[digikam] [Bug 377587] New: The --database-directory argument should also be the location of the digikamrc file when used

[Glenn Washburn]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377587

            Bug ID: 377587
           Summary: The --database-directory argument should also be the
                    location of the digikamrc file when used
           Product: digikam
           Version: 5.4.0
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Database-Setup
          Assignee: digikam-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: development at efficientek.com
  Target Milestone: ---

The intent of the --database-directory command line option is to allow for
multiple independent DK databases and instances.  However the current usage of
the application wide config file, digikamrc, is at odds with this.  The
digikamrc file can not be specified on the command line, so there is only one
per user, even though there may be multiple digikam databases.  Since the
digikamrc file has some settings that definitely should be different per
digikam database instance, such as the "Database Settings", there should be a
way to specify a different digikamrc file when selecting a non-default database
instance.

I suggest that the directory specified via --database-directory be the
directory where the digikamrc file is expected.

This would be a very simple to fix by modifying the KSharedConfig construction
at https://cgit.kde.org/digikam.git/tree/app/main/main.cpp#n150.  If
commandLineDBPath is null do what is done now, otherwise do construct like:
KSharedConfig::openConfig(commandLineDBPath + QLatin1String('/digikamrc'))

This will make digikam instances truely independent and should have the added
benefit of fixing bug 218297 as well.

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