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+From: Ethan Glasser-Camp <glasse@cs.rpi.edu>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [RFC PATCH 01/13] Create configuration paramater database.type\r
+Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:01:54 -0500\r
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+From: Ethan Glasser-Camp <ethan@betacantrips.com>\r
+\r
+This will be used to allow different backends to be developed to allow\r
+access to mail that isn't stored in Maildirs.\r
+\r
+Signed-off-by: Ethan Glasser-Camp <ethan@betacantrips.com>\r
+---\r
+ notmuch-client.h | 7 ++++++\r
+ notmuch-config.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----\r
+ 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/notmuch-client.h b/notmuch-client.h\r
+index 60828aa..4518cb0 100644\r
+--- a/notmuch-client.h\r
++++ b/notmuch-client.h\r
+@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ notmuch_config_set_database_path (notmuch_config_t *config,\r
+ const char *database_path);\r
+ \r
+ const char *\r
++notmuch_config_get_database_type (notmuch_config_t *config);\r
++\r
++void\r
++notmuch_config_set_database_type (notmuch_config_t *config,\r
++ const char *database_type);\r
++\r
++const char *\r
+ notmuch_config_get_user_name (notmuch_config_t *config);\r
+ \r
+ void\r
+diff --git a/notmuch-config.c b/notmuch-config.c\r
+index a124e34..b8bee69 100644\r
+--- a/notmuch-config.c\r
++++ b/notmuch-config.c\r
+@@ -32,11 +32,24 @@ static const char toplevel_config_comment[] =\r
+ static const char database_config_comment[] =\r
+ " Database configuration\n"\r
+ "\n"\r
+- " The only value supported here is 'path' which should be the top-level\n"\r
+- " directory where your mail currently exists and to where mail will be\n"\r
+- " delivered in the future. Files should be individual email messages.\n"\r
+- " Notmuch will store its database within a sub-directory of the path\n"\r
+- " configured here named \".notmuch\".\n";\r
++ " Here is where you can tell notmuch where your mail currently exists\n"\r
++ " and where mail will be delivered in the future."\r
++ "\n"\r
++ " The following options are supported here:\n"\r
++ "\n"\r
++ "\ttype The type of mail backend. The only currently supported\n"\r
++ "\t value is \"maildir\".\n"\r
++ "\tpath For the maildir backend, the top-level maildir directory.\n"\r
++ "\t For all backends, the location where notmuch should store its\n"\r
++ "\t database. Notmuch will store its database within a sub-directory\n"\r
++ "\t of this path named \".notmuch\".\n"\r
++ "\n"\r
++ " Maildir backend\n"\r
++ "\n"\r
++ " This backend reads mail from a directory tree where files are\n"\r
++ " individual email messages.\n"\r
++ " The only configuration option is 'path' which should be the top-level\n"\r
++ " directory.\n";\r
+ \r
+ static const char new_config_comment[] =\r
+ " Configuration for \"notmuch new\"\n"\r
+@@ -99,6 +112,7 @@ struct _notmuch_config {\r
+ GKeyFile *key_file;\r
+ \r
+ char *database_path;\r
++ char *database_type;\r
+ char *user_name;\r
+ char *user_primary_email;\r
+ const char **user_other_email;\r
+@@ -258,6 +272,7 @@ notmuch_config_open (void *ctx,\r
+ config->key_file = g_key_file_new ();\r
+ \r
+ config->database_path = NULL;\r
++ config->database_type = NULL;\r
+ config->user_name = NULL;\r
+ config->user_primary_email = NULL;\r
+ config->user_other_email = NULL;\r
+@@ -320,6 +335,10 @@ notmuch_config_open (void *ctx,\r
+ talloc_free (path);\r
+ }\r
+ \r
++ if (notmuch_config_get_database_type (config) == NULL) {\r
++ notmuch_config_set_database_type (config, "maildir");\r
++ }\r
++\r
+ if (notmuch_config_get_user_name (config) == NULL) {\r
+ char *name = get_name_from_passwd_file (config);\r
+ notmuch_config_set_user_name (config, name);\r
+@@ -538,6 +557,34 @@ notmuch_config_set_database_path (notmuch_config_t *config,\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ const char *\r
++notmuch_config_get_database_type (notmuch_config_t *config)\r
++{\r
++ char *type;\r
++\r
++ if (config->database_type == NULL) {\r
++ type = g_key_file_get_string (config->key_file,\r
++ "database", "type", NULL);\r
++ if (type) {\r
++ config->database_type = talloc_strdup (config, type);\r
++ free (type);\r
++ }\r
++ }\r
++\r
++ return config->database_type;\r
++}\r
++\r
++void\r
++notmuch_config_set_database_type (notmuch_config_t *config,\r
++ const char *database_type)\r
++{\r
++ g_key_file_set_string (config->key_file,\r
++ "database", "type", database_type);\r
++\r
++ talloc_free (config->database_type);\r
++ config->database_type = NULL;\r
++}\r
++\r
++const char *\r
+ notmuch_config_get_user_name (notmuch_config_t *config)\r
+ {\r
+ char *name;\r
+-- \r
+1.7.5.4\r
+\r