On 2/18/26 10:05 AM, Peter Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 7:32 PM Andreas Karlsson <[email protected]> wrote:
I am not sure that is an improvement. I would rather move things with
less signal towards the end. Also how many examples have we of each?
Most seem to be on the format below which I feel indicates [option...]
is last (but before order dependent arguments like dbname.)
pg_dump [connection-option...] [option...] [dbname]
Thanks for the feedback
The scope of my patch is only the Server Applications [1]. Maybe it is
still correct that it is not much of an improvement, but you are
citing examples from Client Applications.
Ah, now I see why it is put first in many of the commands. It is to
allow writing the following:
initdb [option...] [ --pgdata | -D ] directory
So I guess I will have to change my mind and say that putting it first
is the least bad option.
Side note: that looks like a bug, shouldn't it be the below?
initdb [option...] [[ --pgdata | -D ] directory]
Andreas
