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authorDanilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>2026-08-08 10:16:25 +0200
committerDanilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>2026-08-10 08:23:04 +0200
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feat(worker): load a thread as a reply tree with per-message depth
loadThread could not be extended to do this. It walks notmuch_query_search_messages, and a message obtained that way returns NULL from notmuch_message_get_replies (notmuch.h:1617-1628), so that walk cannot produce reply depth at all. The tree comes from notmuch_thread_get_toplevel_messages instead, and the pane keeps the flat list it wants. walkReplies takes raw notmuch_message_t*, against this file's rule that every handle is RAII-owned. Messages reached through a thread are freed with it (notmuch.h:1637), so an NmMessage wrapper would destroy memory the thread frees again. The NmThread in the caller is what keeps them alive. Every message in the thread gets a node regardless of the query: the list is where the reply count is read, and hiding unmatched replies would make that count disagree with the rows under it. Both tests mutation-checked. Flattening depth fails the depth assertion, and skipping the thread walk fails it too, so neither passes against the two mistakes the notmuch API invites.
-rw-r--r--src/mainwindow.cpp2
-rw-r--r--src/notmuchworker.cpp93
-rw-r--r--src/notmuchworker.h17
-rw-r--r--src/types.h1
-rw-r--r--tests/test_notmuchworker.cpp52
5 files changed, 165 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 11de1d4..13406e4 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -289,8 +289,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(const Config &config, QWidget *parent)
qRegisterMetaType<MessageRef>();
qRegisterMetaType<TagChange>();
qRegisterMetaType<DatabaseStats>();
+ qRegisterMetaType<MessageNode>();
qRegisterMetaType<QVector<ThreadSummary>>();
qRegisterMetaType<QVector<MessageRef>>();
+ qRegisterMetaType<QVector<MessageNode>>();
m_keyMap.loadDefaults();
{
diff --git a/src/notmuchworker.cpp b/src/notmuchworker.cpp
index 752a52c..47bbb62 100644
--- a/src/notmuchworker.cpp
+++ b/src/notmuchworker.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,54 @@ bool collectMessageIds(notmuch_database_t *db, const QString &query,
return true;
}
+/// Walks a thread's reply structure depth-first, appending each message with
+/// its depth.
+///
+/// Takes RAW notmuch_message_t*, deliberately, against the rule that every
+/// handle in this file is RAII-owned. Messages reached through a thread belong
+/// to that thread and are freed with it (notmuch.h:1637), so wrapping one in
+/// NmMessage would call notmuch_message_destroy on memory the thread frees
+/// again. The NmThread in the caller is what keeps every pointer here alive,
+/// and this must not outlive it.
+///
+/// No match-set argument, unlike loadThread. A row is drawn for every message
+/// in the thread regardless of the query: the list is where the user goes to
+/// SEE the thread's shape, and hiding replies that did not match would make the
+/// reply count disagree with the rows beneath it.
+void walkReplies(notmuch_messages_t *messages, int depth,
+ QVector<MessageNode> *out)
+{
+ for (; notmuch_messages_valid(messages);
+ notmuch_messages_move_to_next(messages)) {
+
+ notmuch_message_t *message = notmuch_messages_get(messages);
+ if (!message)
+ continue;
+
+ MessageNode node;
+ node.messageId =
+ QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_message_id(message));
+ node.threadId =
+ QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_thread_id(message));
+ node.filePath =
+ QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_filename(message));
+ node.from =
+ QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_header(message, "from"));
+ node.subject =
+ QString::fromUtf8(notmuch_message_get_header(message, "subject"));
+ node.date =
+ QDateTime::fromSecsSinceEpoch(notmuch_message_get_date(message));
+ node.tags = tagsOf(message);
+ node.depth = depth;
+ out->append(node);
+
+ // NULL is a legitimate "no replies" here: notmuch_messages_valid
+ // accepts it and returns FALSE (notmuch.h:1630), so a leaf needs no
+ // guard of its own.
