[LAU] Script to clean up Ardour unused files ?

[Paul Davis]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org>wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 08:32:39PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
>
> > loading a snapshot and then saving will alter the state of the
> > snapshot that was loaded, not the "current session" or any other
> > snapshot.
>
> That exactly is the problem. I would expect things to work as you
> decribe when a 'save as' file is reloaded, and that is also what
> happens of course. But I wouldn't expect a snapshot to be modified
> by a normal 'save' but only when the user explicitly asks for it,
> by using 'new snapshot' with the same name (which would have to be
> typed in manually). Overwriting snapshots to me feels like rewriting
> history, or bypassing a version control system.
>
> The root of the problem is that files created by 'new snapshot' and
> 'save as' are identical, and both are treated as 'session files' when
> reloaded. But the user's intention behind creating either of them
> is likely to be different. That intention is handled correctly when
> the files are created (a snapshot won't be modified by later changes),
> but not when they are reloaded.
>

the only intended difference between "save as" and "snapshot" is whether or
not ardour does subsequent saves (while in the same instance) to the *new*
session file or the current one.

both operations are intended to create snapshots and snapshots are never
read-only, except by user intent.
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