Update pgindent Perl indentation instructions based on feedback from

Àlvaro and Noah Misch.

Backpatch to 9.2.

diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/README b/src/tools/pgindent/README
index 627d731e8a5c3c2efef8c209e941fad16bb660f9..f3091da0cc5ba5668866b19739a1e81ee9b017fc 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/README
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/README
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ This can format all PostgreSQL *.c and *.h files, but excludes *.y, and
        pg_ctl start
        gmake installcheck-world
 
-9) Indent the Perl MSVC code:
-
-       cd src/tools/msvc
-       perltidy -b -bl -nsfs -naws -l=100 -ole=unix *.pl *.pm
+9) Indent the Perl code:
+
+       find . -name \*.pl -o -name \*.pm | xargs perltidy \
+       --backup-and-modify-in-place --opening-brace-on-new-line \
+       --vertical-tightness=2 --vertical-tightness-closing=2 \
+       --nospace-after-keyword=for --nospace-for-semicolon \
+       --add-whitespace --delete-old-whitespace --paren-tightness=2 \
+       --keep-old-blank-lines=2 --maximum-line-length=78 \
+       --entab-leading-whitespace=4 --output-line-ending=unix
 
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