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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Austin Clements <amdragon@mit.edu>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] cli: Be more helpful when .notmuch-config does not exist\r
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+Austin Clements <amdragon@mit.edu> writes:\r
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+> Since this condition is expected for new users, this patch adds\r
+> specific handling for the file-not-found case to give a message that\r
+> is friendly and actionable.\r
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+pushed\r
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+d\r