Bug 388404

Summary:	Display same metadata for identical pictures in different locations
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Leonardo Montecchi <montex>
Component:	Tags-Engine	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.7.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	8.1.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Leonardo Montecchi 2017-12-31 16:21:20 UTC

In my workflow I happen to have identical copies of the same pictures in different locations. For example, one local to my laptop, and another on a central server that i mount with NFS.

When I edit tags in one of the two copies, the metadata become de-syncrhonized. That is, the two copies of the same pictures, now have different metadata.

It would be nice to:

1) Have an option to automatically show the same metadata for identical pictures (maybe with an option to enable or disable it)

or, alternatively

2) Have a maintenance tool able to automatically propagate metadata between identical pictures/albums

Any other suggestions on how I could achieve this with current features?

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2023-05-13 15:53:58 UTC

If the tag is common to both images, it will be propagated automatically, first in database, second in metadata using maintenance tool to sync file info with database. 

We don't needs extra and exotic mechanism to do the job.

Gilles Caulier