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+From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>\r
+To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>, Notmuch Mail <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>\r
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+On Tue 2016-04-05 22:20:45 -0300, David Bremner wrote:\r
+> Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> writes:\r
+>\r
+>> \r
+>> +test_subject_count() {\r
+>> + notmuch new >/dev/null\r
+>> + test_begin_subtest "${3:-looking for $2 instance of '$1'}"\r
+>> + count=$(notmuch count --output=threads "$1")\r
+>> + test_expect_equal "$count" "$2"\r
+>> +}\r
+>\r
+> It's confusing that this doesn't have anything to do with the subject:\r
+> prefix or the corresponding header.\r
+\r
+Sigh. sorry, i just realized i missed this absolutely correct comment\r
+when preparing the v3 series. v4 is on its way, and hopefully it\r
+addresses all the excellent feedback i got here.\r
+\r
+apologies for the noise.\r
+\r
+ --dkg\r