# return the Directory, init it with the absolute path
return Directory(abs_dirpath, dir_p, self)
- def add_message(self, filename):
+ def add_message(self, filename, sync_maildir_flags=False):
"""Adds a new message to the database
- `filename` should be a path relative to the path of the open
+ :param filename: should be a path relative to the path of the open
database (see :meth:`get_path`), or else should be an absolute
filename with initial components that match the path of the
database.
notmuch database will reference the filename, and will not copy the
entire contents of the file.
- If the message contains Maildir flags, we will -depending on the
- notmuch configuration- sync those tags to initial notmuch tags.
+ :param sync_maildir_flags: If the message contains Maildir
+ flags, we will -depending on the notmuch configuration- sync
+ those tags to initial notmuch tags, if set to `True`. It is
+ `False` by default to remain consistent with the libnotmuch
+ API. You might want to look into the underlying method
+ :meth:`Message.maildir_flags_to_tags`.
:returns: On success, we return
if not status in [STATUS.SUCCESS, STATUS.DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID]:
raise NotmuchError(status)
- #construct Message(), sync initial tags from Maildir flags and return
+ #construct Message() and return
msg = Message(msg_p, self)
- msg.maildir_flags_to_tags()
+ #automatic sync initial tags from Maildir flags
+ if sync_maildir_flags:
+ msg.maildir_flags_to_tags()
return (msg, status)
def remove_message(self, filename):