Re: passing diff options to pg_regress

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: passing diff options to pg_regress
Date: 2013-01-14 12:04:00
Message-ID: 20130114120400.GA5005@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2013-01-14 06:57:52 -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I sometimes find it useful to view a regression test difference using
> other diff options, such as -u -w or more context. There is currently
> no easy way to accomplish that.
>
> I suggest allowing to override the diff options using an environment
> variable, such as PG_REGRESS_DIFF_OPTS. The patch is very small.
>
+ERANGE

I usually do this by manually doing the diff, but thats pretty annoying.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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