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# Frequently Asked Questions
+See also [[Less Frequently Asked Questions|lfaq]].
+
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## How come this query matches mails in folder:2013? `notmuch search --output=files folder:inbox`
`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`
+## How come my query does not list all the emails on the file system?
+
+You may have emails that have some of the [exclude
+tags](https://notmuchmail.org/doc/latest/man1/notmuch-search.html#cmdoption-search-exclude)
+
+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. If the problematic query is
-You may have emails that only have some of the excluded tags.
+ $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox
-Notmuch can be configured to exclude some tags while searching. You can list excluded tags with
+Try
- $ notmuch config get search.exclude_tags
- deleted
+ $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox tag:deleted
-To verify this is the reason of the discrepancy, add the excluded tags explicitly to your query.
+You can also temporarily turn of the excluded tags feature with `--exclude`.
- $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox tag:deleted
+ $ notmuch search --output=files --exclude=false -- folder:inbox
## Shouldn't notmuch support inline PGP?
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).
-
-## T150-tagging.sh is failing with Xapian 1.4.6
-
-This is (probably) a bug in this point release of Xapian, should be
-fixed in 1.4.7. Try reverting Xapian commit
-`093999529acc2f86900d91fed0c7f7af301ab94a`, e.g. with the following
-patch.
-
-
- index 80e578b85..a47f14a68 100644
- --- a/xapian-core/backends/glass/glass_postlist.cc
- +++ b/xapian-core/backends/glass/glass_postlist.cc
- @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ GlassPostList::open_nearby_postlist(const std::string & term_,
- (void)need_pos;
- if (term_.empty())
- RETURN(NULL);
- - if (!this_db.get() || this_db->postlist_table.is_modified())
- + if (!this_db.get() || this_db->postlist_table.is_writable())
- RETURN(NULL);
- RETURN(new GlassPostList(this_db, term_, cursor->clone()));
- }
+See
+[notmuch-extract-patch](https://github.com/aaptel/notmuch-extract-patch). See
+also notmuch-extract-patch in
+[mailscripts](https://git.spwhitton.name/mailscripts/).