Re: pgsql: Add a non-strict version of jsonb_set

On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 12:46:19PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> > On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 06:41:02PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I'd be okay with a hook that there was a way to override ("yes,
> >> I know what I'm doing, this doesn't require a catversion change").
> >> But there's no way to do that is there?
> 
> > I'm pretty sure there is. The program called by the commit hook can
> > prompt the user for input.
> 
> ... um, but the commit hook in question would run on the repo server.
> Is there really something in the git protocol that would allow sending
> this sort of interaction back to the person running "git push"?

According to the folks I consulted, that would require special magic
on the client side.

How about something that sent an email or otherwise signaled the
person pushing that this situation obtained? It's not ideal, but it's
centralized, so harder to get inconsistent.

> I think you are right that individual committers could set up such hooks
> in their own private repos.  But that's not what was being suggested,
> or so I thought.

Distributing the problem by asking people to have those hooks on their
private repo seems like a suboptimal move. Change dev boxes, and watch
your carefully structured safeguards vanish.

Best,
David.
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