X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fopen.cc;h=bc45055523588d7ff6bf58b381b9b06274704659;hb=8ba3057d01b11fb806581f8dc451a8891a4d4e0e;hp=07f2bd1e1d63d7fae29782a2e347dab8f3ffcbc2;hpb=cba540d6f5cbbad282a3046ed00a7966238fa14d;p=notmuch

diff --git a/lib/open.cc b/lib/open.cc
index 07f2bd1e..bc450555 100644
--- a/lib/open.cc
+++ b/lib/open.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+
 #include "database-private.h"
 #include "parse-time-vrp.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
 
 #if HAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK
 #define DB_ACTION (Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN | Xapian::DB_RETRY_LOCK)
@@ -16,9 +19,8 @@ notmuch_database_open (const char *path,
     char *status_string = NULL;
     notmuch_status_t status;
 
-    status = notmuch_database_open_verbose (path, mode, database,
-					    &status_string);
-
+    status = notmuch_database_open_with_config (path, mode, "", NULL,
+						database, &status_string);
     if (status_string) {
 	fputs (status_string, stderr);
 	free (status_string);
@@ -69,50 +71,54 @@ _xdg_dir (void *ctx,
 }
 
 static notmuch_status_t
-_choose_hook_dir (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
-		  const char *profile,
-		  char **message)
+_choose_dir (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
+	     const char *profile,
+	     notmuch_config_key_t key,
+	     const char *xdg_var,
+	     const char *xdg_subdir,
+	     const char *subdir,
+	     char **message = NULL)
 {
-    const char *config;
-    const char *hook_dir;
+    const char *parent;
+    const char *dir;
     struct stat st;
     int err;
 
-    hook_dir = notmuch_config_get (notmuch, NOTMUCH_CONFIG_HOOK_DIR);
+    dir = notmuch_config_get (notmuch, key);
 
-    if (hook_dir)
+    if (dir)
 	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 
-    config = _xdg_dir (notmuch, "XDG_CONFIG_HOME", ".config", profile);
-    if (! config)
+    parent = _xdg_dir (notmuch, xdg_var, xdg_subdir, profile);
+    if (! parent)
 	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR;
 
-    hook_dir = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/hooks", config);
+    dir = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", parent, subdir);
 
-    err = stat (hook_dir, &st);
+    err = stat (dir, &st);
     if (err) {
 	if (errno == ENOENT) {
-	    const char *database_path = notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch);
-	    hook_dir = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/.notmuch/hooks", database_path);
+	    char *notmuch_path = dirname (talloc_strdup (notmuch, notmuch->xapian_path));
+	    dir = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", notmuch_path, subdir);
 	} else {
 	    IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (message, "Error: Cannot stat %s: %s.\n",
-				     hook_dir, strerror (errno)));
+				     dir, strerror (errno)));
 	    return NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
 	}
     }
 
-    _notmuch_config_cache (notmuch, NOTMUCH_CONFIG_HOOK_DIR, hook_dir);
+    _notmuch_config_cache (notmuch, key, dir);
 
     return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 static notmuch_status_t
-_load_key_file (const char *path,
+_load_key_file (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
+		const char *path,
 		const char *profile,
 		GKeyFile **key_file)
 {
     notmuch_status_t status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
-    void *local = talloc_new (NULL);
 
     if (path && EMPTY_STRING (path))
 	goto DONE;
@@ -120,11 +126,13 @@ _load_key_file (const char *path,
     if (! path)
 	path = getenv ("NOTMUCH_CONFIG");
 
-    if (! path) {
-	const char *dir = _xdg_dir (local, "XDG_CONFIG_HOME", ".config", profile);
+    if (path)
+	path = talloc_strdup (notmuch, path);
+    else {
+	const char *dir = _xdg_dir (notmuch, "XDG_CONFIG_HOME", ".config", profile);
 
 	if (dir) {
-	    path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/config", dir);
+	    path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/config", dir);
 	    if (access (path, R_OK) != 0)
 		path = NULL;
 	}
@@ -133,13 +141,13 @@ _load_key_file (const char *path,
     if (! path) {
 	const char *home = getenv ("HOME");
 
-	path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/.notmuch-config", home);
+	path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/.notmuch-config", home);
 
 	if (! profile)
 	    profile = getenv ("NOTMUCH_PROFILE");
 
 	if (profile)
-	    path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s.%s", path, profile);
+	    path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s.%s", path, profile);
     }
 
