If the 'search.exclude_tags' option is missing from the config file, its value is automatically set to "deleted;spam;". Taking PoLS/DWIM into account, this should probably only happen during setup. This patch is actually Austin Clements' work: id:"20120117203211.GQ16740@mit.edu" --- notmuch-config.c | 8 ++++++-- test/search | 1 - 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/notmuch-config.c b/notmuch-config.c index 687bd76..1d9e842 100644 --- a/notmuch-config.c +++ b/notmuch-config.c @@ -361,8 +361,12 @@ notmuch_config_open (void *ctx, } if (notmuch_config_get_search_exclude_tags (config, &tmp) == NULL) { - const char *tags[] = { "deleted", "spam" }; - notmuch_config_set_search_exclude_tags (config, tags, 2); + if (is_new) { + const char *tags[] = { "deleted", "spam" }; + notmuch_config_set_search_exclude_tags (config, tags, 2); + } else { + notmuch_config_set_search_exclude_tags (config, NULL, 0); + } } error = NULL; diff --git a/test/search b/test/search index 99d94bd..414be35 100755 --- a/test/search +++ b/test/search @@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ test_expect_equal "$output" "thread:XXX 2001-01-05 [1/1] Notmuch Test Suite; N thread:XXX 2001-01-05 [1/2] Notmuch Test Suite; Not deleted reply (deleted inbox unread)" test_begin_subtest "Don't exclude \"deleted\" messages from search if not configured" -test_subtest_known_broken notmuch config set search.exclude_tags output=$(notmuch search subject:deleted | notmuch_search_sanitize) test_expect_equal "$output" "thread:XXX 2001-01-05 [1/1] Notmuch Test Suite; Not deleted (inbox unread) -- 1.7.8.1