lib: update transaction documentation

Partly this is to recognize the semantics we inherit from Xapian,
partly to mention the new autocommit feature.
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David Bremner 2021-05-22 08:07:17 -03:00
parent 42b5cb53ef
commit 6e7365fb20

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@ -529,11 +529,11 @@ notmuch_database_status_string (const notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
* have no effect.
*
* 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).
* to disk before closing the database, unless the caller is currently
* in an atomic section (there was a notmuch_database_begin_atomic
* without a matching notmuch_database_end_atomic). In this case
* changes since the last commit are discarded. @see
* notmuch_database_end_atomic for more information.
*
* Return value:
*
@ -670,7 +670,10 @@ notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_begin_atomic (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
/**
* Indicate the end of an atomic database operation.
* Indicate the end of an atomic database operation. If repeated
* (with matching notmuch_database_begin_atomic) "database.autocommit"
* times, commit the the transaction and all previous (non-cancelled)
* transactions to the database.
*
* Return value:
*