Hello, We do have a ticket to log all duplicate files Shotwell locates during import: http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2593 This would also log files Shotwell couldn't import for other reasons (bad file format, etc.)
As far as trusting Shotwell's assessment that they are duplicates, there is one outstanding bug you should be aware of: http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2587 In an attempt to speedily detect duplicates, Shotwell will do a comparison of a file's embedded thumbnail. This is problematic for a lot of reasons. Once this bug is fixed, Shotwell will use (exclusively) a full MD5 hash of the file to perform duplicate checking, which is a pretty darn accurate way to find duplicates. -- Jim On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:07 PM, naren8642 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok first of all, I just started using Shotwell and I love it so far. I had > lots (15k+) photos in my Pictures folder and after the import I really > enjoy > browsing all my photos in Shotwell. > > During the import, I got the message that about 2000 photos were not > imported because they were duplicates. I really want to clean up my > Pictures. Is there a way for me to delete these. Can I get a list of these > from Shotwell? I suppose if I had had my photos outside the Pictures > folder, > I could have had Shotwell copy the files to the library and that would have > filtered the duplicates. As a workaround I could do that... > > Secondly, can I trust Shotwell's assessment of photos being exact > duplicates. If I (permanently) get rid of the photos that are filtered as > duplicates, will end up losing a bunch of my wedding photos? <grin> > > Thanks! > > Naren > > -- > View this message in context: > http://shotwell.3510.www.nabble.com/Getting-rid-of-duplicates-tp26155p26155.html > Sent from the Shotwell mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
