Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D629431FBF for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:56:01 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pYpGKG04PQaM for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:56:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-bw0-f210.google.com (mail-bw0-f210.google.com [209.85.218.210]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71AE8431FAE for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:56:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so6121618bwz.0 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:55:59 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.34.13 with SMTP id j13mr2282073bkd.32.1259060159399; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:55:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87hbslg7qp.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> References: <1258927116-528-1-git-send-email-jrollins@finestructure.net> <1258927116-528-2-git-send-email-jrollins@finestructure.net> <1258927116-528-3-git-send-email-jrollins@finestructure.net> <20091122221523.GA8703@finestructure.net> <20091122222453.GM17268@jukie.net> <20091122231419.GA8322@finestructure.net> <87hbslg7qp.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:55:59 +0100 Message-ID: From: Jan Janak To: Carl Worth Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Bart Trojanowski , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [notmuch] [PATCH 3/3] change config file location to be ~/.notmuch/config X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:56:01 -0000 On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Carl Worth wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:14:20 -0500, Jameson Graef Rollins 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. Yeah, having relative paths in the database is a really good thing, IMHO. I was pleasantly surprised that notmuch continued working after I moved my mail from one directory to another :-). -- Jan