Re: pg_dump pretty_print

Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com> writes:
> Atached is a patch to allow pretty printing of system objects
> (constraints, indexes, rules, and views) when doing a pg_dump via a
> --pretty-print flag along with a warning in the docs to be careful about
> doing so :)

Why exactly is that a good idea?  Seems like a foot-gun with marginal
usefulness.  If you want to look at things "pretty", the psql \d
commands are the tool to use.

            regards, tom lane