There used to be a feature in the "Folder" collection mode that let you
change the root path of an already imported directory hierarchy. Not sure
if it is still there.

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August Schwerdfeger
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On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 1:49 PM Michael Kefeder <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you feel comfortable in sqlite3 shell or some gui-tool for sqlite you
> can update the filepath in the darktable DB, that's what I did when I moved
> computers and my username changed. Backup the db file and do a sqlite
> command like this (on purpose pseudo code, do this only if you know how a
> DB works and understand the schema of darktable):
>
> * first check if the replace does what you want:
> select replace(filepath, '/old/disk/root/', '/new/disk/root/') from photos;
>
> * then run the update:
> begin;
> update photos set filepath = replace(filepath, '/old/disk/root/',
> '/new/disk/root/');
> commit;
>
> otherwise a reimport is the easier solution I guess
> hth
>  mike
>
> Am So., 4. Aug. 2019 um 19:28 Uhr schrieb <[email protected]>:
>
>> Before the end of this month, I will be consolidating 3 drives to 1
>> 8Tb drive.
>>
>> My images are on 2 of these drives.
>>
>> I'm using DT 2.6.2. Is there  any recommendation on how to deal with
>> that or do I have to reimport everything? (I have the xmps)
>>
>> --
>> sknahT
>>
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