In a split configuration, it does not make sense to have the extra
.notmuch/ directory. Leave the xapian/ level of the path to allow the
use of the top level e.g. as a place to store backups as is currently
done by upgrade code in notmuch-new.
---
 lib/open.cc              | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 test/T055-path-config.sh |  9 ++++++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/open.cc b/lib/open.cc
index ede367af..91b24e38 100644
--- a/lib/open.cc
+++ b/lib/open.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #define DB_ACTION Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN
 #endif
 
+#define LOG_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION(message, error)  IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (&message, "A Xapian exception occurred opening database: %s\n", error.get_msg ().c_str ()));
+
 notmuch_status_t
 notmuch_database_open (const char *path,
 		       notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
@@ -154,7 +156,8 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
     notmuch_status_t status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
     void *local = talloc_new (NULL);
     notmuch_database_t *notmuch = NULL;
-    char *notmuch_path, *xapian_path, *incompat_features;
+    const char *notmuch_path, *xapian_path;
+    char *incompat_features;
     char *message = NULL;
     struct stat st;
     int err;
@@ -190,25 +193,41 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
     notmuch->writable_xapian_db = NULL;
     notmuch->atomic_nesting = 0;
     notmuch->view = 1;
+    notmuch->xapian_db = NULL;
 
-    if (! (notmuch_path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/%s", database_path, ".notmuch"))) {
-	message = strdup ("Out of memory\n");
-	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    try {
+	xapian_path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch,"%s/xapian",database_path);
+	notmuch->xapian_db = new Xapian::Database (xapian_path);
+    } catch (const Xapian::DatabaseOpeningError &error) {
+	notmuch->xapian_db = NULL;
+    } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
+	LOG_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION (message, error);
+	notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
+	notmuch = NULL;
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION;
 	goto DONE;
     }
 
-    err = stat (notmuch_path, &st);
-    if (err) {
-	IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (&message, "Error opening database at %s: %s\n",
-				 notmuch_path, strerror (errno)));
-	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
-	goto DONE;
-    }
+    if (! notmuch->xapian_db) {
+	if (! (notmuch_path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/%s", database_path, ".notmuch"))) {
+	    message = strdup ("Out of memory\n");
+	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+	    goto DONE;
+	}
 
-    if (! (xapian_path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/%s", notmuch_path, "xapian"))) {
-	message = strdup ("Out of memory\n");
-	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-	goto DONE;
+	err = stat (notmuch_path, &st);
+	if (err) {
+	    IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (&message, "Error opening database at %s: %s\n",
+				     notmuch_path, strerror (errno)));
+	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
+	    goto DONE;
+	}
+
+	if (! (xapian_path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/%s", notmuch_path, "xapian"))) {
+	    message = strdup ("Out of memory\n");
+	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+	    goto DONE;
+	}
     }
 
     try {
@@ -216,11 +235,16 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
 	std::string last_mod;
 
 	if (mode == NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE) {
+	    /* get rid of read only version opened above */
+	    if (notmuch->xapian_db)
+		delete notmuch->xapian_db;
+
 	    notmuch->writable_xapian_db = new Xapian::WritableDatabase (xapian_path,
 									DB_ACTION);
 	    notmuch->xapian_db = notmuch->writable_xapian_db;
 	} else {
-	    notmuch->xapian_db = new Xapian::Database (xapian_path);
+	    if (! notmuch->xapian_db)
+		notmuch->xapian_db = new Xapian::Database (xapian_path);
 	}
 
 	/* Check version.  As of database version 3, we represent
@@ -318,8 +342,7 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
 	    goto DONE;
 
     } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
-	IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (&message, "A Xapian exception occurred opening database: %s\n",
-				 error.get_msg ().c_str ()));
+	LOG_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION (message, error);
 	notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
 	notmuch = NULL;
 	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION;
diff --git a/test/T055-path-config.sh b/test/T055-path-config.sh
index 190b3686..72c369cb 100755
--- a/test/T055-path-config.sh
+++ b/test/T055-path-config.sh
@@ -40,4 +40,13 @@ output=$(notmuch count '*')
 test_expect_equal "$output" '52'
 restore_database
 
+backup_database
+test_begin_subtest "split (no prefix)"
+notmuch config set database.path `pwd`/database
+notmuch config set database.mail_root `pwd`/mail
+mv mail/.notmuch/xapian database
+output=$(notmuch count '*')
+test_expect_equal "$output" '52'
+restore_database
+
 test_done
-- 
2.29.2
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