Re: run pgindent on a regular basis / scripted manner

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, Jelte Fennema <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, "shiy(dot)fnst(at)fujitsu(dot)com" <shiy(dot)fnst(at)fujitsu(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Jesse Zhang <sbjesse(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: run pgindent on a regular basis / scripted manner
Date: 2023-08-12 22:46:57
Message-ID: 530189.1691880417@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2023-08-12 17:03:37 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> My recollection is that missing typedefs cause indentation that kinda sticks
>> out like a sore thumb.

Yeah, it's usually pretty obvious: "typedef *var" gets changed to
"typedef * var", and similar oddities.

> It's a somewhat annoying task though, find all the typedefs, add them to the
> right place in the file (we have an out of order entry right now). I think a
> script that *adds* (but doesn't remove) local typedefs would make this less
> painful.

My practice has always been "add typedefs until pgindent doesn't do
anything I don't want". If you have a new typedef that doesn't happen
to be used in a way that pgindent mangles, it's not that critical
to get it into the file right away.

regards, tom lane

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