Re: Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

On 12.07.23 15:41, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2023-Jul-12, Gurjeet Singh wrote:
>
>> The init-steps are severely under-documented in pgbench --help output.
>> I think at least a pointer to the the pgbench docs should be mentioned
>> in the pgbench --help output; an average user may not rush to read the
>> code to find the explanation, but a hint to where to find more details
>> about what the letters in --init-steps mean, would save them a lot of
>> time.
>
> Agreed.
>
> I would do it the way `pg_waldump --rmgr=list` or `psql
> --help=variables` are handled: they give you a list of what is
> supported. You don't have to put the list in the main --help output.

I think I prefer variant 2. Currently we only have 8 steps, so it might
be overkill to separate them out into a different option.