pgsql: Fix tab-completion for COPY and \copy options.

From: Masahiko Sawada <msawada(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix tab-completion for COPY and \copy options.
Date: 2025-07-09 12:46:34
Message-ID: E1uZUC2-005Q5P-1t@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix tab-completion for COPY and \copy options.

Commit c273d9d8ce4 reworked tab-completion of COPY and \copy in psql
and added support for completing options within WITH clauses. However,
the same COPY options were suggested for both COPY TO and COPY FROM
commands, even though some options are only valid for one or the
other.

This commit separates the COPY options for COPY FROM and COPY TO
commands to provide more accurate auto-completion suggestions.

Back-patch to v14 where tab-completion for COPY and \copy options
within WITH clauses was first supported.

Author: Atsushi Torikoshi <torikoshia(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Yugo Nagata <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/079e7a2c801f252ae8d522b772790ed7@oss.nttdata.com
Backpatch-through: 14

Branch
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REL_18_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/765a4c94ccc83ab95cf2d721e1ff97ba173c83e7

Modified Files
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src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

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