https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418225
Bug ID: 418225
Summary: Copying files within Dolphin silently loses tags,
ratings and comments
Product: dolphin
Version: 19.12.2
Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: tagwer...@innerjoin.org
CC: kfm-de...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY:
Copying a file in Dolphin from one (filesystem) folder to another
(filesystem) folder does not copy the 'xattr' tags
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Open Dolphin and right click on a file; select "Properties" and open the
"Details" tab.
2. Add a "Tag", a "Comment" and give the file a rating. Click OK to close
3. Copy the file (a drag-and-copy within Dolphin) to another folder and
check the properties of the copied file.
OBSERVED RESULT:
Attributes such as tags, rating and comment are not copied
EXPECTED RESULT:
Not sure what I should have expected :-)
It's clear that a command line 'cp' historically does not copy the xattr.
However moving a file (with mv or moving within Dolphin) keeps the details. A
drag-and-copy within dolphin from one tag folder to another _keeps_ the
existing details and adds the new tag. 'Embedded' attributes (like EXIF data)
are always copied as they are part of the file. A drag-and-copy within dolphin
however (silently) loses the xattr tags.
People's "expectations" might be different for the different sorts of
information - however if I'd added comments to a file I would 100% expect that
these are copied with the file.
DESIRED STATE
On balance; Dolphin should seek to preserve the xattr on copy (and indeed
on backup/archiving)
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS:
Dolphin 19.12.2
from Neon 5.18
KDE Plasma 5.18.2
KDE Frameworks 5.67.0
Qt 5.14.1
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