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+Subject: [notmuch] Introducing notmuchsync\r
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+Dear list,\r
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+I really want to sync my maildir flags/folders with notmuch tags and as\r
+I haven't seen a script to do that, I've written (the beginnings of?)\r
+one.\r
+\r
+It is probably pre-alpha but I am a fan of release early, release often\r
+and if someone finds it useful to build upon, it was already worth it. I\r
+put the code here: http://github.com/spaetz/notmuchsync\r
+\r
+What does it do?\r
+================\r
+ - Synchronizes the "S" flag with the "unread" tag (1-way). The\r
+ synchronization direction is decided by using either --sync (change\r
+ maildir flags according to notmuch) or --revsync (change notmuch tags according to maildir). By default it always checks the mails from the previous 30\r
+ days (but can also do --all mails if you have plenty of RAM and time).\r
+ - Deletes all mail files that have the "delete" tag\r
+ - Quiet/normal/verbose logging \r
+\r
+Workflow\r
+========\r
+1a) start out with notmuchsync -r in order to initialize the notmuch tag\r
+database based on maildir 'S' flags. This is probably what everyone but\r
+Carl Worth wants. :-) If the "--all" command works for you, even better,\r
+but I doubt it as it would store all your mails in RAM.\r
+1b) start out with not\r
+\r
+What needs improvment\r
+=====================\r
+ - It's a python script in one file. The architecture might need some\r
+ cleanup. Documentation needs work too.\r
+ - It temporarily slurps in all your mails from the last 30 days into\r
+ RAM. I am waiting for "notmuchs show blah --output filename --output\r
+ tags" to improve that :). Generally the parsing of the output of\r
+ "notmuch show" is a bit hackyish with regexps at the moment.\r
+ - Support parsing "chunks" of "notmuch show" output or do several\r
+ runs for -all, using monthly intervals to make --all work.\r
+ - Support for the "T" (delete), "F" (flag), "D" (draft) tags/flags.\r
+ Should be pretty easy to add.\r
+ - Support syncing of the "inbox" tag if the mail is in a dir different\r
+ than INBOX. No clue yet how to do. Perhaps if a maildir name\r
+ corresponds to a notmuch tag name, we move the mail there?\r
+ - It seems to work for me, but is untested in environments with spaces\r
+ in paths and windows machines.\r
+ - the --doeverything command that prunes and syncs in one go\r
+\r
+What else\r
+=========\r
+- It is GPL v2.1+\r
+- Please improve and/or fork this thing.\r
+- If you don't like it, just ignore it. Thanks for your understanding.\r
+\r
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r
+Usage:\r
+-p --prune Prune deleted mails\r
+-s --sync Sync from notmuch tags to maildir flags.\r
+ By default it will only look for mails from the last 30 days.\r
+ Use --all to look at earlier mails.\r
+ Beware, if timestamps are more than 30 days in the\r
+ future, \r
+ we won't handle it.\r
+-r --revsync Sync tags from maildir to notmuch. See also -s.\r
+Options:\r
+-d Really verbose debug oputput.\r
+-q Log only errors.\r
+--dryrun Do not really modify notmuch db or mail files\r
+ Works together with -p -s -r\r
+\r
+----------------------------------------------------------------------\r
+\r
+Let me know what you like or don't. If you want github contributor\r
+right, I am willing to hand out access quite liberal. And as always:\r
+patches welcome. :-)\r
+\r
+spaetz\r
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