[Digikam-devel] [Bug 141912] New: Sync Metadata Plugin does not reflect changes in tags properly

[Daniel Bauer]

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           Summary: Sync Metadata Plugin does not reflect changes in tags
                    properly
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Tags
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: linux daniel-bauer com


Version:           0.9.1 svn (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

if you change the order of a tag tree and then update IPTC using the menu option "sync all Metadata", the "new" tag gets written additionally into IPTC but the "old" remains there.

Example to explain:

tag tree is:

- girlfriends
   - Susi
   - Heidi
   - ...

ex-girlfriends
   - Jane
   - Melanie
   - ...

Now I move tag Susi from girlfriends to ex-girlfriends using the right tags sidebar. Database gets updated, but in IPTC, of course, it's still "girlfriends/Susi". So I use "sync all Metadata". After this IPTC is "girlfriends/Susi, ex-girlfriends/Susi".

I understand that sync doesn't want to delete existing IPTC keywords, but on the other hand, in this case it is still not a real sync. At least it should mirror changes in tags/keywords that are done using digiKam.

As there is no "edit Metadata"-plugin option in the Menu anymore, the wrong IPTC cannot be corrected within digiKam and another app must be used for that. (I used imageMagick to remove all  IPTC headers and then rebuild them with the sync tool of digiKam, but digiKam should offer such possibilities itself, I think).