     *key_file = g_key_file_new ();
@@ -148,7 +156,9 @@ _load_key_file (const char *path,
     }
 
   DONE:
-    talloc_free (local);
+    if (path)
+	notmuch->config_path = path;
+
     return status;
 }
 
@@ -176,47 +186,85 @@ _db_dir_exists (const char *database_path, char **message)
 }
 
 static notmuch_status_t
-_choose_database_path (void *ctx,
-		       const char *config_path,
+_choose_database_path (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 		       const char *profile,
-		       GKeyFile **key_file,
+		       GKeyFile *key_file,
 		       const char **database_path,
 		       char **message)
 {
     notmuch_status_t status;
 
-    status = _load_key_file (config_path, profile, key_file);
-    if (status) {
-	*message = strdup ("Error: cannot load config file.\n");
-	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 (! *database_path && key_file) {
+	char *path = g_key_file_get_string (key_file, "database", "path", NULL);
 	if (path) {
-	    *database_path = talloc_strdup (ctx, path);
+	    if (path[0] == '/')
+		*database_path = talloc_strdup (notmuch, path);
+	    else
+		*database_path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", getenv ("HOME"), path);
 	    g_free (path);
 	}
     }
+    if (! *database_path) {
+	*database_path = _xdg_dir (notmuch, "XDG_DATA_HOME", ".local/share", profile);
+	status = _db_dir_exists (*database_path, message);
+	if (status) {
+	    *database_path = NULL;
+	} else {
+	    notmuch->params |= NOTMUCH_PARAM_SPLIT;
+	}
+    }
+
+    if (! *database_path) {
+	*database_path = getenv ("MAILDIR");
+    }
+
+    if (! *database_path) {
+	*database_path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/mail", getenv ("HOME"));
+	status = _db_dir_exists (*database_path, message);
+	if (status) {
+	    *database_path = NULL;
+	}
+    }
 
     if (*database_path == NULL) {
-	*message = strdup ("Error: Cannot open a database for a NULL path.\n");
-	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER;
+	*message = strdup ("Error: could not locate database.\n");
+	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_DATABASE;
     }
 
     if (*database_path[0] != '/') {
 	*message = strdup ("Error: Database path must be absolute.\n");
 	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR;
     }
+
+    status = _db_dir_exists (*database_path, message);
+    if (status) {
+	IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (message,
+				 "Error: database path '%s' does not exist or is not a directory.\n",
+				 *database_path));
+	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_DATABASE;
+    }
+
+    return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static notmuch_status_t
+_mkdir (const char *path, char **message)
+{
+    if (g_mkdir_with_parents (path, 0755)) {
+	IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (message, "Error: Cannot create directory %s: %s.\n",
+				 path, strerror (errno)));
+	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
+    }
     return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-notmuch_database_t *
-_alloc_notmuch ()
+
+static notmuch_database_t *
+_alloc_notmuch (const char *database_path, const char *config_path, const char *profile)
 {
     notmuch_database_t *notmuch;
 
@@ -227,11 +275,76 @@ _alloc_notmuch ()
     notmuch->exception_reported = false;
     notmuch->status_string = NULL;
     notmuch->writable_xapian_db = NULL;
+    notmuch->config_path = NULL;
     notmuch->atomic_nesting = 0;
+    notmuch->transaction_count = 0;
+    notmuch->transaction_threshold = 0;
     notmuch->view = 1;
+
+    notmuch->params = NOTMUCH_PARAM_NONE;
+    if (database_path)
+	notmuch->params |= NOTMUCH_PARAM_DATABASE;
+    if (config_path)
+	notmuch->params |= NOTMUCH_PARAM_CONFIG;
+    if (profile)
+	notmuch->params |= NOTMUCH_PARAM_PROFILE;
+
     return notmuch;
 }
 
