[PATCH 0/3] Introduce the add command

[Mark Walters]

> On Sat, Jul 13 2013, Adam Wolfe Gordon <awg+notmuch at xvx.ca> wrote:
>> The recent introduction of insert inspired me to finally add a feature I've
>> been wanting: a command to index a specific file in the maildir. My usecase
>> for this is that I have an inotify-based script that watches for new mail
>> and calls notmuch new when new mail shows up. Running notmuch new in this
>> situation is overkill, since I know exactly what's changed. A faster command
>> that just adds a single file reduces contention on the database lock.
>>
>> This series introduces a new command, "notmuch add", which indexes a file
>> that already exists in the maildir. It is implemented in notmuch-insert.c
>> because it uses the basic infrastructure introduced for the insert command.
>>
>> Missing man page for now - wanted to get the code out first for review.
>
> Hey, Adam.  This feature seems fine, but it seems similar enought to
> insert that I wonder if they can just be unified.  What if insert just
> took an optional path argument as well, e.g.:
>
>   notmuch insert [options] [ +<tag>|-<tag> ... ] [-- /path/to/file]
>
> If the path is not in the db, it would insert it the same as if it had
> come in via stdin.  If the path *is* in the db, it could just do the add
> part that you're looking for.  That seems like it might be a more
> intuitive UI experience to me.

I sort of agree but wonder if it would be more natural under "new" than
"insert". so notmuch new /path/to/file just adds that file (provided it
is in the database; perhaps a relative path?) This would also be
extensible to do a whole mail sub-directory which seems like it might
also be a useful feature. (I am definitely not saying that this needs to
be implemented now!)

Best wishes

Mark





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