database/close: remove misleading code / comment

[notmuch] / lib / database.cc

diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc
index 6db82373dddecb09df66521dd3f69c3cdd1d6fd3..aed053884108fdcf3ce30d94edc78fc77249c92a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/database.cc
+++ b/lib/database.cc
@@ -502,17 +502,9 @@ notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)
      * close it.  Thus, we explicitly close it here. */
     if (notmuch->open) {
        try {
-           /* If there's an outstanding transaction, it's unclear if
-            * closing the Xapian database commits everything up to
-            * that transaction, or may discard committed (but
-            * unflushed) transactions.  To be certain, explicitly
-            * cancel any outstanding transaction before closing. */
-           if (_notmuch_database_mode (notmuch) == NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE &&
-               notmuch->atomic_nesting)
-               notmuch->writable_xapian_db->cancel_transaction ();
-
            /* Close the database.  This implicitly flushes
-            * outstanding changes. */
+            * outstanding changes. If there is an open (non-flushed)
+            * transaction, ALL pending changes will be discarded */
            notmuch->xapian_db->close ();
        } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
            status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION;