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+From: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>\r
+Subject: [PATCH] config: read user.name from $NAME if set\r
+Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:06:28 -0400\r
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+Try to read the config parameter user.name from $NAME before taking the\r
+user name from /etc/passwd.\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
+\r
+\r