diff --git a/test/build-archive.sh b/test/build-archive.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2024 Jeffrey C. Ollie
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+OUTPUT_DIR=$1
+GIT_DIR=$2
+
+export NOTMUCH_CONFIG="${OUTPUT_DIR}/config"
+export NOTMUCH_DATABASE="${OUTPUT_DIR}/mail"
+export NOTMUCH_PROFILE="zig"
+
+cat > "$NOTMUCH_CONFIG" <<CONFIG
+[database]
+path=${NOTMUCH_DATABASE}
+mail_root=${NOTMUCH_DATABASE}
+[user]
+primary_email=zig@example.org
+[new]
+[search]
+[maildir]
+CONFIG
+
+mkdir -p "$NOTMUCH_DATABASE"
+mkdir -p "$NOTMUCH_DATABASE/cur"
+mkdir -p "$NOTMUCH_DATABASE/new"
+mkdir -p "$NOTMUCH_DATABASE/tmp"
+
+notmuch new --quiet
+
+commits=$(cd "$GIT_DIR" && git log --pretty=format:%H || exit)
+
+for commit in $commits
+do
+echo "$commit"
+(cd "$GIT_DIR" && git -c core.pager=cat show --pretty=raw "${commit}:m") | notmuch insert
+done