[PATCH 2/2] added support for user-specified directories to exclude
Jani Nikula
jani at nikula.org
Thu Jan 26 05:11:36 PST 2012
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:11:58 +0200, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila at iki.fi> wrote:
> A new configuration key 'database.exclude' is used to determine
> which directories user wants not to be scanned for new mails.
>
> ---
>
> Notes (from 2011-09-13):
>
> 1) Currently the comments for newly created configuration file are not
> updated, so for not this is 'undocumented feature'. Should there be an
> empty configuration line as a placeholder ... ?
>
> 2) Whenever some already existing directory is added to the exclude list
> and the parent directory timestamp has not changed, notmuch new will not
> notice the directory has gone (as it still is there), user needs to 'touch'
> the parent directory before next 'notmuch new' no make notmuch notice.
>
> 2012-01-26: could notmuch track mtime of the configuration file and if
> that changes, ignore mail directory timestamps ?
>
> 3) count_files() function is not touched. The functionality there has fallen
> behind of add_files_recursive (maildir+tmp check and following symlinks).
> The question there should it be updated, or attempted to merge with
> add_files (as the comment says). count_files() is only called at the beginning
> when database is not yet initialised.
> ---
> notmuch-client.h | 3 +++
> notmuch-config.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> notmuch-new.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
> 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/notmuch-client.h b/notmuch-client.h
> index e0eb594..78460fc 100644
> --- a/notmuch-client.h
> +++ b/notmuch-client.h
> @@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ void
> notmuch_config_set_database_path (notmuch_config_t *config,
> const char *database_path);
>
> +const char **
> +notmuch_config_get_database_exclude (notmuch_config_t *config,
> + size_t *length);
> const char *
> notmuch_config_get_user_name (notmuch_config_t *config);
>
> diff --git a/notmuch-config.c b/notmuch-config.c
> index a124e34..e236114 100644
> --- a/notmuch-config.c
> +++ b/notmuch-config.c
> @@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ struct _notmuch_config {
> GKeyFile *key_file;
>
> char *database_path;
> + const char **database_exclude;
> + size_t database_exclude_length;
> char *user_name;
> char *user_primary_email;
> const char **user_other_email;
> @@ -258,6 +260,8 @@ notmuch_config_open (void *ctx,
> config->key_file = g_key_file_new ();
>
> config->database_path = NULL;
> + config->database_exclude = NULL;
> + config->database_exclude_length = 0;
> config->user_name = NULL;
> config->user_primary_email = NULL;
> config->user_other_email = NULL;
> @@ -537,6 +541,15 @@ notmuch_config_set_database_path (notmuch_config_t *config,
> config->database_path = NULL;
> }
>
> +const char **
> +notmuch_config_get_database_exclude (notmuch_config_t *config,
> + size_t *length)
> +{
> + return _config_get_list (config, "database", "exclude",
> + &(config->database_exclude),
> + &(config->database_exclude_length), length);
> +}
> +
> const char *
> notmuch_config_get_user_name (notmuch_config_t *config)
> {
> diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
> index a569a54..d607f5b 100644
> --- a/notmuch-new.c
> +++ b/notmuch-new.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ typedef struct {
> int verbose;
> const char **new_tags;
> size_t new_tags_length;
> + const char **database_exclude;
> + size_t database_exclude_length;
>
> int total_files;
> int processed_files;
> @@ -300,6 +302,8 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> is_maildir = _entries_resemble_maildir (fs_entries, num_fs_entries);
>
> for (i = 0; i < num_fs_entries; i++) {
> + size_t j;
> +
> if (interrupted)
> break;
>
> @@ -323,8 +327,6 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> * Also ignore the .notmuch directory and any "tmp" directory
> * that appears within a maildir.
> */
> - /* XXX: Eventually we'll want more sophistication to let the
> - * user specify files to be ignored. */
> if (strcmp (entry->d_name, ".") == 0 ||
> strcmp (entry->d_name, "..") == 0 ||
> (is_maildir && strcmp (entry->d_name, "tmp") == 0) ||
> @@ -332,6 +334,12 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> {
> continue;
> }
> + /* Ignore user-specified directories */
> + for (j = 0; j < state->database_exclude_length; j++)
> + if (strcmp(entry->d_name, state->database_exclude[j]) == 0)
> + break;
> + if (j < state->database_exclude_length)
> + continue;
How about wrapping that in a function you can use here and below?
if (user_wants_this_excluded (...))
continue;
Please also have a look at id:"87pqecylon.fsf at nikula.org" and the
patches Austin posted. "Auto ignore"?
BR,
Jani.
>
> next = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name);
> status = add_files_recursive (notmuch, next, state);
> @@ -364,11 +372,20 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> /* Pass 2: Scan for new files, removed files, and removed directories. */
> for (i = 0; i < num_fs_entries; i++)
> {
> + size_t j;
> +
> if (interrupted)
> break;
>
> entry = fs_entries[i];
>
> + /* Ignore user-specified files & directories */
> + for (j = 0; j < state->database_exclude_length; j++)
> + if (strcmp(entry->d_name, state->database_exclude[j]) == 0)
> + break;
> + if (j < state->database_exclude_length)
> + continue;
> +
> /* Check if we've walked past any names in db_files or
> * db_subdirs. If so, these have been deleted. */
> while (notmuch_filenames_valid (db_files) &&
> @@ -837,6 +854,7 @@ notmuch_new_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
> return 1;
>
> add_files_state.new_tags = notmuch_config_get_new_tags (config, &add_files_state.new_tags_length);
> + add_files_state.database_exclude = notmuch_config_get_database_exclude (config, &add_files_state.database_exclude_length);
> add_files_state.synchronize_flags = notmuch_config_get_maildir_synchronize_flags (config);
> db_path = notmuch_config_get_database_path (config);
>
> --
> 1.7.6.4
>
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