Just to complement Romano's answer: if that option is NOT selected, the first time you open one of those pictures the corresponding XMP file will be overwritten with the local database info (I don't remember if on opening, editing or closing), without asking or telling you. On Darktable by default the truth is in the database, the XMP is just an external backup. Best regards, Guillermo
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 07:03 Romano Giannetti <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/10/18 15:08, Willy Williams wrote: > > I have three laptops on which Darktable is installed; two Windows 10 and > one Ubuntu Linux. I generally sync the two Windows computers' photos > folders, including JPEGs, RAW files and XMP sidecar files. I've begun to > wonder if I'm shooting myself in the foot by doing so. The question is > this - are the sidecar files closely tied to an internal Darktable database > on the computer where the work was done? Am I making the dog's breakfast > of things by syncing files and in doing so, inadvertently getting the > sidecar files out of sync with the unique database associated with each > computer? > > > I use synchronized photo folders too; the important thing is to have set > the option (in core option group) "look for updated xmp files on startup". > When you open you darktable on the other machine, it will ask if you want > to reload the XMPs or rewrite them; answer "reload" and voilá, all is going > well. > > Screenshot of the option (I hope it goes through): > > > -- > -- > Romano Giannettihttp://www.rgtti.com/ > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
