also sprach martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net> [2010.02.18.1500 +1300]:
> > > If we keep ancestry though, we are reusing existing working code for
> > > backup (git-pull :)
> > 
> > This is one of the reasons I feel it's important we keep it. And as is
> > stated below, the storage overhead is minimal.
> 
> Absolutely; Stewart mentioned at LCA to forego the porcelain and
> harness the power of the plumbing, and I knew back then that this
> would be among the first things of which to convince him once he had
> the basic idea out. ;)

Except I fear that as soon as we allow manipulation of the local
store, we'll potentially run into this problem:

  http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/001114.html
  id:20100112045152.GA15275@lapse.rw.madduck.net

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