Hi Carl, Thanks for your answer. Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> writes: > A file rename is a high-level operation that will be seen by notmuch as > multiple operations seen over the course of a single run of notmuch > new: > > 1. A new file is added with a message ID that already exists in the > database > > 2. A file is removed with a message ID for which there are multiple > files in the database > > But notmuch doesn't detect whether both of these operations are seen in > a single pass in order to detect a rename. Instead, what it is doing is > counting every occurence of (2) above as a rename. Here's what the code > looks like (notmuch-new.c:remove_filename): > > status = notmuch_database_remove_message (notmuch, path); > if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID) { > add_files_state->renamed_messages++; > if (add_files_state->synchronize_flags == true) > notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags (message); > status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS; > } else if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) { > add_files_state->removed_messages++; > } Perfect explanation, thanks. > I suppose you could come up with some other name for what it is > counting, such as "removals of duplicate messages" instead of "rename", > but that's what's happening. Yes, that'd be my suggestion :-) It's one of my personal buttons that sometimes get pushed "name is misleading". If you seriously consider it, I'd suggest "file reassignments" instead of "file renames". A file rename to me is mv jeff.txt carl.txt the file was named jeff.txt but was renamed to carl.txt. The case you describe, a file with a certain name is either assigned to a messageID, or de-assigned to that messageID - the actual file name is not changed, as I understand it. Anyway thanks for the explanation! Good that I don't need to worry. BTW I've got integration between org and notmuch up and running now, I'm really liking this capability. JT _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org https://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch