From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: pgsql: pg_regress: Include diffs in TAP output
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:25:39 +0000
Message-ID: <E1w8H7C-002bgR-36@gemulon.postgresql.org> (raw)
pg_regress: Include diffs in TAP output
When pg_regress fails it is often tedious to find the actual diffs,
especially in CI where you must navigate a file browser. Emit the first
80 lines of the combined regression.diffs as TAP diagnostics so the
failure reason is visible directly in the test output.
The line limit is across all failing tests in a single pg_regress run to
avoid flooding when a crash causes every subsequent test to fail.
New DIAG_DETAIL / DIAG_END tap output types are added, mirroring the
existing NOTE_DETAIL / NOTE_END pair, so that long diff lines can be
emitted without spurious '#' prefixes on continuation lines.
Author: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Reviewed-by: Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Zsolt Parragi <zsolt.parragi@percona.com>
Reviewed-by: Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/DFYFWM053WHS.10K8ZPJ605UFK@jeltef.nl
Branch
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master
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/5720ae01436480c1dcdd34ece0c3d83b00844bca
Modified Files
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src/test/regress/pg_regress.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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