This value represents the default behavior of using the current
timeline.  Previously, this was represented by an empty string.

(Before the removal of recovery.conf, this setting could not be chosen
explicitly but was used when recovery_target_timeline was not
mentioned at all.)

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/6dd2c23a-4162-8469-410f-bfe146e28c0c@2ndquadrant.com/Reviewed-by: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>