+static notmuch_status_t
+_trial_open (const char *xapian_path, char **message_ptr)
+{
+    try {
+	Xapian::Database db (xapian_path);
+    } catch (const Xapian::DatabaseOpeningError &error) {
+	IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (message_ptr,
+				 "Cannot open Xapian database at %s: %s\n",
+				 xapian_path,
+				 error.get_msg ().c_str ()));
+	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR;
+    } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
+	IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (message_ptr,
+				 "A Xapian exception occurred opening database: %s\n",
+				 error.get_msg ().c_str ()));
+	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION;
+    }
+    return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+notmuch_status_t
+_notmuch_choose_xapian_path (void *ctx, const char *database_path,
+			     const char **xapian_path, char **message_ptr)
+{
+    notmuch_status_t status;
+    const char *trial_path, *notmuch_path;
+
+    status = _db_dir_exists (database_path, message_ptr);
+    if (status)
+	goto DONE;
+
+    trial_path = talloc_asprintf (ctx, "%s/xapian", database_path);
+    status = _trial_open (trial_path, message_ptr);
+    if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR)
+	goto DONE;
+
+    if (*message_ptr)
+	free (*message_ptr);
+
+    notmuch_path = talloc_asprintf (ctx, "%s/.notmuch", database_path);
+    status = _db_dir_exists (notmuch_path, message_ptr);
+    if (status)
+	goto DONE;
+
+    trial_path = talloc_asprintf (ctx, "%s/xapian", notmuch_path);
+    status = _trial_open (trial_path, message_ptr);
+
+  DONE:
+    if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS)
+	*xapian_path = trial_path;
+    return status;
+}
+
 static void
 _set_database_path (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 		    const char *database_path)
@@ -244,76 +357,52 @@ _set_database_path (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 }
 
 static void
-_init_libs ()
+_load_database_state (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)
 {
-
-    static int initialized = 0;
-
-    /* Initialize the GLib type system and threads */
-#if ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 35, 1)
-    g_type_init ();
-#endif
-
-    /* Initialize gmime */
-    if (! initialized) {
-	g_mime_init ();
-	initialized = 1;
+    std::string last_thread_id;
+    std::string last_mod;
+
+    notmuch->last_doc_id = notmuch->xapian_db->get_lastdocid ();
+    last_thread_id = notmuch->xapian_db->get_metadata ("last_thread_id");
+    if (last_thread_id.empty ()) {
+	notmuch->last_thread_id = 0;
+    } else {
+	const char *str;
+	char *end;
+
+	str = last_thread_id.c_str ();
+	notmuch->last_thread_id = strtoull (str, &end, 16);
+	if (*end != '\0')
+	    INTERNAL_ERROR ("Malformed database last_thread_id: %s", str);
     }
+
+    /* Get current highest revision number. */
+    last_mod = notmuch->xapian_db->get_value_upper_bound (
+	NOTMUCH_VALUE_LAST_MOD);
+    if (last_mod.empty ())
+	notmuch->revision = 0;
+    else
+	notmuch->revision = Xapian::sortable_unserialise (last_mod);
+    notmuch->uuid = talloc_strdup (
+	notmuch, notmuch->xapian_db->get_uuid ().c_str ());
 }
 
-notmuch_status_t
-notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
-				   notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
-				   const char *config_path,
-				   const char *profile,
-				   notmuch_database_t **database,
-				   char **status_string)
+static notmuch_status_t
+_finish_open (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
+	      const char *profile,
+	      notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
+	      GKeyFile *key_file,
+	      char **message_ptr)
 {
     notmuch_status_t status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
-    void *local = talloc_new (NULL);
-    notmuch_database_t *notmuch = NULL;
-    char *notmuch_path, *incompat_features;
+    char *incompat_features;
     char *message = NULL;
+    const char *autocommit_str;
+    char *autocommit_end;
     unsigned int version;
-    GKeyFile *key_file = NULL;
-
-    _init_libs ();
-
-    notmuch = _alloc_notmuch ();
-    if (! notmuch) {
-	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-	goto DONE;
-    }
-
-    if ((status = _choose_database_path (local, config_path, profile,
-					 &key_file, &database_path, &message)))
-	goto DONE;
-
-    _set_database_path (notmuch, database_path);
-
-    status = _db_dir_exists (database_path, &message);
-    if (status)
-	goto DONE;
-
-    if (! (notmuch_path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/%s", database_path, ".notmuch"))) {
-	message = strdup ("Out of memory\n");
-	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-	goto DONE;
-    }
-
-    status = _db_dir_exists (notmuch_path, &message);
-    if (status)
-	goto DONE;
-
-    if (! (notmuch->xapian_path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", notmuch_path, "xapian"))) {
-	message = strdup ("Out of memory\n");
-	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-	goto DONE;
-    }
+    const char *database_path = notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch);
 
     try {
-	std::string last_thread_id;
-	std::string last_mod;
 
