import button does nothing

[anarcat]

I tried to import pictures from ~/Photos/2021 in my home directory, and the "import" button did nothing whatsoever. Maybe it's because the files are symlinked (managed by git-annex) or under some sub-sub directory? directory structure is like ~/Photos/YYYY/MM/DD/NAME/...

installed through flathub.

thanks!

[CarVac]

It currently doesn't follow symlinks.

I was afraid of infinite recursion when I wrote the import routine, but I guess I should work on something more robust that will follow them but track if it has followed that symlink before.

[anarcat]

On 2021-04-04 12:09:45, CarVac wrote: It currently doesn't follow symlinks. I was afraid of infinite recursion when I wrote the import routine, but I guess I should work on something more robust that will follow them but track if it has followed that symlink before.

I would argue that people who create infinite recursions get what they desserve. Maybe an option flag?

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[CarVac]

Maybe I'll just set a recursion depth limit of something reasonable, like 20. Would that be enough for your use case? Are all subdirectories in git-annex symbolic links?

[anarcat]

On 2021-04-05 15:25:34, CarVac wrote: Maybe I'll just set a recursion depth limit of something reasonable, like 20. Would that be enough for your use case? Are all subdirectories in git-annex symbolic links?

Only the files are symlinks, not directories.

[CarVac]

Ah, this will take another round of tweaking then (I made it follow folder symlinks to a limited recursion depth).

[anarcat]

On 2021-04-06 06:08:50, CarVac wrote: Ah, this will take another round of tweaking then (I made it follow folder symlinks to a limited recursion depth).

I would really not worry about following symlinks at all, personnally. Just follow them: if it breaks, it's garbage in, garbage out.

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[CarVac]

Could you test the v0.11.2rc1 AppImage from here?

https://discuss.pixls.us/t/filmulator-nightly-builds-now-for-windows-and-linux/12838

Also, I believe it should have worked already if you imported individual files instead of a whole directory.

[anarcat]

Could you test the v0.11.2rc1 AppImage from here?

i'm a little hesitant in running arbitrary code without a sandbox from the web... it's why i like using the flathub thing. ;) could the RCs be pushed to flathub as well?

[CarVac]

You can firejail appimages if you want.