mu: add --reindex option for mu index

I.e. without having to reinit explicitly.

man/mu-index.1.org

@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ messages.
 
 disable the database cleanup that *mu* does by default after indexing.
 
+** --reindex
+
+perform a complete reindexing of all the messages in the maildir.
+
 #+include: "muhome.inc" :minlevel 2
 
 #+include: "common-options.inc" :minlevel 1

mu/mu-cmd-index.cc

@@ -78,9 +78,21 @@ print_stats(const Indexer::Progress& stats, bool color)
 }
 
 Result<void>
-Mu::mu_cmd_index(Store& store, const Options& opts)
+Mu::mu_cmd_index(const Options& opts)
 {
-	const auto mdir{store.root_maildir()};
+	auto store = std::invoke([&]{
+		if (opts.index.reindex)
+			return Store::make(opts.runtime_path(RuntimePath::XapianDb),
+					   Store::Options::ReInit|Store::Options::Writable);
+		else
+			return Store::make(opts.runtime_path(RuntimePath::XapianDb),
+			       Store::Options::Writable);
+	});
+
+	if (!store)
+		return Err(store.error());
+
+	const auto mdir{store->root_maildir()};
 	if (G_UNLIKELY(::access(mdir.c_str(), R_OK) != 0))
 		return Err(Error::Code::File, "'{}' is not readable: {}",
 			   mdir, g_strerror(errno));
@@ -93,19 +105,19 @@ Mu::mu_cmd_index(Store& store, const Options& opts)
 
 		mu_println("indexing maildir {}{}{} -> "
 			   "store {}{}{}",
-			   col.fg(Color::Green), store.root_maildir(), col.reset(),
+			   col.fg(Color::Green), store->root_maildir(), col.reset(),
-			   col.fg(Color::Blue), store.path(), col.reset());
+			   col.fg(Color::Blue), store->path(), col.reset());
 	}
 
 	Mu::Indexer::Config conf{};
 	conf.cleanup    = !opts.index.nocleanup;
 	conf.lazy_check = opts.index.lazycheck;
 	// ignore .noupdate with an empty store.
-	conf.ignore_noupdate = store.empty();
+	conf.ignore_noupdate = store->empty();
 
 	install_sig_handler();
 
-	auto& indexer{store.indexer()};
+	auto& indexer{store->indexer()};
 	indexer.start(conf);
 	while (!caught_signal && indexer.is_running()) {
 		if (!opts.quiet)
@@ -119,10 +131,10 @@ Mu::mu_cmd_index(Store& store, const Options& opts)
 		}
 	}
 
-	store.indexer().stop();
+	indexer.stop();
 
 	if (!opts.quiet) {
-		print_stats(store.indexer().progress(), !opts.nocolor);
+		print_stats(indexer.progress(), !opts.nocolor);
 		mu_print("\n");
 		::fflush({});
 	}

mu/mu-cmd.cc

@@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ Mu::mu_cmd_execute(const Options& opts) try {
 		return with_writable_store(mu_cmd_remove, opts);
 	case Options::SubCommand::Move:
 		return with_writable_store(mu_cmd_move, opts);
-	case Options::SubCommand::Index:
-		return with_writable_store(mu_cmd_index, opts);
 
-	/* commands instantiate store themselves */
+	/*
+	 * commands instantiate store themselves
+	 */
+	case Options::SubCommand::Index:
+		return mu_cmd_index(opts);
 	case Options::SubCommand::Init:
 		return mu_cmd_init(opts);
 	case Options::SubCommand::Server:

mu/mu-cmd.hh

@@ -92,12 +92,11 @@ Result<void> mu_cmd_find(const Store& store, const Options& opts);
 /**
  * execute the 'index' command
  *
- * @param store store object to use
  * @param opts configuration options
  *
  * @return Ok() or some error
  */
-Result<void> mu_cmd_index(Store& store, const Options& opt);
+Result<void> mu_cmd_index(const Options& opt);
 
 /**
  * execute the 'info' command

mu/mu-options.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ sub_index(CLI::App& sub, Options& opts)
 		       "Skip based on dir-timestamps");
 	sub.add_flag("--nocleanup", opts.index.nocleanup,
 		       "Don't clean up database after indexing");
+	sub.add_flag("--reindex", opts.index.reindex,
+		     "Perform a complete reindexing");
 }
 
 

mu/mu-options.hh

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ struct Options {
 	struct Index {
 		bool	nocleanup;			/**< don't cleanup del'd mails */
 		bool	lazycheck;			/**< don't check uptodate dirs */
+		bool	reindex;			/**< do a full re-index */
 	} index;
 
 

mu/mu.cc

@@ -67,8 +67,12 @@ handle_result(const Result<void>& res, const Mu::Options& opts)
 			      col.fg(Color::Blue), col.reset(),
 			      col.fg(Color::Green), res.error().hint(), col.reset());
 
-	if (res.error().exit_code() != 0 && !res.error().is_soft_error())
+	if (res.error().exit_code() != 0 && !res.error().is_soft_error()) {
-		mu_warning("mu finishing with error: {}", format_as(res.error()));
+		mu_warning("mu finishing with error: {}",
+			   format_as(res.error()));
+		if (const auto& hint = res.error().hint(); !hint.empty())
+			mu_info("hint: {}", hint);
+	}
 
 	return res.error().exit_code();
 }