 	if (mode == NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE) {
 	    notmuch->writable_xapian_db = new Xapian::WritableDatabase (notmuch->xapian_path,
@@ -332,9 +421,7 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
 				     "Error: Notmuch database at %s\n"
 				     "       has a newer database format version (%u) than supported by this\n"
 				     "       version of notmuch (%u).\n",
-				     notmuch_path, version, NOTMUCH_DATABASE_VERSION));
-	    notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
-	    notmuch = NULL;
+				     database_path, version, NOTMUCH_DATABASE_VERSION));
 	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
 	    goto DONE;
 	}
@@ -342,7 +429,7 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
 	/* Check features. */
 	incompat_features = NULL;
 	notmuch->features = _notmuch_database_parse_features (
-	    local, notmuch->xapian_db->get_metadata ("features").c_str (),
+	    notmuch, notmuch->xapian_db->get_metadata ("features").c_str (),
 	    version, mode == NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE ? 'w' : 'r',
 	    &incompat_features);
 	if (incompat_features) {
@@ -350,36 +437,12 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
 				     "Error: Notmuch database at %s\n"
 				     "       requires features (%s)\n"
 				     "       not supported by this version of notmuch.\n",
-				     notmuch_path, incompat_features));
-	    notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
-	    notmuch = NULL;
+				     database_path, incompat_features));
 	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
 	    goto DONE;
 	}
 
-	notmuch->last_doc_id = notmuch->xapian_db->get_lastdocid ();
-	last_thread_id = notmuch->xapian_db->get_metadata ("last_thread_id");
-	if (last_thread_id.empty ()) {
-	    notmuch->last_thread_id = 0;
-	} else {
-	    const char *str;
-	    char *end;
-
-	    str = last_thread_id.c_str ();
-	    notmuch->last_thread_id = strtoull (str, &end, 16);
-	    if (*end != '\0')
-		INTERNAL_ERROR ("Malformed database last_thread_id: %s", str);
-	}
-
-	/* Get current highest revision number. */
-	last_mod = notmuch->xapian_db->get_value_upper_bound (
-	    NOTMUCH_VALUE_LAST_MOD);
-	if (last_mod.empty ())
-	    notmuch->revision = 0;
-	else
-	    notmuch->revision = Xapian::sortable_unserialise (last_mod);
-	notmuch->uuid = talloc_strdup (
-	    notmuch, notmuch->xapian_db->get_uuid ().c_str ());
+	_load_database_state (notmuch);
 
 	notmuch->query_parser = new Xapian::QueryParser;
 	notmuch->term_gen = new Xapian::TermGenerator;
@@ -391,7 +454,8 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
 									      "lastmod:");
 	notmuch->query_parser->set_default_op (Xapian::Query::OP_AND);
 	notmuch->query_parser->set_database (*notmuch->xapian_db);
-	notmuch->query_parser->set_stemmer (Xapian::Stem ("english"));
+	notmuch->stemmer = new Xapian::Stem ("english");
+	notmuch->query_parser->set_stemmer (*notmuch->stemmer);
 	notmuch->query_parser->set_stemming_strategy (Xapian::QueryParser::STEM_SOME);
 	notmuch->query_parser->add_rangeprocessor (notmuch->value_range_processor);
 	notmuch->query_parser->add_rangeprocessor (notmuch->date_range_processor);
@@ -407,14 +471,35 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
 	if (status)
 	    goto DONE;
 
-	status = _choose_hook_dir (notmuch, profile, &message);
+	status = _choose_dir (notmuch, profile,
+			      NOTMUCH_CONFIG_HOOK_DIR,
+			      "XDG_CONFIG_HOME",
+			      ".config",
+			      "hooks",
+			      &message);
 	if (status)
 	    goto DONE;
 
+	status = _choose_dir (notmuch, profile,
+			      NOTMUCH_CONFIG_BACKUP_DIR,
+			      "XDG_DATA_HOME",
+			      ".local/share",
+			      "backups",
+			      &message);
+	if (status)
+	    goto DONE;
 	status = _notmuch_config_load_defaults (notmuch);
 	if (status)
 	    goto DONE;
 
