Re: a tutorial on notmuch-git?

Subject: Re: a tutorial on notmuch-git?

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:58:20 -0700

To: Alan Schmitt, notmuch

Cc:

From: Lars Kotthoff


I use muchsync (https://www.muchsync.org/), which also copies the mail files. 
Works great.

Cheers,

Lars


On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:23:14 +0100, Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I will soon need to synchronize my notmuch database between two
> computers, and looking at its man page, it seems that notmuch-git is a
> nice solution for this. Is there a tutorial that shows how to get
> started with it? More precisely, I would like to learn the following.
> 
> - How do I create the initial repository from my notmuch database?
> - What is the workflow to use? For instance:
>   - download and tag some mail on computer 1
>   - run a notmuch git command (which one?)
>   - switch to computer 2, what do I do to synchronize it (I guess
>     download the mail there and run a notmuch git command)?
> - What happens if I tag mail on both computers?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Alan
> [...]
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