[Digikam-users] How to use versioning?

[Andreas Mair]

Hello,

finally I got it working!

I ran tests under a new user without modifying any setting in digiKam
and versioning worked. After that I compared the two digiKam settings
files and tried to find out which setting in my non-working user was
the reason.

And here it is:
digiKam settings: Metadata / Behavior / Reading and Writing Metadata
If I enable "Write to sidecar files" and set this option to anything
but "Write to XMP sidecar for read-only image only" versioning
*doesn't* work (even if image is read-only).
I mean:
- on that page I've only enabled "Read from sidecar files" and nothing
else => versioning works (history OK)
- now enable "Wright to sidecar files" and set it to "Write to XMP
sidecar for read-only image only" => versioning still works
- now set "Wright to sidecar files" to "Write to sidecar only" or
"Write to image and XMP Sidecar" => versionimng *not* works

Is this reproduceable by anybody?

Best regards,
Andreas

2012/6/15 Andreas Mair <amair.sob at googlemail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to use versioning in digiKam 2.6.0 but I have some problems.
> I've googled some documentation but if I repeat those steps here the
> result is different.
>
> First I "Enabled Non-Destructive Editing and Versioning". I also
> played with "Always show original images" and "Always show
> intermediate snapshots" but they made no difference.
>
> Then I edited a image in the image editor. I only made a single change
> (converted to black and white) and save as new version. Now the image
> editor shows me the new image in the "Image History" and the used
> filter in "Used Filters" in the "Versioning" sidebar. Back in digiKam
> album view I can see both images but no matter which one I select I
> can't see the complete image history in the versioning sidebar, it
> only shows the current selected image. "Used Filters" is empty, too.
> After that I selected both versions of the image and ran "Group
> selected here". Still no change in the versioning sidebar.
> I wonder if this is the expected behavior or what I'm doing wrong.
>
> Another thing I'm wondering is the shown image of grouped images. It
> seems to depend on where one runs "Group selected here". Shouldn't
> this depend on "Always show original images"? Or what is that setting
> for?
>
> I hope someone can help me to get used to digiKam versioning.
>
> Best regards,
> Andreas
>
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