X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fmessage.cc;h=68393055b3eb73b73ee3a1a4b5bde38ce8d94c73;hp=b940453859f3f754c1c347246b96601840fd4d9b;hb=e366bb222722d6a635b736e875b760d82b46d1f5;hpb=1695415039803fd3b317bccbb3ceca0472bed373

diff --git a/lib/message.cc b/lib/message.cc
index b9404538..68393055 100644
--- a/lib/message.cc
+++ b/lib/message.cc
@@ -1098,6 +1098,26 @@ _notmuch_message_delete (notmuch_message_t *message)
 
 	notmuch_message_destroy (ghost);
 	status = COERCE_STATUS (private_status, "Error converting to ghost message");
+    } else {
+	/* the thread is empty; drop all ghost messages from it */
+	notmuch_messages_t *messages;
+	status = _notmuch_query_search_documents (query,
+						  "ghost",
+						  &messages);
+	if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+	    notmuch_status_t last_error = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+	    while (notmuch_messages_valid (messages)) {
+		message = notmuch_messages_get (messages);
+		status = _notmuch_message_delete (message);
+		if (status) /* we'll report the last failure we see;
+			     * if there is more than one failure, we
+			     * forget about previous ones */
+		    last_error = status;
+		notmuch_message_destroy (message);
+		notmuch_messages_move_to_next (messages);
+	    }
+	    status = last_error;
+	}
     }
     notmuch_query_destroy (query);
     return status;