X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=faq.mdwn;h=6862685841982e3390179d6b3571bd075f3eaf71;hb=2e54b3e9e9faac1e0a7b3a10596a2ed8dc663bb1;hp=ec5b913ab3722e470e0bc1845ae375e7688a4678;hpb=387dc2306230ccc3237105586802ad97daaf820a;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/faq.mdwn b/faq.mdwn index ec5b913..6862685 100644 --- a/faq.mdwn +++ b/faq.mdwn @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ searches. Punctuation is mostly ignored. The boolean prefix searches (see Boolean and Probabilistic Prefixes in the man page), such as tag: or path: searches, need an exact match. +## How do I search for folders or paths with spaces? + +The spaces in the names must be escaped. For example if you use bash or zsh, +you can search for messages with tag `foo` in folder `INBOX/folder with spaces` +with this query: + + $ notmuch search tag:foo 'folder:"INBOX/folder with spaces"' + ## How do I search for the `List-Id:` header? Currently there is no way to search for `List-Id:`. As a workaround, try using a @@ -93,3 +101,9 @@ messages in threads that have at least one message with the muted tag: You can add other tags to `THREAD_TAGS` as needed. Note that this is one way only; you need to explicitly remove the tag from all the messages in a thread to stop it from propagating again. + + +## How can I extract a git patchset for an email thread? + +See [notmuch-extract-patch](https://github.com/aaptel/notmuch-extract-patch). +