Digikam supports versioning. The Image Editor and Batch Manager support automatically saving modified images as a version of the original. However there is no automatic method to group image versions. If, for example, many images are processed in a Batch, they need to be grouped manually one by one. I suggest to add "Group Selected by Filename and Version" (under the Groups sub-menu). This action will match filenames but considering only the part of the filename before "_v*". (Note: I understand some users may have different version naming conventions, which do not necessarily use _v1 _v2 etc, and they will require different handling, maybe "Groups Selected by RegEx". However this bug refers specifically to support the standard versioning scheme used by Digikam.)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 318357 ***
I understand that technically my suggestion is a private case of a more generic / RegEx grouping. However, from a user perspective, grouping by Digikam's standard versioning scheme is less error prone than RegEx, priovides a more complete versioning solution, and will probably address the needs of the vast majority of users. Also, from a development point of view, it should simpler to add grouping by standard versioning. As RegEx can have very unexpected results (for non-experts), sooner or later RegEx grouping will require a complex UI which simulates the results before applying them, and "Undo last grouping". So I kindly ask that you keep my suggestion separate from RegEx grouping.
It's not just about RegEx grouping, but about grouping different filename schemes. RegEx in the GUI was the reason we never integrated the patch. Maik
So the fix for bug 318357 will also group these? filename.raw filename_v1.jpg filename_v2.jpg
No, RegEx would be necessary here. Maik
So why is this a duplicate of the other bug? I still wish to file a bug to have grouping that supports Digikam's versioning scheme. As it is, I can't file this bug because you mark it as a duplicate of another bug, which is apparently fixed but the fix doesn't really apply to my bug...
Bug 318357 also addresses your request to see these comments: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318357#c22 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318357#c30 We don't need bug wishes as duplicates, it would be a pain to manage all of them. Maik
But I asked if the fix for bug 318357 will handle filename_v1, filename_v2, etc. - you answered it will not. I'm a bit confused.
By the way, bug 338882 also deals with grouping of versioned files. And also Bug 318357 is not closed and is still open. Maik
Bug 338882 - is mostly ignored from 2014, and it is about *automatic* grouping (ie. no user intervention). Bug 318357 - I still don't understand if it covers the Digikam's own versioning.
Bug 318357 addresses the problem of grouping filenames with different schemes, not only versioning but also. So possibly to be able to group different file names as plugins and not to integrate every grouping problem individually. Well, I can make your bug standalone again, but like bug 338882, it's a low priority at the moment, there are more important things to do. Maybe next year we can get a GSoC-2024 student to work on it. Maik
I think it should be standalone. Regarding priority it's of course your decision. I can only ask you to consider this: Digikam has versioning. Digikam has grouping. But the two features don't work together. If I batch process thousands of photos which creates thousands of image pairs, I have no way to group them except manually one by one. So I only ask that grouping support Digikam's own versioning scheme. Not "every grouping problem", not support versioning scheme of other tools. In any case, thank you for the attention and patience.