[PATCH 4/5] nmbug-status: Wrap query phrases in parentheses when and-ing together

[W. Trevor King]

For example:

  "query": ["tag:a", "tag:b or tag:c"]

is now converted to:

  ( tag:a ) and ( tag:b or tag:c )

instead of the old:

  tag:a and tag:b or tag:c

This helps us avoid confusion due to Xapian's higher-precedence AND
[1], where the old query would be interpreted as:

  ( tag:a and tag:b ) or tag:c

[1]: http://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html
---
 NEWS                     | 3 +++
 devel/nmbug/nmbug-status | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9a6a757..1c618d1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ A new `nmbug-status(5)` describes `nmbug-status`'s JSON config file.
 nmbug-status
 ------------
 
+`nmbug-status` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing
+them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping.
+
 `nmbug-status` now supports `meta.message-url` to override the Gmane
 template.  For example, you can use:
 
diff --git a/devel/nmbug/nmbug-status b/devel/nmbug/nmbug-status
index 336d0d2..a477af8 100755
--- a/devel/nmbug/nmbug-status
+++ b/devel/nmbug/nmbug-status
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ class Page (object):
                 view['title'], sort_key))
         if 'query-string' not in view:
             query = view['query']
-            view['query-string'] = ' and '.join(query)
+            view['query-string'] = ' and '.join(
+                '( {} )'.format(q) for q in query)
         q = notmuch.Query(database, view['query-string'])
         q.set_sort(sort)
         threads = self._get_threads(messages=q.search_messages())
-- 
2.1.0.60.g85f0837