Environment variable to disable diffs file output
Ilya Cherdakov <i.cherdakov.pg@gmail.com>
From: Илья Чердаков <i.cherdakov.pg@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: postgres@jeltef.nl
Date: 2026-04-06T07:55:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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- v1-0001-Adding-env-disables-diff-output.patch (text/plain) patch v1-0001
Greetings! I'd like to add a environment variable to the patch to disable diff output. Sometimes you have to be creative with exploratory testing, modifying test files, etc., and multiple diff outputs can become a nuisance. This doesn't change the default behavior, but it does give you control over diff output in tests for specific scenarios where a large number of failures are expected (mass runs or exploratory testing with changing tests). The env usage and implementation are somewhat similar to PG_REGRESS_DIFF_OPTS PG_REGRESS_DISABLE_DIFFS_OUTPUT=1 make check -s. For now, I suggest to simply disabling it, but I'm also considering passing the number of lines to output via env or via flag pg_regress instead of completely disabling it. Something like PG_REGRESS_DIFFS_NUMBER_LINES_OUTPUT=20 make check and then when an error occurs, 20 lines will be output instead of the default 80. Setting it to 0 disables diffs output. I think this small addition will be useful for many developers, especially testers. --- This is my first patch. I welcome critique and comments. Best regards, Ilya Cherdakov, PostgresPro