cli: reset db directory mtime upon directory removal

[notmuch] / notmuch-new.c

diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
index 514e06a4d1f31326a805d1cabef4fb6631ab4b9d..33645349cd5fd8abdb5936e185b5f5c70d529c08 100644 (file)
--- a/notmuch-new.c
+++ b/notmuch-new.c
@@ -878,6 +878,15 @@ _remove_directory (void *ctx,
            goto DONE;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * XXX: The library does not have a function to remove a directory
+     * document for a path. Usually this doesn't matter except for a
+     * slight waste of space. However, if the directory gets added to
+     * the filesystem again, the old directory document is found with
+     * the old mtime. Reset the directory mtime to avoid problems.
+     */
+    notmuch_directory_set_mtime (directory, 0);
+
   DONE:
     notmuch_directory_destroy (directory);
     return status;