+ walkReplies(notmuch_message_get_replies(message), depth + 1, out);
+ }
+}
+
} // namespace
NotmuchWorker::NotmuchWorker(const QString &notmuchConfigPath, QObject *parent)
@@ -242,6 +290,51 @@ void NotmuchWorker::loadThread(const QString &threadId,
emit threadLoaded(result, generation);
}
+void NotmuchWorker::loadThreadTree(const QString &threadId,
+ const QString &matchQuery,
+ quint64 generation)
+{
+ // Accepted for signature symmetry with loadThread, and unused on purpose:
+ // see walkReplies on why every message in the thread gets a row.
+ Q_UNUSED(matchQuery);
+
+ if (!openReadOnly())
+ return;
+
+ const QString query = QStringLiteral("thread:%1").arg(threadId);
+ NmQuery nmQuery(notmuch_query_create(m_db, query.toUtf8().constData()));
+ if (!nmQuery) {
+ emit errorOccurred(
+ QStringLiteral("Cannot load thread %1").arg(threadId));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // search_threads, not search_messages. The messages have to come from a
+ // notmuch_thread_t or notmuch_message_get_replies returns NULL for every
+ // one of them and the walk below produces a flat list at depth 0.
+ notmuch_threads_t *rawThreads = nullptr;
+ if (notmuch_query_search_threads(nmQuery.get(), &rawThreads)
+ != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+ emit errorOccurred(
+ QStringLiteral("Cannot search thread %1").arg(threadId));
+ return;
+ }
+ NmThreads threads(rawThreads);
+
+ QVector<MessageNode> nodes;
+ if (notmuch_threads_valid(threads.get())) {
+ // Held for the whole walk: every message pointer inside belongs to this
+ // thread and dies with it.
+ NmThread thread(notmuch_threads_get(threads.get()));
+ if (thread) {
+ walkReplies(notmuch_thread_get_toplevel_messages(thread.get()), 0,
+ &nodes);
+ }
+ }
+
+ emit threadTreeLoaded(nodes, generation);
+}
+
void NotmuchWorker::applyTagsToThreads(const QStringList &threadIds,
const QStringList &add,
const QStringList &remove,
diff --git a/src/notmuchworker.h b/src/notmuchworker.h
index 7d6a587..99cad04 100644
--- a/src/notmuchworker.h
+++ b/src/notmuchworker.h
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ public slots:
void loadThread(const QString &threadId, const QString &matchQuery,
quint64 generation);
+ /// Loads a thread as a reply TREE, for the message rows in the list.
+ ///
+ /// Separate from loadThread rather than replacing it, for a reason that is
+ /// not stylistic: loadThread walks notmuch_query_search_messages, and a
+ /// message obtained that way returns NULL from
+ /// notmuch_message_get_replies (notmuch.h:1617-1628), so that walk cannot
+ /// produce reply depth at all. The tree has to come from
+ /// notmuch_thread_get_toplevel_messages instead. The message pane still
+ /// wants the flat list; only the list wants the tree.
+ ///
+ /// matchQuery is accepted for signature symmetry with loadThread and is
+ /// deliberately unused: see the comment on the walk in the .cpp.
+ void loadThreadTree(const QString &threadId, const QString &matchQuery,
+ quint64 generation);
+
/// Applies tag changes. Opens the database read-write, applies, and closes
/// immediately: notmuch's write lock is exclusive process-wide, so holding
/// it would block the user's cron `notmuch new`.
