On 01/05/2013 11:14 AM, Federico Bruni wrote:
Hi!
> I suggest the following:
>
> """
> How do I move/rename/... files on my hard disk?
> Since version 1.1 Darktable supports copying/moving/renaming files. In
> case you prefer using your file manager or command line, be aware that
> you should first remove the files from the database, then rename them
> (including the .xmp files) and finally reimport them in Darktable.
> """
I fear this is a bit to complex for the occasional user. Also dropping
and reimporting a film role, hm... If I'd not understand what this
actually does I'd not do it, and if I understand what it does I don't
need a manual anymore ;)
Probably, it would be better to give some detailed advise why it is
usually not necessary at all to rename a file after the initial ingest.
At least not if it was properly, autmagically renamed at this point.
This should probably be paired with a detailed description how a naming
scheme could look like. (I found Kroghs DAM Book quite enlightening for
this. Probably something like a simple "do it that way and then _USE_
the DB" would be enough.) IMHO the initial ingest should create proper
file names already, and later on the name of the file is irrelevant
except that (in best case) it should be unique. At least I never rename
files after ingest from the camera and even this initial renaming is an
automatism generating something like R for raw + date + DSC-No. This
results in something like R20120222-8031.NEF. The rest/retrieval is
metadata, not file name / dir structure.
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