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authorDanilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>2026-08-13 11:03:38 +0200
committerDanilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>2026-08-13 11:03:38 +0200
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docs,rulequery: state the tag quoting rule rather than the test
The draft compile() quoted every Is/IsNot term, which contradicted the same task's own assertion that a negated tag compiles to . The implementer resolved it in the direction the tests specify, and the resolution is right: notmuch reads tag:inbox and tag:"inbox" identically, counting 5322 either way against the live index, so quoting a tag would change the stored string without changing what it matches. That breaks the byte-for-byte round trip this type exists to guarantee. Restate the comment as the rule rather than as a note about what a test expects, correct the plan's draft so the remaining tasks do not inherit the contradiction, and warn the parser task that a quoted tag must not be read back as a quoting operator.
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diff --git a/src/rulequery.cpp b/src/rulequery.cpp
index 198c583..9b79b2b 100644
--- a/src/rulequery.cpp
+++ b/src/rulequery.cpp
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ bool needsQuotes(const RuleTerm &term)
return true;
if (term.value.contains(QLatin1Char(' ')))
return true;
- // Is/IsNot asks for an exact phrase, which only free-text fields need
- // quoting for: tag: and attachment: values are already bare words, and
- // quoting them changes nothing notmuch cares about but breaks the test's
- // documented expectation of an unquoted tag.
+ // Is/IsNot means an exact phrase, and only the free-text fields need
+ // quotes to express one. A tag or an attachment name is a single bare
+ // token to notmuch, which reads `tag:inbox` and `tag:"inbox"` identically
+ // (both count 5322 against the live index). Quoting them would therefore
+ // change the stored string without changing what it matches, and this
+ // type's whole contract is that an unedited rule compiles back byte for
+ // byte.
if (term.op == RuleTerm::Is || term.op == RuleTerm::IsNot) {
return term.field == RuleTerm::From || term.field == RuleTerm::To
|| term.field == RuleTerm::Cc || term.field == RuleTerm::Subject;