From: Jameson Graef Rollins Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:43:16 +0000 (+1700) Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] cli: add support for batch tagging operations to "notmuch tag" X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=602811cdde54a73ced8d01b078a22eae33f8626b;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: [PATCH 6/8] cli: add support for batch tagging operations to "notmuch tag" --- diff --git a/91/908925fac1a1a4381af50eed8f528237a7c515 b/91/908925fac1a1a4381af50eed8f528237a7c515 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2d70df312 --- /dev/null +++ b/91/908925fac1a1a4381af50eed8f528237a7c515 @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +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 C02B1431FB6 + for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:43:23 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -2.29 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.29 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_MIME_NO_TEXT=0.01] autolearn=disabled +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 X7UPFfRiwg-9 for ; + Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:43:23 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from outgoing-mail.its.caltech.edu (outgoing-mail.its.caltech.edu + [131.215.239.19]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7F0431FAE + for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:43:23 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from earth-doxen.imss.caltech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by earth-doxen-postvirus (Postfix) with ESMTP id E710B66E016C; + Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:43:22 -0700 (PDT) +X-Spam-Scanned: at Caltech-IMSS on earth-doxen by amavisd-new +Received: from finestructure.net (gwave-213.ligo.caltech.edu + [131.215.114.213]) (Authenticated sender: jrollins) by earth-doxen-submit + (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2149B66E0159; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:43:19 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by finestructure.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) + id F2AA47F4; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:43:18 -0700 (PDT) +From: Jameson Graef Rollins +To: Jani Nikula +Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] cli: add support for batch tagging operations to + "notmuch tag" +In-Reply-To: + +References: + + <87ty123tpc.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> + <87aa2tc22z.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <87iphh50hz.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> + + <87fwcl4yr8.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> + +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.12+87~g3c4c85f (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:43:16 -0700 +Message-ID: <87d37p4xor.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; + micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" +Cc: Notmuch Mail +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +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: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:43:23 -0000 + +--=-=-= + +So what if we instead modified the top level binary ("notmuch") to: + +* add an option to specify that commands are to be processed from stdin + (--batch) + +* when in batch mode the db is opened once at the beginning and locked + +* commands are processed from stdin in the exact same form they are + specified on the command line ("tag +foo -- from:bar", "search + tag:foo", etc.). + +* db is closed when EOF is reached. + +That seems like it would be a generally much cleaner interface, and much +more flexible. + +jamie. + +--=-=-= +Content-Type: application/pgp-signature + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) + +iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJPeh10AAoJEO00zqvie6q8PgEP/3dfQxm6ZveppXcxcchZ+2ce +IFCZAy82P5RLBSogCqXFyySZPiMibvLALh479Sh9sWnftfuV1zLrwHpboEyCflDY +CpzLOXXEPKccxQwowsJ7MuBXXZd5FqJF2IrGnRcW7rbv6Qrdf2SGS7sDcZSza10s +0MtbCB+WjoiRli5DKJQepWOFxR2398bdrcSDFgVVyzhWk87ODpPj4TDdrwb8HziM +r6qyToI9hbwvhbOrCsoQH1U0TXhB/VQKfJkPSFAjArDVz6/A7gdKVnDHFvQvzMy9 +QOqCpj/O/EAF/CrEMVwKZc35pscljGxGJ+GkP9L0O4IbK8JE5GaGcCJjp9F3P99m +YRuL7mKLICZRRTK1NQ7SnTBPZAOa2ZT7lQaz6Vw6Air4dc4j9ajt9R5Tg25rWUBt +IvZRWgbIwlR+b8DmTqWaQfKDaTzjsZWay1BzYpKIhDZ/M90MhALmPxJ3lQUEYOIn +G7WfGrzTYSpEOm/aFCBWAgO0UPNftBcZY9ezyVuEdPdIELWABOMRRPqZvZ7plKcR +0HnzQlTIPuIudBMfVWNIxNJ6IsrJ4EEsTi2u2v/uPIE6TsCYjtpDqAS0j64liBZU +q5IDmBdRontFpuu0wxtYXc6ykFboMu9zbMuL42JuB7lZEiJyL0s1F/pKxBg+jpZS +7LHNtEtXHVAYeL1YDC0k +=1AQS +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +--=-=-=--