* dt-l...@stefan-klinger.de <dt-l...@stefan-klinger.de> [04-28-19 09:50]: > Andreas Schneider (2019-Apr-28, excerpt): > > Also you should create a git repo in your pictures directory and > > check all XMP files into git! So in cases something goes wrong you > > can go back! > > I have stopped doing this. The reason I've started using git for XMPs > was that DT always writes the XMP files,
there is an option to not write xmp files all the time: options -> core options -> xmp -> write sidecar file for each image > while all other software requires the user to conciously save a file or > document to make changes permanent. It turned out that DT quite > frequently took the liberty of changing XMPs without me editing > something, so git listed a *lot* of unstaged changes. I assume it was > due to visiting files last visited with older versions of DT. So I was > faced to isolate my edits from the updates by darktable, which turned > out to be an impractical mess. Realizing that, I've stopped using git > for this purpose. > > DT's approach to always write to XMPs is something I'm still not > comfortable with, especially since an edit is just an unconcious touch > of the scrollwheel away. But I've given up throwing excessive > complexity (git) at this design choice, and I just hope for the > best... > > I'll do a backup of all XMPs before upgrading darktable. > > > -- > http://stefan-klinger.de o/X > I prefer receiving plain text messages, not exceeding 32kB. /\/ > \ > ___________________________________________________________________________ > darktable developer mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org