.psqlrc

-- Don't display the "helpful" message on startup.
\set QUIET 1

-- Allow specifying the path to history file via `PSQL_HISTFILE` env variable
-- (and fallback to the default $HOME/.psql_history otherwise)
\set HISTFILE `[ -z $PSQL_HISTFILE ] && echo $HOME/.psql_history || echo $PSQL_HISTFILE`

-- Show how long each query takes to execute
\timing

-- Use best available output format
\x auto

-- Verbose error reports
\set VERBOSITY verbose

-- If a command is run more than once in a row,
-- only store it once in the history
\set HISTCONTROL ignoredups
\set COMP_KEYWORD_CASE upper

-- By default, NULL displays as an empty space. Is it actually an empty
-- string, or is it null? This makes that distinction visible
\pset null '[NULL]'

\unset QUIET