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From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
To: Ralph Seichter <abbot@monksofcool.net>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: Unexpected output of "notmuch new --quiet"
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Ralph Seichter <abbot@monksofcool.net> writes:

> Hi folks,
>
> I can't help but wonder why text like
>
>   Note: Ignoring non-mail file: /home/foo/.maildir/.private/dovecot-uidlist
>   Note: Ignoring non-mail file: /home/foo/.maildir/.work/dovecot.index.log
>   0022
>
> is written when I run "notmuch new --quiet"?
>
> Only error conditions should be reported to stderr, so why are lines 1
> and 2 written to stderr? Notes are not errors.

They could quite reasonably be retitled 'Warning' since they sometimes
indicate a disagreement between notmuch and the MDA as to how mail files
should be formatted on disk).  Your case just happens to be on the
harmless end.  I could imagine more levels of quiet, but I don't know if
it is worth the trouble.

> Also, why is line #3, which represents the current umask value,
> written to stdout?

I can duplicate that here. Could it maybe a wrapper script or hook
invoked by notmuch new?