How can I move a lot of albums to another collection?

[Anders Lund]

onsdag den 1. marts 2017 11.43.57 CET skrev jdd:
> Le 01/03/2017 à 11:22, Anders Lund a écrit :
> > onsdag den 1. marts 2017 10.56.25 CET skrev jdd:
> >> Le 01/03/2017 à 10:44, Anders Lund a écrit :
> >>> PLEASE implement in next version of digikam proper file management.
> >>> Using
> >>> file manager is not proper, as it will either discard metadata, og
> >>> require 10000s of metadata files written.
> >> 
> >> I'm not sure (not tested). I already know that one can rename files from
> >> file manager without disturbing digikam, so probably digikam manage
> >> files by UID, not file name.
> >> 
> >> so moving a file from a folder to an other may not be a problem. May be
> >> only on the same disk/partition?
> >> 
> >> pretty easy to test
> >> 
> >> jdd
> > 
> > I would loose alle metadata in the digikam database if I do that.
> 
> did you test it?

I tried this a while ago, and it did not work. Nothing indicates that that 
have changed. And in any case, it is a quite obvious feature to have.

> I can't test myself because as I keep metadata in the file it will
> obviously be also moved
> 
> jdd