Joel Jacobson <j...@gluefinance.com> writes: > 2010/12/28 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> >> Joel Jacobson <j...@gluefinance.com> writes: >>> Solution: I propose a new option to pg_dump, --split, which dumps each >>> object to a separate file in a user friendly directory structure: >> >> Um ... how does that solve the claimed problem exactly?
> Because then you can do, > $ diff -r <old schema dump dir> <new schema dump dir>, > instead of, > $ diff <old entire schema dump> <new entire schema dump> > which will nicely reveal each individual object modified, as opposed to a > huge global diff of everything That has at least as many failure modes as the other representation. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers