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From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
To: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test: Fix transient error in 'new' test
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Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> writes:
> This patch fixes this problem by touching ${MAIL_DIR} to ensure it
> gets scanned and by rearranging the test to ensure the directories are
> touched immediately before the main notmuch new call in the test

This update seems to make the test reliable for me (roughly 20k
iterations).

d