Default: For compatibility with older configurations, the value of
database.path is used if **database.mail\_root** is unset.
-**database.hook_dir**
+**database.backup_dir**
+ Directory to store tag dumps when upgrading database.
+
+ History: this configuration value was introduced in notmuch 0.32.
+
+ Default: A sibling directory of the Xapian database called
+ `backups`.
+**database.hook_dir**
Directory containing hooks run by notmuch commands. See
**notmuch-hooks(5)**.
+ History: this configuration value was introduced in notmuch 0.32.
+
+ Default: See HOOKS, below.
+
**user.name**
Your full name.
- ``${HOME}/.notmuch-config<profile>`` where ``<profile>`` is
``.$NOTMUCH_PROFILE`` or ""
-Hooks
+HOOKS
-----
If ``database.hook_dir`` is unset, notmuch tries (in order)