Re: `notmuch setup` replaces `~/.notmuch-config` instead of truncating it

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+From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>\r
+To: "Ciprian Dorin\, Craciun" <ciprian.craciun@gmail.com>,\r
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+Subject: Re: `notmuch setup` replaces `~/.notmuch-config` instead of\r
+       truncating it\r
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+On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:33:30 +0200, "Ciprian Dorin, Craciun" <ciprian.craci=\r
+un@gmail.com> wrote:\r
+>     First congratulations for the nice software!\r
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+Thanks so much! Welcome to notmuch.\r
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+>     So my question is: is this behaviour (of deleting the file and\r
+> creating a new one) deliberate? If not, could it be fixed (I could\r
+> provide a patch) to just update the file in place?\r
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+Daniel gave the perfect answer later in the thread. It is intentional to\r
+replace the file with a new, complete version, (to avoid loss/corruption\r
+of the file if "notmuch setup" is interrupted). But we should fix this\r
+to replace the target of any symlinks.\r
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