`notmuch setup` replaces `~/.notmuch-config` instead of truncating it
Jameson Rollins
jrollins at finestructure.net
Tue Nov 16 05:38:52 PST 2010
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:33:30 +0200, "Ciprian Dorin, Craciun" <ciprian.craciun at gmail.com> wrote:
> But in my particular case `~/.notmuch-config` is symlinked to an
> applications configuration directory which is versioned. Thus I've
> expected than when notmuch updates the config, it opens it for
> read-write, but with the truncation flag (which as a consequence would
> have modified the symlinked file). But instead it deleted the symlink,
> and replaced it with a newly created file (thus breaking my custom
> configuration backup system.)
>
> So my question is: is this behaviour (of deleting the file and
> creating a new one) deliberate? If not, could it be fixed (I could
> provide a patch) to just update the file in place?
Hi, Ciprian. I had not noticed this, but now that you mention it, I see
that the same thing happened to me. This behavior is surely not
deliberate, and is definitely undesirable. A patch would be welcome.
jamie.
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