`folder:` search will match the folder of any of the files. The
`--output=files` option outputs all the files of all matching messages.
+## How come this query does not list all the emails on the file system? `notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox`
+
+You may have emails that only have some of the excluded tags.
+
+Notmuch can be configured to exclude some tags while searching. You can list excluded tags with
+
+ $ notmuch config get search.exclude_tags
+ deleted
+
+To verify this is the reason of the discrepancy, add the excluded tags explicitly to your query.
+
+ $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox tag:deleted
+
## Shouldn't notmuch support inline PGP?
[Why it might not be a good idea](https://dkg.fifthhorseman.net/notes/inline-pgp-harmful/)
THREAD_TAGS="muted"
for tag in "$THREAD_TAGS"; do
- notmuch tag +$tag $(notmuch search --output=threads tag:$tag)
+ notmuch tag +$tag thread:{tag:$tag}
done
-You can add other tags to `THREAD_TAGS` as needed. Note that this is one way
-only; you need to explicitly remove the tag from all the messages in a thread to
-stop it from propagating again.
+You can add other tags to `THREAD_TAGS` as needed. Note that this is
+one way only; you need to explicitly remove the tag from all the
+messages in a thread to stop it from propagating again. See
+[notmuch-search-terms](https://notmuchmail.org/doc/latest/man7/notmuch-search-terms.html)
+for discussion of `thread:{}` queries.
## How can I extract a git patchset for an email thread?
-See [notmuch-extract-patch](https://github.com/aaptel/notmuch-extract-patch).
+See
+[notmuch-extract-patch](https://github.com/aaptel/notmuch-extract-patch). See
+also notmuch-extract-patch in
+[mailscripts]](https://git.spwhitton.name/mailscripts/).
## T150-tagging.sh is failing with Xapian 1.4.6