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-rw-r--r--man/man1/notmuch-search.120
-rw-r--r--notmuch-search.c3
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-search.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-search.1
index 0aff3487..5c771fa6 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-search.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-search.1
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ Presents the results in either JSON, S-Expressions or plain-text (default).
.RS 4
.TP 4
+.BR \-\-format-version=N
+
+Use the specified structured output format version. This is intended
+for programs that invoke \fBnotmuch\fR(1) internally. If omitted, the
+latest supported version will be used.
+.RE
+
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
.B \-\-output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags)
.RS 4
@@ -126,6 +135,17 @@ In this case all matching threads are returned but the "match count"
is the number of matching non-excluded messages in the thread.
.RE
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+
+This command supports the following special exit status codes
+
+.TP
+.B 20
+The requested format version is too old.
+.TP
+.B 21
+The requested format version is too new.
+
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-count\fR(1),
diff --git a/notmuch-search.c b/notmuch-search.c
index 62186228..77049154 100644
--- a/notmuch-search.c
+++ b/notmuch-search.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ notmuch_search_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
{ "sexp", NOTMUCH_FORMAT_SEXP },
{ "text", NOTMUCH_FORMAT_TEXT },
{ 0, 0 } } },
+ { NOTMUCH_OPT_INT, &notmuch_format_version, "format-version", 0, 0 },
{ NOTMUCH_OPT_KEYWORD, &output, "output", 'o',
(notmuch_keyword_t []){ { "summary", OUTPUT_SUMMARY },
{ "threads", OUTPUT_THREADS },
@@ -356,6 +357,8 @@ notmuch_search_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
INTERNAL_ERROR("no output format selected");
}
+ notmuch_exit_if_unsupported_format ();
+
config = notmuch_config_open (ctx, NULL, NULL);
if (config == NULL)
return 1;