zimoun writes: > [...] > Well, using the plain Git repo, it is easy to: > > 1. get messages from a list starting at a date; > using ’git clone --mirror --shallow-since=’ > > 2. get all the new messages; > (using ’git pull) >[...] > IIUC, ’lei’ avoid this manual dance with the Git repo and do it for me.
It depends. Yes, you can use it in a way that avoids needing to clone down repos and index them; in that case you're relying on the remote instance. Or you can clone and index the repos yourself and point lei at them. You can do this with `lei add-external --mirror', but you still have to update the repos yourself (see example at <https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]>). If you go the clone/index route, however, I'd recommend using grokmirror to fetch Git repositories from public-inbox instances. (In https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43637#1 <[email protected]/>, I provided an example config that mirrors Guix-related inboxes at yhetil.org.) > Well, what I miss is the lei “saved search” query for all messages. > Other said, > > lei q d:<starting-date>.. > lei up > > fits #1. Then, how do I achieve #2? For remote externals, `lei up' will pull in updates from the remote. For local externals (things you've cloned down and indexed yourself), you need to do something to pull in those update (e.g., a grok-pull or a `git fetch'). > The workflow using “saved search” is not clear for me. Before investing > some time, especially when ’lei’ is not packaged in Guix, I would like > to be sure about how to run «my workflow». I don't regularly used saved searches myself, so I don't know that I can be much help, even if I had a clear picture of what you wanted in your workflow. Fwiw my setup is: 1) use nntp via Gnus to skim new messages on mailing lists 2) if I want to participate in a thread, use piem-inject-thread-into-maildir to get the messages into my local mail store and my Notmuch index. 3) If I want to search for messages, I use lei-q via piem-lei-q. Using grokmirror and a configured pull.post_update_hook, I fetch updates for and index a subset yhetil.org inboxes that I want to have available locally for searching. (I use piem-inject-thread-into-maildir here too.) I'd eventually like to be able to follow list with lei via piem's interface, but things aren't there yet.
