Add alternate remote notmuch wrapper script

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+    #!/bin/bash
+    
+    # Run notmuch on remote host over SSH
+    #
+    # http://notmuchmail.org/remoteusage/
+    #
+    # Put this script in your path and add (setq notmuch-command
+    # "notmuch-remote") to your emacs configuration.
+    #
+    # Add a host specification for "notmuch" to ~/.ssh/config to set the
+    # remote host and (optionally) remote user.
+    #
+    # Host notmuch
+    #     HostName host.example.org
+    #     User username
+    
+    SSH_REMOTE_HOST=notmuch
+    SSH_CONTROL_PATH="-o ControlPath=/tmp/notmuch-remote.${USER}.%r@%h:%p"
+    
+    # Start a background master connection if one isn't running yet
+    ssh ${SSH_CONTROL_PATH} -O check ${SSH_REMOTE_HOST} 2>/dev/null ||
+    ssh ${SSH_CONTROL_PATH} -MNf ${SSH_REMOTE_HOST}
+    
+    # The ControlPersist option (in OpenSSH 5.6) could be used to start
+    # the master connection automatically when "ssh host notmuch" is run.
+    
+    # This requires the bash version of printf (bashism)
+    printf -v ARGS "%q " "$@"
+    ssh ${SSH_CONTROL_PATH} ${SSH_REMOTE_HOST} notmuch ${ARGS}