**notmuch** **config** **get** <*section*>.<*item*>
-**notmuch** **config** **set** <*section*>.<*item*> [*value* ...]
+**notmuch** **config** **set** [--database] <*section*>.<*item*> [*value* ...]
**notmuch** **config** **list**
The **config** command can be used to get or set settings in the notmuch
configuration file and corresponding database.
-Items marked **[STORED IN DATABASE]** are only in the database. They
-should not be placed in the configuration file, and should be accessed
-programmatically as described in the SYNOPSIS above.
-
**get**
The value of the specified configuration item is printed to
stdout. If the item has multiple values (it is a list), each value
If no values are provided, the specified configuration item will
be removed from the configuration file.
+ With the `--database` option, updates configuration metadata
+ stored in the database, rather than the default (text)
+ configuration file.
+
**list**
Every configuration item is printed to stdout, each on a separate
line of the form::
- *section*.\ *item*\ =\ *value*
+ section.item=value
No additional whitespace surrounds the dot or equals sign
characters. In a multiple-value item (a list), the values are
separated by semicolon characters.
-The available configuration items are described below.
+The available configuration items are described below. Non-absolute
+paths are presumed relative to `$HOME` for items in section
+**database**.
**database.path**
+ Notmuch will store its database here, (in
+ sub-directory named ``.notmuch`` if **database.mail\_root**
+ is unset).
+
+ Default: ``$MAILDIR`` variable if set, otherwise ``$HOME/mail``.
+
+**database.mail_root**
The top-level directory where your mail currently exists and to
where mail will be delivered in the future. Files should be
- individual email messages. Notmuch will store its database within
- a sub-directory of the path configured here named ``.notmuch``.
+ individual email messages.
- Default: ``$MAILDIR`` variable if set, otherwise ``$HOME/mail``.
+ History: this configuration value was introduced in notmuch 0.32.
+
+ Default: For compatibility with older configurations, the value of
+ database.path is used if **database.mail\_root** is unset.
+
+**database.hook_dir**
+
+ Directory containing hooks run by notmuch commands. See
+ **notmuch-hooks(5)**.
**user.name**
Your full name.
Default: ``true``.
-**crypto.gpg_path**
- Name (or full path) of gpg binary to use in verification and
- decryption of PGP/MIME messages. NOTE: This configuration item is
- deprecated, and will be ignored if notmuch is built against GMime
- 3.0 or later.
-
- Default: ``gpg``.
-
-**index.decrypt** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
+**index.decrypt**
Policy for decrypting encrypted messages during indexing. Must be
one of: ``false``, ``auto``, ``nostash``, or ``true``.
Default: ``auto``.
-**index.header.<prefix>** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
+**index.header.<prefix>**
Define the query prefix <prefix>, based on a mail header. For
example ``index.header.List=List-Id`` will add a probabilistic
prefix ``List:`` that searches the ``List-Id`` field. User
**built_with.<name>**
Compile time feature <name>. Current possibilities include
- "compact" (see **notmuch-compact(1)**) and "field_processor" (see
- **notmuch-search-terms(7)**).
+ "retry_lock" (configure option, included by default).
+ (since notmuch 0.30, "compact" and "field_processor" are
+ always included.)
-**query.<name>** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
+**query.<name>**
Expansion for named query called <name>. See
**notmuch-search-terms(7)** for more information about named
queries.
of notmuch.
**NOTMUCH\_CONFIG**
- Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Notmuch
- will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.
+ Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file.
+
+**NOTMUCH_PROFILE**
+ Selects among notmuch configurations.
+
+FILES
+=====
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+If ``NOTMUCH_CONFIG`` is unset, notmuch tries (in order)
+
+- ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/notmuch/<profile>/config`` where ``<profile>`` is
+ defined by ``$NOTMUCH_PROFILE`` or "default"
+- ``${HOME}/.notmuch-config<profile>`` where ``<profile>`` is
+ ``.$NOTMUCH_PROFILE`` or ""
+
+Hooks
+-----
+
+If ``database.hook_dir`` is unset, notmuch tries (in order)
+
+- ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/notmuch/<profile>/hooks`` where ``<profile>`` is
+ defined by ``$NOTMUCH_PROFILE`` or "default"
+- ``<database.path>/.notmuch/hooks``
SEE ALSO
========