Re: [PATCH] scripts: add script to export v1 inboxes to maildir

[Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>]

Evan Gates <evan.gates@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> I'm pretty sure this is a gross misuse of the public-inbox format, and
> as such will not be offended if you decide not to include this script.

Heh, OK :)

> I read the public-inbox README and liked the idea of the pull model.
> I briefly scanned clients.txt but didn't easily figure out how I was
> supposed to pull and read mail locally.  Since the v1 format already
> has a bunch of uniquely named files, that are themselves emails,
> it was pretty simple to symlink them into a maildir format so I can
> read them in my mail client.

*gasp*

cloning v1 w/o bare gets really ugly for larger inboxes.

> As a followup to this abomination, what is the correct way to pull
> and read mail locally?

With v1.7.0+, the initial clone:

	public-inbox-clone https://try.public-inbox.org/test public-inbox-test
	public-inbox-index public-inbox-test

# search for all messages >0 bytes from the last year until now:

	lei q -o /path/to/maildir -O public-inbox-test z:0.. rt:last.year..

# You can change "rt:last.year.." to any time range or leave it out,
# but giant Maildirs get too slow for me.

# periodic updates:

	make -C public-inbox-test update
	lei up /path/to/maildir

> +#     cd ~/lists
> +#     git clone https://public-inbox.org/meta public-inbox-meta
> +#     git clone https://public-inbox.org/test public-inbox-test

"git clone" is fine for older versions, but --mirror (or --bare)
is strongly encouraged since v1 inboxes can grow trees w/o bounds.