X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fopen.cc;h=6e46168a78d20a8418e3b7535c4a464c7813aa87;hb=793d4305d3563082761a59ac418ce827d00bdc39;hp=d05a19a76c2336515bcea293e7ab0d5ce5691613;hpb=13efbd0e1c88fcbdb48b4c30c7852c5bf1fbd0b7;p=notmuch

diff --git a/lib/open.cc b/lib/open.cc
index d05a19a7..6e46168a 100644
--- a/lib/open.cc
+++ b/lib/open.cc
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ _choose_database_path (void *ctx,
 	return status;
     }
 
+    if (! *database_path) {
+	*database_path = getenv ("NOTMUCH_DATABASE");
+    }
+
     if (! *database_path && *key_file) {
 	char *path = g_key_file_get_value (*key_file, "database", "path", NULL);
 	if (path) {