v.25.8Improvement

Update clickhouse-format to accept --highlight as

Official CH changelog text
Updated clickhouse-format to accept --highlight as an alias for --hilite. - Updated clickhouse-client to accept --hilite as an alias for --highlight. - Updated clickhouse-format documentation to reflect the change. #84806 (Rishabh Bhardwaj).
Added --highlight as an alias for --hilite in both clickhouse-format and clickhouse-client for syntax highlighting options.

Why it matters

This feature improves usability by providing a more intuitive and consistent command-line option name, making it easier for users to remember and apply syntax highlighting when formatting or interacting with ClickHouse query outputs.

How to use it

Use the --highlight option interchangeably with --hilite in both clickhouse-format and clickhouse-client commands to enable syntax highlighting. For example:

clickhouse-format --highlight
clickhouse-client --highlight

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