https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430975
Bug ID: 430975
Summary: [feature] add basic deduplication like dupeguru
Product: digikam
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: All
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Searches-Similarity
Assignee: digikam-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: stievenard.da...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I often end up with a lot of duplicates :
- I have to do "manual" dumps of photos from several iphones/android devices on
several laptops when I can and I copy all of that on a NAS
- I reduced the problem on android with 'syncthing' but chat apps like wechat,
whatsapp... naturally create duplicates (and some of them wipe any metadata in
the process...)
- I never remember from which date I should start from, so, as a conservative
approach, I always target those dumps too large in time
- I'm definitively not alone having this problem, I can't count how many times
I recommended dupeguru to people that have the exact same problem and are now
solving it with success on windows.
For now I solve this problem with dupeguru that has a simple feature : setup a
master directory (i.e. my main "to_sort" directory) and search and delete for
full duplicates in other (configurable) directories. It doesn't show me
anything, it just delete duplicates in those other directories so I can move
all the remaining pictures in the main "to_sort" directory and start my
sorting out workflow.
https://dupeguru.voltaicideas.net/
https://github.com/arsenetar/dupeguru
Why I thing this feature should be in Digikam ?
- as Ubuntu package must follow each versions of the OS the maintainer of
dupeguru can not keep up with it : it was not easy to install it on 19.10 and
now I can't get it to work on 20.04 : one can say that I should come back on
windows to avoid that but I rather not leave my dear Kubuntu and all the
wonders I discovered there.
- I prefer using one software to handle all picture management needs, and
Digikam is THE one that control them all and it's just wonderfull.
- The actual deduplicate function in Digikam is more sofisticated and not
matching my need. It seems to be designed to go through your 'final' collection
and find photos that are similar or quite similar and propose you to choose.
What I need is something to help me erase thousands of duplicates before I
gather all of them in my main directory, rename by date and start my
classification workflow.
Don't hesitate to contact me if you need any additionnal explanations,
screeshots, videos !!!
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