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diff --git a/src/notmuchworker.h b/src/notmuchworker.h
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--- a/src/notmuchworker.h
+++ b/src/notmuchworker.h
@@ -223,6 +223,20 @@ public slots:
/// source of truth the design refuses.
void requestFolders();
+ /// The Maildir root, for whatever has to compose a path under it.
+ ///
+ /// This class owns the only database handle, and the root is a property of
+ /// the DATABASE rather than of config: notmuch can split the index from
+ /// the mail with `mail_root` and `path` as separate keys, so there is no
+ /// config key the UI could read instead. Item 124 records what the wrong
+ /// accessor costs. `notmuch_database_get_path()` returns the INDEX
+ /// directory under that layout, and a destination composed from it writes
+ /// into the Xapian tree.
+ ///
+ /// Requested at startup beside requestAllTags(), and answered once. The
+ /// root does not change while the application runs.
+ void requestMailRoot();
+
signals:
void threadsReady(const QVector<ThreadSummary> &threads, quint64 generation);
void queryFinished(int totalThreads, quint64 generation);
@@ -288,6 +302,12 @@ signals:
/// asks once when its dialog opens.
void foldersReady(const QStringList &folders);
+ /// The Maildir root, absolute. No generation: it is a property of the
+ /// database rather than of any query, so a late answer is still the right
+ /// one. Empty when the database could not be opened, which a consumer must
+ /// treat as "cannot compose a path yet" rather than as the root being "".
+ void mailRootReady(const QString &mailRoot);
+
void errorOccurred(const QString &message);
private: