notmuch-show--build-buffer now queries a list of queries built by the
former.  This simplifies the logic.  It also provides an easy place to
experiment with alternate sets of queries for given notmuch-show-*
variables (e.g. users can use advice-add to do so in a surgical way).
---
 emacs/notmuch-show.el | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-show.el b/emacs/notmuch-show.el
index f2487ab..b393c11 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-show.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-show.el
@@ -1261,6 +1261,20 @@ matched."
        (message "No messages matched the query!")
        nil))))
 
+(defun notmuch-show--build-queries ()
+  "Return a list of queries to try for this search.
+
+If `notmuch-show-query-context` is not nil, the first query is
+the conjunction of it and `notmuch-show-thread-id`.  The next
+query is `notmuch-show-thread-id` alone, and serves as a fallback
+if the prior matches no messages."
+  (let* ((thread notmuch-show-thread-id)
+        (context notmuch-show-query-context)
+        queries)
+    (push (list thread) queries)
+    (if context (push (list thread "and (" context ")") queries))
+    queries))
+
 (defun notmuch-show--build-buffer (&optional state)
   "Display messages matching the current buffer context.
 
@@ -1268,25 +1282,19 @@ Apply the previously saved STATE if supplied, otherwise 
show the
 first relevant message.
 
 If no messages match the query return NIL."
-  (let* ((basic-args (list notmuch-show-thread-id))
-        (args (if notmuch-show-query-context
-                  (append (list "\'") basic-args
-                          (list "and (" notmuch-show-query-context ")\'"))
-                (append (list "\'") basic-args (list "\'"))))
-        (cli-args (cons "--exclude=false"
+  (let* ((cli-args (cons "--exclude=false"
                         (when notmuch-show-elide-non-matching-messages
                           (list "--entire-thread=false"))))
-
-        (forest (or (notmuch-query-get-threads (append cli-args args))
-                    ;; If a query context reduced the number of
-                    ;; results to zero, try again without it.
-                    (and notmuch-show-query-context
-                         (notmuch-query-get-threads (append cli-args 
basic-args)))))
-
+        (queries (notmuch-show--build-queries))
+        (forest nil)
         ;; Must be reset every time we are going to start inserting
         ;; messages into the buffer.
         (notmuch-show-previous-subject ""))
-
+    ;; Use results from the first query that returns some.
+    (while (and (not forest) (consp queries))
+      (setq forest (notmuch-query-get-threads
+                   (append cli-args (list "'") (car queries) (list "'"))))
+      (setq queries (cdr queries)))
     (when forest
       (notmuch-show-insert-forest forest)
 
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

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