"And when the sidecar file and the internal database actually disagree, then you have to figure out which one is the definitive source of truth."
That would be my question yes...how do you know which one to chose between either updating the dbase or the xmp file..? I find I have a hard time explaining myself in writing especially when I'm not conversant with the material causing me issues. On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 7:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > J. Verreault (2020-Mar-28, excerpt): > > Can someone help me with the bold part please...? > > DT stores the processing you do on an image in two places, an SQL > database, and an XML file. The database allows for fast searching in > a huge collection, and the files allow to organize (backup, copy, > send) your images using the usual operations an operating system > offers. Both ways have their (dis)advantages. Unfortunately, having > both introduces bad redundancy. (Redundancy is not always bad, e.g., > backups are good). This redundancy is bad, because every change has to > be recorded in both places consistently. And when the sidecar file > and the internal database actually disagree, then you have to figure > out which one is the definitive source of truth. The discrepancy > might arise from a crash or a bug, but also legitimately, e.g., > because an external tool or even DT has just modified one of them and > now you want to propagate the change to the other. That's when DT > needs to ask you. > > What precisely would be your question? > > > -- > https://stefan-klinger.de o/X > I prefer receiving plain text messages, not exceeding 32kB. /\/ > \ > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > -- You don't know what you have until you need it. ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
