From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: mali_86@outlook.com, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: psql's commit df9f599b is not documented
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 19:09:59 -0400
Message-ID: <20210802230959.GA7858@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKFQuwYddkFFAojWojCLjKb8Uq-BEXfX3O6fCPYOAB4SLtn20A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <162794046650.25749.16629649309696437240@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
<CAKFQuwYddkFFAojWojCLjKb8Uq-BEXfX3O6fCPYOAB4SLtn20A@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 03:31:15PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 2:58 PM PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
> wrote:
>
> quit and exit commands have been added to psql starting from psql 11
> through
> this commit df9f599b
> https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=
> df9f599bc6f14307252ac75ea1dc997310da5ba6
> but it is not documented in psql documentation
>
>
> All documented commands begin with a backslash - and indeed \help and \quit are
> the official ways to get help and to quit psql. While the others exist as a
> courtesy they are "unofficial" and thus we've chosen to not document them.
FYI, this was mentioned in the PG 11 release notes:
<para>
Allow <command>quit</command> and <command>exit</command> to
exit <application>psql</application> when given with no prior input
(Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
Also print hints about how to exit when <command>quit</command> and
<command>exit</command> are used alone on a line while the input
buffer is not empty. Add a similar hint for <command>help</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
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