Re: Proposal to include --exclude-extension Flag in pg_dump

Hi,
> Aren't extensions excluded by default? That's why we have --extension.
According to the documentation of pg_dump when the --extension option is
not specified, all non-system extensions in the target database will get
dumped.
> Why do we need to explicitly exclude extensions?
Hence to include only a few we use --extension, but to exclude a few I am
proposing --exclude-extension.

On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 at 18:18, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 3:48 PM Ayush Vatsa <ayushvatsa1810(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi PostgreSQL Community,
> > Recently I have been working on pg_dump regarding my project and wanted
> to exclude an extension from the dump generated. I wonder why it doesn't
> have --exclude-extension type of support whereas --extension exists!
> > Since I needed that support, I took the initiative to contribute to the
> community by adding the --exclude-extension flag.
>
> Aren't extensions excluded by default? That's why we have --extension.
> Why do we need to explicitly exclude extensions?
>
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Ashutosh Bapat
>