> The Idea being to put all of the unlinked stuff into some trash can of sorts...
That is what we would have if we would simply just save everything, with your "trash can" just being the items that have zero users. Then you can choose, at any time, to remove those items. These two approaches to data - only save things that are in use except for items the user has explicitly marked, versus saving all user data and allowing them to delete what they want - are not symmetrical. The former creates an emergency at the point of exit that we will not be able to fix with warnings. The latter removes that emergency and allows the user to deal with it at leisure. I have heard the argument that "OMG, this will make our files bloat". But you can turn such a "bloated file" into one without saved orphans with the currently existing "purge orphans" operator. You can run this all the time, make it an option to run on save, or never run it. But it leaves this to you to deal with when you want, not done *for *you. With the thought of (slowly) moving toward saving orphan data, the following experimental patch replaces the current File / Clean Up menu of items with a single "Clean Up" dialog that can be used remove orphans, set all orphans to fake user, or to bring up a window with Outliner set to "Orphan Data" mode so you can manage them granularly. https://developer.blender.org/D14030 Harley _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
