X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fthread.cc;h=4c49f980c7b81ee5cb92198d68bf65b8173e8cba;hp=45425056034fca555d8c679d670800872813ba13;hb=0fc788460276f0e08c3ccae0a779f96125624a8d;hpb=2a0a13a433e24076453da38f18d7d6053af34287

diff --git a/lib/thread.cc b/lib/thread.cc
index 45425056..4c49f980 100644
--- a/lib/thread.cc
+++ b/lib/thread.cc
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ _thread_add_message (notmuch_thread_t *thread,
 		 term != NULL;
 		 term = term->next)
 	    {
-		/* We ignore initial 'K'. */
-		if (strcmp(tag, (term->string + 1)) == 0) {
+		/* Check for an empty string, and then ignore initial 'K'. */
+		if (*(term->string) && strcmp(tag, (term->string + 1)) == 0) {
 		    message_excluded = TRUE;
 		    break;
 		}