*
* For description of arguments, @see notmuch_database_open_with_config
*
+ * In case of any failure, this function returns an error status and
+ * sets *database to NULL.
+ *
* @retval NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully created the database.
*
* @retval NOTMUCH_STATUS_DATABASE_EXISTS: Database already exists, not created
EOF
test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
+test_begin_subtest "create: database set to null on missing config"
+test_subtest_known_broken
+cat c_head3 - c_tail3 <<'EOF' | test_C ${MAIL_DIR} "/nonexistent"
+ notmuch_status_t st = notmuch_database_create_with_config(argv[1],argv[2], NULL, &db, NULL);
+EOF
+cat <<EOF> EXPECTED
+== stdout ==
+db == NULL: 1
+== stderr ==
+EOF
+test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
+test_begin_subtest "create: database set to null on missing config (env)"
+test_subtest_known_broken
+old_NOTMUCH_CONFIG=${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}
+NOTMUCH_CONFIG="/nonexistent"
+cat c_head3 - c_tail3 <<'EOF' | test_C ${MAIL_DIR}
+ notmuch_status_t st = notmuch_database_create_with_config(argv[1],
+ NULL, NULL, &db, NULL);
+EOF
+NOTMUCH_CONFIG=${old_NOTMUCH_CONFIG}
+cat <<EOF> EXPECTED
+== stdout ==
+db == NULL: 1
+== stderr ==
+EOF
+test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
test_done