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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>\r
+To: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: read user.name from $NAME if set\r
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+On Mon, Jul 21 2014, Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu> wrote:\r
+\r
+> Try to read the config parameter user.name from $NAME before taking the\r
+> user name from /etc/passwd.\r
+\r
+LGTM. $NAME is used for the same purpose in\r
+\r
+https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/General-Variables.html\r
+\r
+(and probably in many other places too)\r
+\r
+\r
+Tomi\r
+\r
+> ---\r
+> notmuch-config.c | 7 +++++--\r
+> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\r
+>\r
+> diff --git a/notmuch-config.c b/notmuch-config.c\r
+> index 4886d36..8f1f48d 100644\r
+> --- a/notmuch-config.c\r
+> +++ b/notmuch-config.c\r
+> @@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ get_username_from_passwd_file (void *ctx)\r
+> *\r
+> * database_path: $HOME/mail\r
+> *\r
+> - * user_name: From /etc/passwd\r
+> + * user_name: $NAME variable if set, otherwise\r
+> + * read from /etc/passwd\r
+> *\r
+> * user_primary_mail: $EMAIL variable if set, otherwise\r
+> * constructed from the username and\r
+> @@ -329,7 +330,9 @@ notmuch_config_open (void *ctx,\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> if (notmuch_config_get_user_name (config) == NULL) {\r
+> - char *name = get_name_from_passwd_file (config);\r
+> + char *name = getenv ("NAME");\r
+> + if (! name)\r
+> + name = get_name_from_passwd_file (config);\r
+> notmuch_config_set_user_name (config, name);\r
+> talloc_free (name);\r
+> }\r
+> -- \r
+> 2.0.2\r