Re: Searching with prefix :folder and --output=files

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+From: Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com>\r
+To: Nathan Clapham <nathan@claphams.info>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: Searching with prefix :folder and --output=files\r
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+Hello\r
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+This is the "expected" but, I agree, counter-intuitive result.\r
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+First notmuch finds all the *messages* that match your query (ie\r
+which have an associated filename matching the folder: part of your\r
+query) and then it returns all filenames for these messages.\r
+\r
+I think that notmuch views a message (as determined by a message-id) as\r
+a single object in its database (it assumes that all copies are\r
+identical) so fixing this would not be easy.\r
+\r
+Best wishes\r
+\r
+Mark\r
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+\r
+Nathan Clapham <nathan@claphams.info> writes:\r
+\r
+> Hi Everyone, \r
+>\r
+> Thanks for notmuch mail, it is a great program!\r
+>\r
+> I am having an issue searching with --output=files and the folder prefix.\r
+>\r
+> Could you please tell me if I've misunderstood something or perhaps there is \r
+> something wrong with my setup. Details of 2 examples below:\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch --version\r
+> notmuch 0.15.2\r
+>\r
+> ----\r
+> 1. Archive folder\r
+>\r
+> Archive message #: 1356\r
+> Directory: $HOME/Mail/Gmail/[Gmail].Archive\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch count folder:Archive\r
+> 1356\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch search --output=messages folder:Archive | wc -l\r
+> 1356\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch search --output=files folder:Archive | wc -l\r
+> 1572\r
+>\r
+> I wondered why I was getting more files listed in the last example. It turns out \r
+> some files are included from other folders. For example:\r
+>\r
+> Mail/Gmail/[Gmail].Sent Mail/cur/137075610...28e65ad90fc4f:2,S\r
+>\r
+> If I then do this:\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch search --output=files folder:Archive | grep Archive | wc -l\r
+> 1356\r
+>\r
+> I get the correct count again.\r
+>\r
+> Different folders have a similar issue:\r
+>\r
+> 2. INBOX folder\r
+>\r
+> INBOX message #: 87\r
+> Directory: $HOME/Mail/Gmail/INBOX\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch count folder:INBOX\r
+> 87\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch search --output=messages folder:INBOX | wc -l\r
+> 87\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch search --output=files folder:INBOX | wc -l\r
+> 97\r
+>\r
+> This time some messages from Archive are included:\r
+>\r
+> Mail/Gmail/[Gmail].Archive/cur/137077654...d7c877e152f72dd5ddbc11f:2,S\r
+>\r
+> $ notmuch search --output=files folder:INBOX | grep INBOX | wc -l\r
+> 87\r
+> ----\r
+>\r
+> I think this illustrates the problem I'm having. Maybe I don't understand how \r
+> the folder: prefix works? Perhaps it is my folder structure - the inclusion of \r
+> the imap prefix [Gmail].?? It seems the search is matching the correct messages \r
+> though, but the output of files includes messages from another folder. \r
+>\r
+> Any advice would be appreciated.\r
+>\r
+> Thanks,\r
+> Nathan.\r
+>\r
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