Notmuch claims to commit changes made before an open transaction on close but actually throws them away (according to the documentation).
According to the notmuch documentation, > For writable databases, notmuch_database_close commits all changes > to disk before closing the database. If the caller is currently in > an atomic section (there was a notmuch_database_begin_atomic > without a matching notmuch_database_end_atomic), this will discard > changes made in that atomic section (but still commit changes made > prior to entering the atomic section). However, this isn't true. Notmuch atomic transactions don't flush on entry so, this comment from the xapian documentation applies: > If you're applying atomic groups of changes and only wish to ensure > that each group is either applied or not applied, then you can prevent > the automatic commit() before and after the transaction by starting > the transaction with begin_transaction(false). However, if > cancel_transaction is called (or if commit_transaction isn't called > before the WritableDatabase object is destroyed) then any changes > which were pending before the transaction began will also be > discarded. source: http://xapian.org/docs/apidoc/html/classXapian_1_1WritableDatabase.html This means that, in theory at least, xapian could throw away *all* changes to the database if a transaction is open. -- Steven Allen (310) 433-5865 ((Do Not Email <honey...@stebalien.com>))
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