+	autocommit_str = notmuch_config_get (notmuch, NOTMUCH_CONFIG_AUTOCOMMIT);
+	if (unlikely (! autocommit_str)) {
+	    INTERNAL_ERROR ("missing configuration for autocommit");
+	}
+	notmuch->transaction_threshold = strtoul (autocommit_str, &autocommit_end, 10);
+	if (*autocommit_end != '\0')
+	    INTERNAL_ERROR ("Malformed database database.autocommit value: %s", autocommit_str);
+
 	status = _notmuch_database_setup_standard_query_fields (notmuch);
 	if (status)
 	    goto DONE;
@@ -426,14 +511,60 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
     } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
 	IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (&message, "A Xapian exception occurred opening database: %s\n",
 				 error.get_msg ().c_str ()));
-	notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
-	notmuch = NULL;
 	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION;
     }
-
   DONE:
-    talloc_free (local);
+    if (message_ptr)
+	*message_ptr = message;
+    return status;
+}
+
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
+				   notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
+				   const char *config_path,
+				   const char *profile,
+				   notmuch_database_t **database,
+				   char **status_string)
+{
+    notmuch_status_t status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+    notmuch_database_t *notmuch = NULL;
+    char *message = NULL;
+    GKeyFile *key_file = NULL;
+
+    _notmuch_init ();
+
+    notmuch = _alloc_notmuch (database_path, config_path, profile);
+    if (! notmuch) {
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+	goto DONE;
+    }
+
+    status = _load_key_file (notmuch, config_path, profile, &key_file);
+    if (status) {
+	message = strdup ("Error: cannot load config file.\n");
+	goto DONE;
+    }
+
+    if ((status = _choose_database_path (notmuch, profile, key_file,
+					 &database_path,
+					 &message)))
+	goto DONE;
+
+    status = _db_dir_exists (database_path, &message);
+    if (status)
+	goto DONE;
+
+    _set_database_path (notmuch, database_path);
+
+    status = _notmuch_choose_xapian_path (notmuch, database_path,
+					  &notmuch->xapian_path, &message);
+    if (status)
+	goto DONE;
 
+    status = _finish_open (notmuch, profile, mode, key_file, &message);
+
+  DONE:
     if (key_file)
 	g_key_file_free (key_file);
 
@@ -444,10 +575,13 @@ notmuch_database_open_with_config (const char *database_path,
 	    free (message);
     }
 
+    if (status && notmuch) {
+	notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
+	notmuch = NULL;
+    }
+
     if (database)
 	*database = notmuch;
-    else
-	talloc_free (notmuch);
 
     if (notmuch)
 	notmuch->open = true;
@@ -489,54 +623,76 @@ notmuch_database_create_with_config (const char *database_path,
 {
     notmuch_status_t status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
     notmuch_database_t *notmuch = NULL;
-    char *notmuch_path = NULL;
+    const char *notmuch_path = NULL;
     char *message = NULL;
     GKeyFile *key_file = NULL;
-    void *local = talloc_new (NULL);
-    int err;
 
-    _init_libs ();
+    _notmuch_init ();
 
-    notmuch = _alloc_notmuch ();
+    notmuch = _alloc_notmuch (database_path, config_path, profile);
     if (! notmuch) {
 	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 	goto DONE;
     }
 
-    _init_libs ();
-
-    if ((status = _choose_database_path (local, config_path, profile,
-					 &key_file, &database_path, &message)))
+    status = _load_key_file (notmuch, config_path, profile, &key_file);
+    if (status) {
+	message = strdup ("Error: cannot load config file.\n");
 	goto DONE;
+    }
 
-    status = _db_dir_exists (database_path, &message);
-    if (status)
+    if ((status = _choose_database_path (notmuch, profile, key_file,
+					 &database_path, &message)))
 	goto DONE;
 
     _set_database_path (notmuch, database_path);
 
-    notmuch_path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/%s", database_path, ".notmuch");
+    if (key_file && ! (notmuch->params & NOTMUCH_PARAM_SPLIT)) {
+	char *mail_root = notmuch_canonicalize_file_name (
+	    g_key_file_get_string (key_file, "database", "mail_root", NULL));
+	char *db_path = notmuch_canonicalize_file_name (database_path);
 
-    err = mkdir (notmuch_path, 0755);
-    if (err) {
-	if (errno == EEXIST) {
-	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_DATABASE_EXISTS;
-	    talloc_free (notmuch);
-	    notmuch = NULL;
-	} else {
-	    IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (&message, "Error: Cannot create directory %s: %s.\n",
-				     notmuch_path, strerror (errno)));
-	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
+	if (mail_root && (0 != strcmp (mail_root, db_path)))
+	    notmuch->params |= NOTMUCH_PARAM_SPLIT;
+
+	free (mail_root);
+	free (db_path);
+    }
+
+    if (notmuch->params & NOTMUCH_PARAM_SPLIT) {
+	notmuch_path = database_path;
+    } else {
+	if (! (notmuch_path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", database_path, ".notmuch"))) {
+	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+	    goto DONE;
 	}
+
+	status = _mkdir (notmuch_path, &message);
+	if (status)
+	    goto DONE;
+    }
+
+    if (! (notmuch->xapian_path = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", notmuch_path, "xapian"))) {
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 	goto DONE;
     }
 
