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+Subject: [PATCH] notmuch dump: default to batch-tag format.\r
+Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:41:28 -0400\r
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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+\r
+Although we didn't formally deprecate the old format, the new one has\r
+been available for a year.\r
+---\r
+ NEWS | 10 ++++++++++\r
+ notmuch-dump.c | 2 +-\r
+ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS\r
+index 28788d8..bdb248e 100644\r
+--- a/NEWS\r
++++ b/NEWS\r
+@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@\r
++Notmuch 0.18 (2014-xx-xx)\r
++=========================\r
++\r
++Command-Line Interface\r
++----------------------\r
++\r
++`notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format.\r
++\r
++ The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.\r
++\r
+ Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)\r
+ =========================\r
+ \r
+diff --git a/notmuch-dump.c b/notmuch-dump.c\r
+index f8edda7..158142f 100644\r
+--- a/notmuch-dump.c\r
++++ b/notmuch-dump.c\r
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ notmuch_dump_command (notmuch_config_t *config, int argc, char *argv[])\r
+ char *output_file_name = NULL;\r
+ int opt_index;\r
+ \r
+- int output_format = DUMP_FORMAT_SUP;\r
++ int output_format = DUMP_FORMAT_BATCH_TAG;\r
+ \r
+ notmuch_opt_desc_t options[] = {\r
+ { NOTMUCH_OPT_KEYWORD, &output_format, "format", 'f',\r
+-- \r
+1.8.5.2\r
+\r