From: Florian Friesdorf <flo@chaoflow.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:26:45 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: performance: use filters for tagging
X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c0deddd22c49adc23a7e1c1ace285d31fa419616

performance: use filters for tagging
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diff --git a/performance.mdwn b/performance.mdwn
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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Optimize notmuch's performance
 
+[[!toc levels=2]]
+
 ## Xapian 1.2.x database format: chert vs. flint
 
 Xapian 1.2 (in contrast to 1.0.x) uses a new database format called
@@ -99,3 +101,17 @@ Remove old and renamed compacted, if compacting went well:
 
 * [Pieter Praet](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2011/004175.html)
 
+
+## Tagging: use filters!
+
+Instead of just:
+
+    $ notmuch tag +foo
+
+use:
+
+    $ notmuch tag +foo -- not tag:foo
+
+See the ongoing discussion:
+
+http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2011/004197.html