-    /* XXX this reads the config file twice, which is a bit wasteful */
-    status = notmuch_database_open_with_config (database_path,
-						NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE,
-						config_path,
-						profile,
-						&notmuch, &message);
+    status = _trial_open (notmuch->xapian_path, &message);
+    if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+	notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
+	notmuch = NULL;
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_DATABASE_EXISTS;
+	goto DONE;
+    }
+
+    if (message)
+	free (message);
+
+    status = _finish_open (notmuch,
+			   profile,
+			   NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE,
+			   key_file,
+			   &message);
     if (status)
 	goto DONE;
 
@@ -553,8 +709,6 @@ notmuch_database_create_with_config (const char *database_path,
     }
 
   DONE:
-    talloc_free (local);
-
     if (key_file)
 	g_key_file_free (key_file);
 
@@ -564,10 +718,16 @@ notmuch_database_create_with_config (const char *database_path,
 	else
 	    free (message);
     }
+    if (status && notmuch) {
+	notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
+	notmuch = NULL;
+    }
+
     if (database)
 	*database = notmuch;
-    else
-	talloc_free (notmuch);
+
+    if (notmuch)
+	notmuch->open = true;
     return status;
 }
 
@@ -603,6 +763,8 @@ notmuch_database_reopen (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 							   DB_ACTION);
 	    }
 	}
+
+	_load_database_state (notmuch);
     } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
 	if (! notmuch->exception_reported) {
 	    _notmuch_database_log (notmuch, "Error: A Xapian exception reopening database: %s\n",
@@ -616,3 +778,111 @@ notmuch_database_reopen (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
     notmuch->open = true;
     return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
+
+static notmuch_status_t
+_maybe_load_config_from_database (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
+				  GKeyFile *key_file,
+				  const char *database_path,
+				  const char *profile)
+{
+    char *message; /* ignored */
+
+    if (_db_dir_exists (database_path, &message))
+	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_DATABASE;
+
+    _set_database_path (notmuch, database_path);
+
+    if (_notmuch_choose_xapian_path (notmuch, database_path, &notmuch->xapian_path, &message))
+	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_DATABASE;
+
+    (void) _finish_open (notmuch, profile, NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY, key_file, &message);
+
+    return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_load_config (const char *database_path,
+			      const char *config_path,
+			      const char *profile,
+			      notmuch_database_t **database,
+			      char **status_string)
+{
+    notmuch_status_t status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS, warning = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+    notmuch_database_t *notmuch = NULL;
+    char *message = NULL;
+    GKeyFile *key_file = NULL;
+
+    _notmuch_init ();
+
+    notmuch = _alloc_notmuch (database_path, config_path, profile);
+    if (! notmuch) {
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+	goto DONE;
+    }
+
+    status = _load_key_file (notmuch, config_path, profile, &key_file);
+    switch (status) {
+    case NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS:
+	break;
+    case NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_CONFIG:
+	warning = status;
+	break;
+    default:
+	message = strdup ("Error: cannot load config file.\n");
+	goto DONE;
+    }
+
+    status = _choose_database_path (notmuch, profile, key_file,
+				    &database_path, &message);
+    switch (status) {
+    case NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_DATABASE:
+    case NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS:
+	if (! warning)
+	    warning = status;
+	break;
+    default:
+	goto DONE;
+    }
+
+
+    if (database_path) {
+	status = _maybe_load_config_from_database (notmuch, key_file, database_path, profile);
+	switch (status) {
+	case NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_DATABASE:
+	case NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS:
+	    if (! warning)
+		warning = status;
+	    break;
+	default:
+	    goto DONE;
+	}
+    }
+
+    if (key_file) {
+	status = _notmuch_config_load_from_file (notmuch, key_file);
+	if (status)
+	    goto DONE;
+    }
+    status = _notmuch_config_load_defaults (notmuch);
+    if (status)
+	goto DONE;
+
+  DONE:
+    if (status_string)
+	*status_string = message;
+
+    if (status &&
+	status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_DATABASE
+	&& status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_CONFIG) {
+	notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
+	notmuch = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (database)
+	*database = notmuch;
+
+    if (status)
+	return status;
+    else
+	return warning;
+}