This Version naming would be very useful to me. I often have several
versions of a file and remembering which is which is near impossible.


On 09/05/2018 10:58 AM, Jarkko Toivonen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes, I know about the "create unique filename" setting. I want to
> export the images with the same name always, overwriting the old
> export if it has been done earlier. In that kind of scenario the
> $(VERSION) number would be nice to be added to the target storage path
> because I don't want multiple exports of the same image with a running
> number in the filename.
>
> I tried this kind of funny approach but the variables do not seem to
> support nesting:
>
> Storage path:
> * $(FILE_NAME)$($(VERSION/#0/)-_$(VERSION))
> Exported image filenames (version 1 is a virtual copy): 
> * Image$(1-_1).jpg
> * Image$(-_0).jpg
>
> As you can see the result was not what was intended. What I was trying
> there was that if the $(VERSION) is "0", then it is replaced with
> empty string. And then if that result is empty, then use the default
> instead that is "_$(VERSION)".
>
> -Jarkko
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:27 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     * Jarkko Toivonen <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> [09-05-18 13:19]:
>     > Hello all,
>     >
>     > I would like to add the version number to the exported image
>     file name with
>     > prefix "_" but only if the version is bigger than 0. For example
>     export
>     > image with file name "Image.jpg" if the version is 0 and
>     "Image_1.jpg" if
>     > the version is 1. The two images are exported from the same
>     original image,
>     > the version 1 is a virtual copy with different crop.
>     >
>     > Is that possible? I tried various experiments on the $(VERSION)
>     variable
>     > but could not make it to work. I use Darktable v2.4.4 on Linux
>     Mint 19.
>
>     dt will do it for you, but...
>
>       duplicate the original image withing dt
>       work the first instance and export
>       work the second instance and export
>
>     you will find dt will store the second with the same filename as
>     the first
>     with and extension such as:
>       180901_122534_dse_4709.jpg 
>       180901_122534_dse_4709_01.jpg
>
>
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