Plugin modifies attributes of the photo that the user would have wanted to keep

[jayliu50]

Can this plugin NOT modify the flag status, the labels, etc., of the photo that the user would want to keep?

For example, let's say there is image.jpg and image-2.jpg, and image-2.jpg is the duplicate that needs to be removed. image.jpg is the copy the user wants to keep.

The plugin adds the label to BOTH .jpg files as "duplicate". It also sets the flag=unflagged, which is annoying for any photos that the user has already marked as flag=picked (because now the user's setting is erased). These (and potentially more) metadata changes are potentially unwanted for the user, because they modify the copy that the user would want to keep.

Ideally, the plugin should just leave the good copy alone, and do NOTHING with them. It needs to respect the metadata changes that the user has already performed.

These unwanted changes costs the user time at best, and results in photos that miss out on being exported or backed up in the worst case.