Re: Extensions vs PGXS' MODULE_PATHNAME handling

David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-02-14T00:49:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Feb 13, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

>> I sure would like it if the install script with no version in it corresponded to the latest version. Otherwise, one must rename the file every time one does a release. And as you're noting, you lose Git history that way.
> 
> (1) git does know it's a rename, it's just not default for git diff to
> show it that way.

I see, looks like one can `git diff --follow` to see it that way:

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2314652/

> (2) I think that the normal use-case would not involve removing the old
> file, so this is moot anyhow.

Oh. So one normally will ship, for an extension "foo", only "foo.sql" and any necssary upgrade scripts?

Best,

David