Re: pg_resetwal: add --cluster-state option

On Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM shihao zhong <zhong950419(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> The patch adds --cluster-state. It takes shut-down, which is the
> default, shut-down-in-recovery, shutting-down, in-crash-recovery,
> in-archive-recovery or in-production. DB_STARTUP is left out because
> the server refuses to start with it.
>

Hi Shihao,

I tested the patch and confirmed that the default behaviour preserves
the unlogged table's 1,000 rows, while `--cluster-state=in-production`
causes the table to be emptied on the next startup, as described.

I noticed that an invalid value for `--cluster-state` directs the user
to `--help`, but the help output doesn't list the accepted values.
Would it be useful to include them there, similar to how `pg_ctl --help`
lists the values for `--mode`?

```
-m, --mode=MODE MODE can be "smart", "fast", or "immediate"
```

Kind regards,
Sho Ito

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