[PATCH v5 0/7] notmuch search --output=sender/recipients

[Mark Walters]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2014, Michal Sojka <sojkam1 at fel.cvut.cz> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> this is v5 of the search --output=address series. It obsoletes v4
> (id:1414421455-3037-1-git-send-email-sojkam1 at fel.cvut.cz).
>
> I addresses comments from Mark and Tomi. Based on the comments to v4
> and earlier versions, patches 1-4 should be ready for merging. Patch 5
> is a non-controversial part of the controversial --filter-by patch and
> could be probably merged after review.

I have looked at Patches 1-5 and tested. These look good to me. +1

My only query is in the text output: should the name part be printed as
a quoted string. For example currently I get a line of the form

Bloggs, Fred <fred at example.com>

and I think in theory I could have a real name 

"Fred <stupid> Bloggs" which this would print without the quotes.

For the other formats it is much less of a problem because the name and
address are clearly separated.

I am happy with an answer of the form "for robust parseable results use a
structured format" which is what we say for search for example.

I just thought I would mention it in case you thought the quoted form
was more useful for consumers.

Best wishes

Mark


>
> Patch 6 needs at least a review and patch 7 needs more discussion.
>
> Changes from v4:
>
> - patch changed to commit in commit messages
> - opt->format changed to format
> - Added comments to process_* functions
> - duplicite changed to duplicate
> - check_duplicate changed to is_duplicate
> - Deduplication was split into two commits: basic deduplication
>   without a command line option and configurable deduplication with
>   --fiter-by.
>
> Changes from v3:
>
> - `o' renamed to `opt'.
> - Conversion of --output from keyword to keyword-flags is now a
>   separate patch.
> - Structured output formats print name and address separately.
> - Added test for --format=json.
> - Changed --filter-by default to nameaddr. In v2, the default was
>   addrfold, in v3 the default was no filtering at all. I believe that
>   Mark's suggestion to make nameaddr the default is good trade off.
> - Added new --output=count
> - Minor style fixes
> - Few typos fixed
> - There is no way to output unfiltered (duplicite) addresses.
>   Hopefully, the introduction of --output=count is sufficient
>   replacement for this "feature".
>
> Cheers,
> -Michal
>
>
> Jani Nikula (1):
>   cli: Add support for parsing keyword-flag arguments
>
> Michal Sojka (6):
>   cli: search: Refactor passing of command line options
>   cli: search: Convert --output to keyword-flag argument
>   cli: search: Add --output={sender,recipients}
>   cli: search: Do not output duplicate addresses
>   cli: search: Add --output=count
>   cli: search: Add --filter-by option to configure address filtering
>
>  command-line-arguments.c           |   6 +-
>  command-line-arguments.h           |   1 +
>  completion/notmuch-completion.bash |   8 +-
>  completion/notmuch-completion.zsh  |   4 +-
>  doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst        |  66 ++++++-
>  notmuch-search.c                   | 388 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  test/T090-search-output.sh         | 137 +++++++++++++
>  test/T095-search-filter-by.sh      |  64 ++++++
>  test/T410-argument-parsing.sh      |   3 +-
>  test/arg-test.c                    |   9 +
>  10 files changed, 604 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100755 test/T095-search-filter-by.sh
>
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