notmuch_sort_t
notmuch_query_get_sort (notmuch_query_t *query);
+/* Add a tag that will be excluded from the query results by default.
+ * This exclusion will be overridden if this tag appears explicitly in
+ * the query. */
+void
+notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude (notmuch_query_t *query, const char *tag);
+
/* Execute a query for threads, returning a notmuch_threads_t object
* which can be used to iterate over the results. The returned threads
* object is owned by the query and as such, will only be valid until
unsigned
notmuch_query_count_messages (notmuch_query_t *query);
+/* Return the number of threads matching a search.
+ *
+ * This function performs a search and returns the number of unique thread IDs
+ * in the matching messages. This is the same as number of threads matching a
+ * search.
+ *
+ * Note that this is a significantly heavier operation than
+ * notmuch_query_count_messages().
+ *
+ * If an error occurs, this function may return 0.
+ */
+unsigned
+notmuch_query_count_threads (notmuch_query_t *query);
+
/* Get the thread ID of 'thread'.
*
* The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be