* tony Hamilton <shaky.st...@ntlworld.com> [04-06-22 11:28]: [...] > I am considering re-installing dt (3.8) and re-importing all the images, > with their .xmp files. Will this work, to build a correctly functioning > dt installation, complete with all my tags and metadata (which represent > many weeks of work)?
If you import a file with an accompanying xmp sidecar, the database will include the information in the xmp sidecar file. > Will it matter that, initially, the option to 'write sidecar file for > each image' in storage preferences, might be set to 'on import' (which > would overwrite all my edits. when importing a file which is not in the db, your edits *only* exist within the xmp file. > tags and metadata), as long as I set i to 'never' before I start the > import and until import is complete? "write sidecar file" setting should not make any difference except for the import date (if one exists) within the xmp file. it should change to the latest import date. > What other variables/settings must I manage suitably to get back to > where I was a few days ago? What else will catch me out as a result of > 'import'> 'add to library' ? if starting with a *new* library, what would you think should happen? your new library/db is empty until you have imported files. if those file have xmp sidecar files, after import the edits will be within your new library. your new library should not have anything inside to overwrite until after you have imported files. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times... ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
