- notmuch_message_destroy (ghost);
- return COERCE_STATUS (private_status, "Error converting to ghost message");
+ if (count > 0) {
+ /* reintroduce a ghost in its place because there are still
+ * other active messages in this thread: */
+ ghost = _notmuch_message_create_for_message_id (notmuch, mid, &private_status);
+ if (private_status == NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_NO_DOCUMENT_FOUND) {
+ private_status = _notmuch_message_initialize_ghost (ghost, tid);
+ if (! private_status)
+ _notmuch_message_sync (ghost);
+ } else if (private_status == NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+ /* this is deeply weird, and we should not have gotten
+ into this state. is there a better error message to
+ return here? */
+ status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID;
+ }
+
+ notmuch_message_destroy (ghost);
+ status = COERCE_STATUS (private_status, "Error converting to ghost message");
+ }
+ notmuch_query_destroy (query);
+ return status;