From: Alex Collignon Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 06:53:40 +0000 (+0200) Subject: add FAQ entry to diagnose differences between query result and FS X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7b273f786ab0355044cbc4cb059ad918abbb2a35 add FAQ entry to diagnose differences between query result and FS This entry provides simple steps to verify whether excluded search tags are the cause of the discrepancy between the list of emails on the file system and the result of a query with folder search term. --- diff --git a/faq.mdwn b/faq.mdwn index 7e41e96..652d330 100644 --- a/faq.mdwn +++ b/faq.mdwn @@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ with the same message (i.e. the files have identical Message-ID). A `folder:` search will match the folder of any of the files. The `--output=files` option outputs all the files of all matching messages. +## How come this query does not list all the emails on the file system? `notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox` + +You may have emails that only have some of the excluded tags. + +Notmuch can be configured to exclude some tags while searching. You can list excluded tags with + + $ notmuch config get search.exclude_tags + deleted + +To verify this is the reason of the discrepancy, add the excluded tags explicitly to your query. + + $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox tag:deleted + ## Shouldn't notmuch support inline PGP? [Why it might not be a good idea](https://dkg.fifthhorseman.net/notes/inline-pgp-harmful/)