Re: psql's commit df9f599b is not documented

On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 03:31:15PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 2:58 PM PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> wrote:
>
> quit and exit commands have been added to psql starting from psql 11
> through
> this commit df9f599b
> https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=
> df9f599bc6f14307252ac75ea1dc997310da5ba6
> but it is not documented in psql documentation
>
>
> All documented commands begin with a backslash - and indeed \help and \quit are
> the official ways to get help and to quit psql.  While the others exist as a
> courtesy they are "unofficial" and thus we've chosen to not document them.

FYI, this was mentioned in the PG 11 release notes:

<para>
Allow <command>quit</command> and <command>exit</command> to
exit <application>psql</application> when given with no prior input
(Bruce Momjian)
</para>

<para>
Also print hints about how to exit when <command>quit</command> and
<command>exit</command> are used alone on a line while the input
buffer is not empty. Add a similar hint for <command>help</command>.
</para>
</listitem>

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