--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+test_description='hooks'
+. $(dirname "$0")/test-lib.sh || exit 1
+
+create_echo_script () {
+ local TOKEN="${RANDOM}"
+ mkdir -p ${BIN_DIR}
+ cat <<EOF >"${BIN_DIR}/${1}"
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "${TOKEN}" > ${3}
+EOF
+ chmod +x "${BIN_DIR}/${1}"
+ echo "${TOKEN}" > ${2}
+}
+
+create_printenv_script () {
+ mkdir -p ${BIN_DIR}
+ cat <<EOF >"${BIN_DIR}/${1}"
+#!/bin/sh
+printenv "${2}" > "${3}"
+EOF
+ chmod +x "${BIN_DIR}/${1}"
+}
+
+# add a message to generate mail dir and database
+add_message
+
+BIN_DIR=`pwd`/bin
+PATH=$BIN_DIR:$PATH
+
+test_begin_subtest "'notmuch foo' runs notmuch-foo"
+rm -rf ${BIN_DIR}
+create_echo_script "notmuch-foo" EXPECTED OUTPUT $HOOK_DIR
+notmuch foo
+test_expect_equal_file_nonempty EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
+create_printenv_script "notmuch-printenv" NOTMUCH_CONFIG OUTPUT
+
+test_begin_subtest "NOTMUCH_CONFIG is set"
+notmuch printenv
+cat <<EOF > EXPECTED
+${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}
+EOF
+test_expect_equal_file_nonempty EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
+test_begin_subtest "NOTMUCH_CONFIG is set by --config"
+cp "${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}" "${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}.alternate"
+cat <<EOF > EXPECTED
+${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}.alternate
+EOF
+notmuch --config "${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}.alternate" printenv
+test_expect_equal_file_nonempty EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
+test_done