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Introduce the REPACK command
authorÁlvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:56:39 +0000 (19:56 +0100)
committerÁlvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:56:39 +0000 (19:56 +0100)
commitac58465e0618941842439eb3f5a2cf8bebd5a3f1
treed5dbd1eeca6c452c09f75997661e5b813991798d
parenta596d27d807974778513158cb0eafc76bae33d97
Introduce the REPACK command

REPACK absorbs the functionality of VACUUM FULL and CLUSTER in a single
command.  Because this functionality is completely different from
regular VACUUM, having it separate from VACUUM makes it easier for users
to understand; as for CLUSTER, the term is heavily overloaded in the
IT world and even in Postgres itself, so it's good that we can avoid it.

We retain those older commands, but de-emphasize them in the
documentation, in favor of REPACK; the difference between VACUUM FULL
and CLUSTER (namely, the fact that tuples are written in a specific
ordering) is neatly absorbed as two different modes of REPACK.

This allows us to introduce further functionality in the future that
works regardless of whether an ordering is being applied, such as (and
especially) a concurrent mode.

Author: Antonin Houska <ah@cybertec.at>
Reviewed-by: Mihail Nikalayeu <mihailnikalayeu@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Reviewed-by: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Reviewed-by: Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>
Reviewed-by: Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Junwang Zhao <zhjwpku@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/82651.1720540558@antos
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/202507262156.sb455angijk6@alvherre.pgsql
26 files changed:
doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/repack.sgml [new file with mode: 0644]
doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml
doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
src/backend/catalog/index.c
src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
src/backend/commands/cluster.c
src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
src/backend/parser/gram.y
src/backend/tcop/utility.c
src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
src/include/catalog/catversion.h
src/include/commands/cluster.h
src/include/commands/progress.h
src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
src/include/parser/kwlist.h
src/include/tcop/cmdtaglist.h
src/include/utils/backend_progress.h
src/test/regress/expected/cluster.out
src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
src/test/regress/sql/cluster.sql
src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list