From: Jani Nikula Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 11:24:24 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Re: notmuch-mutt: support for duplicate message removal X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e5237b163df8747141a5d246b0c4fffd1c07efd9;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: notmuch-mutt: support for duplicate message removal --- diff --git a/b4/bf43c9a4abd0bbdeeaadc4ec0b89ca44181b21 b/b4/bf43c9a4abd0bbdeeaadc4ec0b89ca44181b21 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..57d039340 --- /dev/null +++ b/b4/bf43c9a4abd0bbdeeaadc4ec0b89ca44181b21 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +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 A6FC5431FAF + for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2012 04:24:32 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.7 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] 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 6m+lYwtRDyfm for ; + Wed, 1 Aug 2012 04:24:31 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-gh0-f181.google.com (mail-gh0-f181.google.com + [209.85.160.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41A0C431FAE + for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2012 04:24:31 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by ghbz13 with SMTP id z13so8683758ghb.26 + for ; Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:24:30 -0700 (PDT) +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=google.com; s=20120113; + h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date + :message-id:mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; + bh=XofFv/v9L9uT2UJvtpUM9UZfx0x7rC5CTxyOVrQvbv8=; + b=RFRKpANnNw8PAq1gHUw9/AgYZ0SYCdU4lgQsN0tSj45u5Vgg19fN+4HDi9Ufn2nDum + IOWkIQAsohQD35NDAbUiPY0iwqr2uTql+/va0PHWj/krMxLhCYFq9nzWTTkhqPJ6JO04 + xwQ8hFO51JCJHSrrA1OebfxQytbvNlFa7SyCv0pP1YThGl24gymZYngWaXH93InF/rqh + hU/l6ObOhngB392rs1FAfKphhId5Pj7OnWR1k9dfBUFV47uwJNZbtpOponkIum6vY8+C + LYeyj1aqfcFQg8iFy27cQNcVC4ZBKgzUgOrMNvlRS1dmgGSO4awXGiupKAq+AS7OtHMK + GcqQ== +Received: by 10.236.191.69 with SMTP id f45mr17026250yhn.8.1343820270188; + Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:24:30 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost ([2001:4b98:dc0:43:216:3eff:fe1b:25f3]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e24sm5077919yhh.4.2012.08.01.04.24.28 + (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:24:29 -0700 (PDT) +From: Jani Nikula +To: Stefano Zacchiroli , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: notmuch-mutt: support for duplicate message removal +In-Reply-To: <1343808582-9519-1-git-send-email-zack@upsilon.cc> +References: <1343808582-9519-1-git-send-email-zack@upsilon.cc> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.13.2+106~gb810aee (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.2.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:24:24 +0200 +Message-ID: <87pq7aam8n.fsf@nikula.org> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +X-Gm-Message-State: + ALoCoQly4gMwrJiDfAxK9OXC+rc3d6VUSRzh1eTZkMWMIM14UhtmSfcXOObjI4hMtl9HMqIB/Do/ +Cc: "Kevin J. McCarthy" +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: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:24:32 -0000 + +On Wed, 01 Aug 2012, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: +> Heya, +> here is a patchset originating from a feature contributed by Kevin +> J. McCarthy: duplicate message removal for notmuch-mutt searches. +> +> I've reviewed the main patch and gone through various iterations of it +> with Kevin. I consider it suitable for application in its present +> form, and I've added a subsequent patch to fix the Debian packaging +> accordingly. +> +> Can someone with commit access be so kind of applying this patchset to +> the master branch? +> +> Also, if you've further comments on the patch, do not hesitate! + +I'm guessing you get the duplicates because you have dupes in the mail +store, and 'notmuch search --output=files' prints all the filenames +associated with each matching message, rather than any other reason. The +presented approach will only remove identical files, and will leave +behind files that are basically the same message, but have differing +headers, e.g. due to being received through different channels. Is this +what you want? + +Perhaps an option to 'notmuch search --output=files' to print only one +filename (even if there are many) per message would be interesting. IIRC +the first filename is used by 'notmuch show' to display the message +anyway. At a glance, this should be trivial to implement, but would it +cover your needs? + + +BR, +Jani.