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-rw-r--r--src/CMakeLists.txt1
-rw-r--r--src/draftstore.cpp82
-rw-r--r--src/draftstore.h60
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diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b7a5be2..a4d7c55 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ add_library(qtmaildir_lib STATIC
carddelegate.cpp
notmuchworker.cpp
maildirname.cpp
+ draftstore.cpp
tagchip.cpp
tagcolors.cpp
savequerydialog.cpp
diff --git a/src/draftstore.cpp b/src/draftstore.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d458bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/draftstore.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * qtmaildir - a Qt6 mail client for notmuch-indexed Maildirs
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include "draftstore.h"
+
+#include "maildirname.h"
+
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QSaveFile>
+
+DraftStore::Result DraftStore::write(const QString &folderPath,
+ const QByteArray &bytes,
+ const QString &flags,
+ const QString &previousPath)
+{
+ Result result;
+
+ if (folderPath.isEmpty()) {
+ result.error = QObject::tr("No folder was configured to write to.");
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ // cur/, never new/. A file in new/ is re-announced as fresh mail by every
+ // reader of the Maildir, so an autosaved draft would arrive as a new
+ // message on every revision.
+ const QString curPath = folderPath + QStringLiteral("/cur");
+ if (!QDir().mkpath(curPath)) {
+ result.error = QObject::tr("Cannot create the folder %1.").arg(curPath);
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ // A FRESH name, with no previous one to preserve flags from: a draft is
+ // newly composed, and MessageBuilder's bytes carry no filename. The flags
+ // are appended here instead.
+ const QString name = MaildirName::fresh(QString())
+ + QStringLiteral(":2,") + flags;
+ const QString target = curPath + QLatin1Char('/') + name;
+
+ // QSaveFile: writes to a temporary and renames into place, so a reader
+ // never sees a half-written message. mbsync and notmuch both watch this
+ // directory.
+ QSaveFile file(target);
+ if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
+ result.error = QObject::tr("Cannot write to %1: %2")
+ .arg(target, file.errorString());
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ if (file.write(bytes) != bytes.size() || !file.commit()) {
+ result.error = QObject::tr("Cannot write to %1: %2")
+ .arg(target, file.errorString());
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ result.path = target;
+
+ // AFTER the new file is safely in place, never before: unlinking first
+ // would lose the draft entirely if the write then failed. A failure to
+ // remove the old revision is not reported as a failure of the write,
+ // because the new revision IS on disk; the cost is one stale file.
+ if (!previousPath.isEmpty() && previousPath != target)
+ QFile::remove(previousPath);
+
+ return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/draftstore.h b/src/draftstore.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13147c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/draftstore.h
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * qtmaildir - a Qt6 mail client for notmuch-indexed Maildirs
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QString>
+
+/// Writes message bytes into a Maildir folder.
+///
+/// Drafts and sent copies are the same operation into different folders with
+/// different flags, so they are one unit. Nothing here calls notmuch: the
+/// files become visible on the next sync, which keeps the read-only-by-default
+/// rule intact and needs no write lock.
+class DraftStore
+{
+public:
+ struct Result
+ {
+ QString path; ///< The file written. Empty on failure.
+ QString error; ///< Empty on success.
+
+ bool ok() const { return error.isEmpty(); }
+ };
+
+ /// Writes \p bytes into \p folderPath, an absolute Maildir folder.
+ ///
+ /// The folder is the CALLER's to resolve, and item 124 is why it is not
+ /// resolved here: the mail root comes from
+ /// `notmuch_config_get(NOTMUCH_CONFIG_MAIL_ROOT)`, never from
+ /// `notmuch_database_get_path()`, which under a split index returns the
+ /// Xapian directory. A store that composed its own path from the wrong
+ /// accessor would write drafts into the index tree.
+ ///
+ /// \p flags is the Maildir flag string without the `:2,` prefix: "D" for a
+ /// draft, "S" for a sent copy.
+ ///
+ /// \p previousPath, when not empty, is unlinked AFTER the new file is
+ /// safely in place. Maildir has no in-place edit, so a draft rewritten
+ /// every thirty seconds would otherwise accumulate one file per pause.
+ /// The order matters: unlinking first would lose the draft entirely if the
+ /// write then failed.
+ static Result write(const QString &folderPath, const QByteArray &bytes,
+ const QString &flags, const QString &previousPath = {});
+};