From: Florian Friesdorf Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:57:01 +0000 (+0200) Subject: performance: more formatting fixes X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=commitdiff_plain;h=340850acdb04353360caaa94bed90c7cf2a194d5 performance: more formatting fixes --- diff --git a/performance.mdwn b/performance.mdwn index e686cab..04a36d8 100644 --- a/performance.mdwn +++ b/performance.mdwn @@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ database format, but also used in case of `chert`. ### Migrate from flint to chert -1. make sure you are using xapian 1.2.x (depends on your distribution) +Make sure you are using xapian 1.2.x (depends on your distribution) -XXX: add examples +XXX: add examples for different distributions -2. Backup your notmuch tags: +Backup your notmuch tags: $ cd $ notmuch dump notmuch-dump-b4chert -3. Move away your old database: +Move away your old database: $ mv $(notmuch config get database.path)/.notmuch/ notmuch-db-b4chert -4. Find and import your messages, a new and fresh database will be +Find and import your messages, a new and fresh database will be created: $ XAPIAN_PREFER_CHERT=1 notmuch new @@ -44,23 +44,21 @@ somebody more knowledgeable. After the initial import it is definitely not necessary to define `XAPIAN_PREFER_CHERT` for subsequent calls of `notmuch new`. -5. Restore your tags: +Restore your tags: $ notmuch restore notmuch-dump-b4chert -6. Check whether you are on chert now: +Check whether you are on chert now: $ ls $(notmuch config get database.path)/.notmuch/xapian/iam* iamchert If it says `iamflint`, most likely you are still using xapian 1.0.x. -7. Clean-up - -If you are sure everything is fine, you can delete the old things. The -dump of your tags you might want to keep anyway as a backup - on the -other hand you should have some mechanism in place to make regular -backups of your notmuch database: +Clean-up: if you are sure everything is fine, you can delete the old +things. The dump of your tags you might want to keep anyway as a +backup - on the other hand you should have some mechanism in place to +make regular backups of your notmuch database: $ rm notmuch-dump-b4chert $ rm -R notmuch-db-b4chert