X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch.c;h=9516dfb7b59850a9cdfdb3708c90df7ff3830d5e;hp=477a09cf05dd1bd803e8d68bfadf0e3c82660a65;hb=69408c35ff23292a045a58b9833b8dfe74fa0fda;hpb=0bbfc5ce8be91b881d9542d86aceec7e6a716e86

diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 477a09cf..9516dfb7 100644
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ static command_t commands[] = {
       "This message, or more detailed help for the named command." }
 };
 
+int notmuch_format_version;
+
 static void
 usage (FILE *out)
 {
@@ -109,6 +111,33 @@ usage (FILE *out)
     "and \"notmuch help search-terms\" for the common search-terms syntax.\n\n");
 }
 
+void
+notmuch_exit_if_unsupported_format (void)
+{
+    if (notmuch_format_version > NOTMUCH_FORMAT_CUR) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "\
+A caller requested output format version %d, but the installed notmuch\n\
+CLI only supports up to format version %d.  You may need to upgrade your\n\
+notmuch CLI.\n",
+		 notmuch_format_version, NOTMUCH_FORMAT_CUR);
+	exit (NOTMUCH_EXIT_FORMAT_TOO_NEW);
+    } else if (notmuch_format_version < NOTMUCH_FORMAT_MIN) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "\
+A caller requested output format version %d, which is no longer supported\n\
+by the notmuch CLI (it requires at least version %d).  You may need to\n\
+upgrade your notmuch front-end.\n",
+		 notmuch_format_version, NOTMUCH_FORMAT_MIN);
+	exit (NOTMUCH_EXIT_FORMAT_TOO_OLD);
+    } else if (notmuch_format_version != NOTMUCH_FORMAT_CUR) {
+	/* Warn about old version requests so compatibility issues are
+	 * less likely when we drop support for a deprecated format
+	 * versions. */
+	fprintf (stderr, "\
+A caller requested deprecated output format version %d, which may not\n\
+be supported in the future.\n", notmuch_format_version);
+    }
+}
+
 static void
 exec_man (const char *page)
 {
@@ -242,13 +271,16 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     g_mime_init (0);
     g_type_init ();
 
+    /* Globally default to the current output format version. */
+    notmuch_format_version = NOTMUCH_FORMAT_CUR;
+
     if (argc == 1)
 	return notmuch (local);
 
-    if (STRNCMP_LITERAL (argv[1], "--help") == 0)
+    if (strcmp (argv[1], "--help") == 0)
 	return notmuch_help_command (NULL, argc - 1, &argv[1]);
 
-    if (STRNCMP_LITERAL (argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
+    if (strcmp (argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
 	printf ("notmuch " STRINGIFY(NOTMUCH_VERSION) "\n");
 	return 0;
     }