https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416755
Bug ID: 416755
Summary: Tag with "." not processed correctly, likely to result
in data loss
Product: digikam
Version: 6.4.0
Platform: MS Windows
OS: MS Windows
Status: REPORTED
Severity: critical
Priority: NOR
Component: Tags-Keywords
Assignee: digikam-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: harald.a...@web.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
A tag assigned outside of digiKam that contains a "." (just the dot, without
the quotation marks) is not processed correctly. Instead of the tag, an
hierarchy of tags is created. If subsequently the picture is updated from
digiKam, the original tag is lost, wherefore I consider this bug critical (data
loss).
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Pick any <picture> that you have in digiKam.
2. Run exiftool -overwrite_original -m -IPTC:keywords+=a.b.c
-XMP:subject+=a.b.c <picture>
3. Re-read metadata in digiKam, if not done automatically.
4. Look at the tags of <picture> in digiKam.
OBSERVED RESULT
Instead of a single tag "a.b.c", you will see a tag hierarchy "a / b / c".
Interestingly, when you look into "Edit Metadata", the tag is correct there.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Win 10 1809 64bit
digiKam 6.4
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Result is the same whether tag is created with exiftool, Lightroom, or Picasa.
Also, it doesn't seem to matter whether the tag is added after the picture was
imported into digiKam, or whether the picture is imported into digiKam with the
tag already there.
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