[digiKam-users] Use an existing folder as collection

[mb668]

I have exactly the same situation as @kuddels and inadvertently created
a recursive mess yesterday. :(

When importing files into digiKam that are already in a filesystem
folder (ie not on SD card or similar), does digiKam *copy* files from
<source> to <destination> or just record the location of the source
files? I am trying to understand what is actually happening during
Import so that I do not create another recursive mess.

Despite having read (and reread) the documentation, I do not fully
understand the relationship between filesystem folders, digiKam root
albums and digiKam collections. This is a major barrier for me at the
moment. I also use darktable which seems to require a different mental
model, hence my confusion.



On 13/08/18 20:18, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> No you cannot. A root album will be parsed in recursive mode.
>
> I recommend to cut your sub collections as different root albums and
> select the dir to import.
>
> Other solution : import all and re-organize all sub directories in
> digiKam.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2018-08-13 19:37 GMT+02:00 kuddels <kuddels at gmx.de
> <mailto:kuddels at gmx.de>>:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I have an huge folder containing all my pictures. This folder "My
>     pictures"
>     and its sub folders has the following structure:
>
>     My pictures
>     +-- yyyy event 1
>       +--yyyymmdd day 1
>       +--yyyymmdd day 2
>       +-- etc
>     +-- yyyy event 2
>       +--yyyymmdd day 1
>       +--yyyymmdd day 1
>       +-- etc
>     +-- etc
>
>     Now I plan to use the folder "My picures" as root collection for
>     Digikam,
>     but I only want to import a selection of the events in the folder "My
>     picures". So with respect to the example given above I want to
>     import "event
>     1" but do not want to import "event 2". But it seems to me that is not
>     possible, is it? (the exclude option is no option)
>
>     I think the only solution is: I have to set up a new folder for my
>     collection, e.g. "My pictures 2" and then import the required
>     folders. But I
>     do not want to have two root folders containing pictures, in best
>     case I do
>     not want to change my existing structure.
>
>     So, is it possible to use my folder "My pictures" but not to
>     import all the
>     sub folders?
>     What solution you would suggest?
>
>     Thanks in advance!
>     kuddels
>
>
>
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