Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option]

Subject: Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option]

Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:00:07 -0400

To: David Edmondson, Jameson Graef Rollins, Jorge P. de Morais Neto, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Tomi Ollila, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: David Bremner

David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> writes:

> It seems that only “notmuch new” is currently prepared to create a new
> database, but it will also import all of my email before I have a chance
> to set the above parameters.
>
> It seems that the obvious answer is “notmuch config” will create a
> database if necessary. Is that the plan?

Wouldn't it make sense to have "notmuch setup" do this?

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• Johan Parin—[PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, notmuch::needs-review, notmuch::obsolete, notmuch::patch, unread]
  • Tomi Ollila—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, unread]
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  • Daniel Kahn Gillmor—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, unread]
    • David Bremner—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, unread]
    • Johan Parin—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, unread]
      • Daniel Kahn Gillmor—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, signed, unread]
      • Carl Worth—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, signed, unread]
  • David Bremner—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, unread]
    • Daniel Kahn Gillmor—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, signed, unread]
      • Tomi Ollila—Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option [inbox, unread]
        • Daniel Kahn Gillmor—moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, signed, unread]
          • Jorge P. de Morais Neto—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
            • Jameson Graef Rollins—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
              • Jorge P. de Morais Neto—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
                • Daniel Kahn Gillmor—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, signed, unread]
                  • Jorge P. de Morais Neto—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
                    • Daniel Kahn Gillmor—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, signed, unread]
                      • Jorge P. de Morais Neto—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
                • Jameson Graef Rollins—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
                  • David Edmondson—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
                    • David Bremner—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
                      • David Edmondson—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, unread]
                      • Daniel Kahn Gillmor—Re: moving the config into the database [was: Re: [PATCH] Display extra headers for emacs-mua - db config option] [inbox, signed, unread]