[PATCH 6/7] cli: add --quiet option to notmuch new

Jani Nikula jani at nikula.org
Fri Jan 24 01:54:15 PST 2014


On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, Mark Walters <markwalters1009 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am not sure I like doing the database upgrade with no comment to the
> user at all.

I think --quiet should mean we don't write to stdout at all. So the
question becomes, is the database upgrade worth warning about in stderr?

> In fact I am not sure I like doing the upgrade without being
> specifically told to (e.g. it does not give the user a clear chance to
> backup the database first)
>
> What would people think about having a --upgrade-database option to
> notmuch new? 

We discussed this at length on IRC some time ago. I think we concluded
we should continue doing it automatically, but I'll post a summary when
I have the time.

BR,
Jani.


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