From: Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>
To: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>, Peter Wang <novalazy@gmail.com>,
	notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] config: Add 'config list' command
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:03:25 -0700
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:30:43 +0200, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:31:37 +1100, Peter Wang <novalazy@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Add a command to list all keys in a given configuration section.
> >=20
> > One use is as follows: a MUA may prefer to store data in a central
> > notmuch configuration file so that the data is accessible across
> > different machines, e.g. an addressbook.  The list command helps
> > to implement features such as tab completion on the keys.
>=20
> Before getting deeper into implementation it is good to remember
> that 'notmuch config' is loosely modeled after 'git config'.
>=20
> git config --list outputs somewhat different output.
>=20
> Maybe this command should be like 'notmuch config list-section-keys'

Git's interface is completely inconsistent, so I see no reason to try to
emulate it in every regard.  Let's just try to keep the notmuch
interface as nice and consistent as possible.

I do agree, though, that I think I would prefer to see the output in the
same format as "git config --list".  So I would suggest the command and
output be:

$ notmuch config list
database.path=3D/home/jrollins/.mail
user.name=3DJameson Graef Rollins
user.primary_email=3Djrollins@finestructure.net
user.other_email=3D
new.tags=3Dnew;unread
maildir.synchronize_flags=3Dfalse
search.exclude_tags=3Ddeleted;spam;

That seem like a much more generally useful output.

jamie.

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