[Digikam-devel] [Bug 275311] New: XMP sidecars are not written for symbolic links

[ethan at betacantrips.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275311

           Summary: XMP sidecars are not written for symbolic links
           Product: digikam
           Version: 2.0.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Metadata
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: ethan at betacantrips.com


Version:           2.0.0 (using KDE 4.6.2) 
OS:                Linux

Because I am experimenting with using git-annex to store my photos, images in
my library are not regular files, but instead are symbolic links.  When I try
to modify metadata for these images, digikam silently does not write XMP
sidecar files, even though I have set "Write to XMP sidecar only".  The same
image, when copied to a new filename, does get an XMP sidecar written.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
$ cp ~/image1.jpg ~/Pictures
$ ln -s ~/image2.jpg ~/Pictures

In Digikam, add a tag to bath image1 and image2.


Actual Results:  
~/Pictures/image1.jpg.xmp is created, but ~/Pictures/image2.jpg.xmp is not.  If
~/Pictures/image2.jpg.xmp existed already, it is unchanged.

Expected Results:  
~/Pictures/image1.jpg.xmp and ~/Pictures/image2.jpg.xmp are created containing
the tag that was just added.

I tried using kdebugdialog to turn on debugging output for digikam but I didn't
get any messages about XMP files.  On the other hand, I might have screwed up
using kdebugdialog.

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