EOF
expected_dir=$NOTMUCH_SRCDIR/test/setup.expected-output
-test_expect_equal_file ${expected_dir}/config-with-comments new-notmuch-config
+sed '/^$/d' < new-notmuch-config > filtered-config
+test_expect_equal_file ${expected_dir}/config-with-comments filtered-config
+
+test_begin_subtest "setup consistent with config-set for single items"
+# note this relies on the config state from the previous test.
+notmuch --config=new-notmuch-config config list > list.setup
+notmuch --config=new-notmuch-config config set search.exclude_tags baz
+notmuch --config=new-notmuch-config config list > list.config
+test_expect_equal_file list.setup list.config
test_begin_subtest "notmuch with a config but without a database suggests notmuch new"
notmuch 2>&1 | notmuch_dir_sanitize > OUTPUT