[Digikam-users] clear deprecated file entries from database

[Sebastian Straub]

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Hi there,

I'm quite new to digiKam, but this one is bugging me and I couldn't
find an answer in the archives...

Sometimes I have to make changes to files that are indexed by digiKam,
using a regular file browser. On next start, digiKam recognizes these
changes, scans new folders and removes nonexisting images and folders
from the album view.

But it seems like the actual database entries are not touched in this
process. When there were face tags attached to the deleted images,
they are still visible in the people-browser, including all their
metadata, but with an empty thumbnail, linking to a blank picture.
Even worse, the deleted images break the tag browser (at least in the
Tumbnail-View), as some of the deleted images do disappear, but they
still leave some blank space. There are more images after that (I can
see the title of the next album), but I can't scroll down (there is no
scrollbar).

So, is there a way to remove deprecated entries from the database,
sync the database entries with the file system? I expected to find a
function like that under tools -> maintenance, but "scan for new
items" or "sync metadata and database" didn't change the situation.

I really don't want to rebuild the entire database each time I change
something from outside digiKam; some help would be greatly appreciated!

best regards
Sebastian
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