NEWS: news for notmuch_directory_delete

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Jani Nikula 2015-10-17 16:06:53 +03:00 committed by David Bremner
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The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling
`notmuch_database_{open, create}`.
New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents
Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the
database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory
document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was
encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by
`notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used
if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem,
potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are
fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and
deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory
removal or rename.
Database revision tracking
Revision tracking is supported via a new prefix "lastmod:" in the