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From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:55:42 +0100
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Subject: Re: [notmuch] [PATCH 3/3] change config file location to be
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On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:14:20 -0500, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> wrote:
> I think Carl said he wanted to keep the ability to specify exactly
> where the database is stored, so if we could move away from something
> that makes any implicit assumptions about relative paths between the
> database and the maildir, then all should be ok.

Well, I chose the relative-path assumptions intentionally. The idea is
that if I move my mail from ~/Mail to ~/mail then the .notmuch directory
moves with it and everything continues to work just fine.

Compare the way .git works and the database stays with the source files
compared to the way cvs works, (where I always seemed to end up with
source files disconnected from the database).

So I might need more convincing to move the database away from the mail.

-Carl