Thank you so much for that...makes sense to me now On Tue., Mar. 31, 2020, 22:10 Guillermo Rozas, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "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..? > > It would depend on the reason for the disagreement. For example, if > you have purposely modified the xmp file with an external editor, then > you probably want to copy the xmp info over the database. But if you > accidentally overwrote the xmp file with garbage, you probably want to > copy the database info over the xmp. > > However, there are really few instances in which both would disagree. > If you keep all your edition on darktable, the most probable reason > for disagreement is xmp file corruption and non-updates because of > power failure, and then the database should be the most accurate > source. > > Regards, > Guillermo > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
