python: Do not implicitely call maildir_flags_to_tags etc

[notmuch] / bindings / python / notmuch / database.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
index 926bac63f5931882941238b866dc3b4ee5b14bc1..5deb2a5dc06a62cb8d97096b376baf44812c7648 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ class Database(object):
         # return the Directory, init it with the absolute path
         return Directory(abs_dirpath, dir_p, self)
 
         # return the Directory, init it with the absolute path
         return Directory(abs_dirpath, dir_p, self)
 

-    def add_message(self, filename):
+    def add_message(self, filename, sync_maildir_flags=False):

         """Adds a new message to the database
 
         """Adds a new message to the database
 

-        `filename` should be a path relative to the path of the open
+        :param filename: should be a path relative to the path of the open

         database (see :meth:`get_path`), or else should be an absolute
         filename with initial components that match the path of the
         database.
         database (see :meth:`get_path`), or else should be an absolute
         filename with initial components that match the path of the
         database.


@@ -274,8 +274,12 @@ class Database(object):
         notmuch database will reference the filename, and will not copy the
         entire contents of the file.
 
         notmuch database will reference the filename, and will not copy the
         entire contents of the file.
 

-        If the message contains Maildir flags, we will -depending on the
-        notmuch configuration- sync those tags to initial notmuch tags.
+        :param sync_maildir_flags: If the message contains Maildir
+            flags, we will -depending on the notmuch configuration- sync
+            those tags to initial notmuch tags, if set to `True`. It is
+            `False` by default to remain consistent with the libnotmuch
+            API. You might want to look into the underlying method
+            :meth:`Message.maildir_flags_to_tags`.

 
         :returns: On success, we return 
 
 
         :returns: On success, we return 
 


@@ -317,9 +321,11 @@ class Database(object):
         if not status in [STATUS.SUCCESS, STATUS.DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID]:
             raise NotmuchError(status)
 
         if not status in [STATUS.SUCCESS, STATUS.DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID]:
             raise NotmuchError(status)
 

-        #construct Message(), sync initial tags from Maildir flags and return
+        #construct Message() and return

         msg = Message(msg_p, self)
         msg = Message(msg_p, self)

-        msg.maildir_flags_to_tags()
+        #automatic sync initial tags from Maildir flags
+        if sync_maildir_flags:
+            msg.maildir_flags_to_tags()

         return (msg, status)
 
     def remove_message(self, filename):
         return (msg, status)
 
     def remove_message(self, filename):