[PATCH 4/4] doc: document notmuch new --full-scan

Tomi Ollila tomi.ollila at iki.fi
Tue May 1 12:58:42 PDT 2018


On Sun, Apr 29 2018, David Bremner wrote:

> ---
>  doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
> index 16af5492..b0016ccc 100644
> --- a/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
> +++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
> @@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ Supported options for **new** include
>  
>      See also ``index.decrypt`` in **notmuch-config(1)**.
>  
> +``--full-scan``
> +    By default notmuch-new uses directory modification times (mtimes)
> +    to optimize the scanning of directories for new mail. This option
> +    allows turning that optimization off e.g. for testing or
> +    debugging.
> +

Perhaps just (the last sentence): "This option turns that optimization off."

Tomi


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