific tables.
> > Even though the tag for included publications was pre-existing, it is
> > better to update it to "Included in publications:" to match the
> > phrasing of the "Excluded from publications:" tag.
> >
> > Footer titles for sequence and schema descriptions have been updated
> > similarly to maintain consistency."
> >
> > --
>
> OK, but the order what happened was a bit different.
>

Pushed.

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.



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  1. psql: Improve describe footer titles for publications.

  2. Fix capitalization in publication describe output.

  3. Allow table exclusions in publications via EXCEPT TABLE.