[PATCH 3/3] document new `notmuch new` behavior
Mike Kelly
pioto at pioto.org
Thu Apr 8 12:45:31 PDT 2010
---
notmuch.1 | 8 +++++---
notmuch.c | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/notmuch.1 b/notmuch.1
index 0e6a2ed..8b4021e 100644
--- a/notmuch.1
+++ b/notmuch.1
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ The
.B new
command scans all sub-directories of the database, performing
full-text indexing on new messages that are found. Each new message
-will automatically be tagged with both the
-.BR inbox " and " unread
-tags.
+will automatically be tagged with the
+.BR inbox
+tag, and, unless it was already "seen" by another client, the
+.BR unread
+tag.
You should run
.B "notmuch new"
diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index f5669fc..9002e7d 100644
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ command_t commands[] = {
{ "new", notmuch_new_command,
"[--verbose]",
"Find and import new messages to the notmuch database.",
- "\tScans all sub-directories of the mail directory, performing\n"
- "\tfull-text indexing on new messages that are found. Each new\n"
- "\tmessage will be tagged as both \"inbox\" and \"unread\".\n"
+ "\t\tScans all sub-directories of the mail directory, performing\n"
+ "\t\tfull-text indexing on new messages that are found. Each new\n"
+ "\t\tmessage will be tagged as \"inbox\" and, unless it is\n"
+ "\t\tmarked as \"seen\", \"unread\".\n"
"\n"
"\tYou should run \"notmuch new\" once after first running\n"
"\t\"notmuch setup\" to create the initial database. The first\n"
--
1.7.0.4
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