@@ -100,6 +115,8 @@ signals:
void threadsReady(const QVector<ThreadSummary> &threads, quint64 generation);
void queryFinished(int totalThreads, quint64 generation);
void threadLoaded(const QVector<MessageRef> &messages, quint64 generation);
+ void threadTreeLoaded(const QVector<MessageNode> &nodes,
+ quint64 generation);
void tagsApplied(const TagChange &change);
void allTagsReady(const QStringList &tags, quint64 generation);
diff --git a/src/types.h b/src/types.h
index 6b2ca4c..ef822b9 100644
--- a/src/types.h
+++ b/src/types.h
@@ -124,5 +124,6 @@ struct DatabaseStats
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ThreadSummary)
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(MessageRef)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(MessageNode)
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(TagChange)
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(DatabaseStats)
diff --git a/tests/test_notmuchworker.cpp b/tests/test_notmuchworker.cpp
index b419915..0f47c55 100644
--- a/tests/test_notmuchworker.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_notmuchworker.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ private slots:
void requestAllTagsReturnsSortedTags();
void requestAllTagsOnUnreadableConfigEmitsError();
+ void loadThreadTreeReportsReplyDepth();
+ void loadThreadTreeCarriesTheFactsARowNeeds();
+
void requestCountsAnswersOneCountPerQuery();
void requestCountsKeepsPositionOnAnInvalidQuery();
void requestDatabaseStatsCountsMessagesNotThreads();
@@ -158,6 +161,55 @@ QStringList TestNotmuchWorker::tagsOf(const QString &messageId)
return {};
}
+void TestNotmuchWorker::loadThreadTreeReportsReplyDepth()
+{
+ // Thread A is a root plus one reply carrying In-Reply-To, which is what
+ // notmuch threads on. Without that header the two would be separate threads
+ // and this test would assert nothing about depth.
+ const QString threadId = threadIdOf(QStringLiteral("Release notes"));
+ QVERIFY(!threadId.isEmpty());
+
+ NotmuchWorker worker(m_fixture.configPath());
+ QSignalSpy loaded(&worker, &NotmuchWorker::threadTreeLoaded);
+ worker.loadThreadTree(threadId, QString(), 1);
+
+ QCOMPARE(loaded.count(), 1);
+ const auto nodes = loaded.first().at(0).value<QVector<MessageNode>>();
+
+ QCOMPARE(nodes.size(), 2);
+ QCOMPARE(nodes.at(0).messageId, QStringLiteral("a1@example.org"));
+ QCOMPARE(nodes.at(0).depth, 0);
+ QCOMPARE(nodes.at(1).messageId, QStringLiteral("a2@example.org"));
+ QCOMPARE(nodes.at(1).depth, 1);
+}
+
+void TestNotmuchWorker::loadThreadTreeCarriesTheFactsARowNeeds()
+{
+ // A row is drawn without opening the message, so the walk has to read the
+ // headers. loadThread does not, which is why a separate signal exists.
+ const QString threadId = threadIdOf(QStringLiteral("Release notes"));
+ QVERIFY(!threadId.isEmpty());
+
+ NotmuchWorker worker(m_fixture.configPath());
+ QSignalSpy loaded(&worker, &NotmuchWorker::threadTreeLoaded);
+ worker.loadThreadTree(threadId, QString(), 1);
+
+ QCOMPARE(loaded.count(), 1);
+ const auto nodes = loaded.first().at(0).value<QVector<MessageNode>>();
+ QCOMPARE(nodes.size(), 2);
+
+ const MessageNode &reply = nodes.at(1);
+ QVERIFY(reply.from.contains(QStringLiteral("bob@example.org")));
+ QCOMPARE(reply.subject, QStringLiteral("Re: Release notes"));
+ QVERIFY(reply.date.isValid());
+ QVERIFY(!reply.filePath.isEmpty());
+
+ // Every node names its thread, so a batch does not need the caller to keep
+ // track of which thread it asked about.
+ QCOMPARE(reply.threadId, threadId);
+ QCOMPARE(nodes.at(0).threadId, threadId);
+}
+
void TestNotmuchWorker::queryReturnsAllThreads()
{
const QVector<ThreadSummary> threads = runQuery(QStringLiteral("*"));