From dda6264669bb518b077fffc5b423b2d4219d4646 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:37:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment --- ..._4dc4f1ea91c72418843a682fab1854d2._comment | 28 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/using_git-annex_with_lightroom/comment_2_4dc4f1ea91c72418843a682fab1854d2._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/using_git-annex_with_lightroom/comment_2_4dc4f1ea91c72418843a682fab1854d2._comment b/doc/forum/using_git-annex_with_lightroom/comment_2_4dc4f1ea91c72418843a682fab1854d2._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d0626d4c72 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/using_git-annex_with_lightroom/comment_2_4dc4f1ea91c72418843a682fab1854d2._comment @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Jan" + subject="comment 2" + date="2015-01-10T10:37:11Z" + content=""" +I had the same problem an got Lightroom to work nicely with the following configuration. + +Place catalog and photo data in the same directory tree, for example: + + + /Lightroom/2015/2015-01-10/IMG_4432.JPG + /Lightroom/2015/2015-01-10/IMG_4433.JPG + ... + /Lightroom/Catalog/Lightroom 5 Catalog.lrcat + /Lightroom/Catalog/Lightroom 5 Catalog Previews.lrdata + /Lightroom/Catalog/Backups + + +Now the image data and Lightroom metadata (= catalog) can be archived at the same time. In order to prevent temporary files and previews to get annexed use the following `.gitignore`: + + + */*.lrdata + Temporary Folder*/ + */Temporary Import Data*/ + *.lock + +The downside is that previews will have to get regenerated on other machines which pull this data, but I don't use it to share my Lightroom config across computers but as an archival tool. +"""]]