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Duplicates from App Backup and External Library #1457

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opened 2026-02-05 01:54:04 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 2 comments
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 01:54:04 +03:00
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Originally created by @lyhnet on GitHub (Oct 15, 2023).

I have a Docker setup with a volume added in the config to access my old photo archive .

    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /home/lyhnet/oldphotos:/mnt/media/oldphotos:ro
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:

The photos in the path are loaded by Immick, Good!

I used to sync my Android phone to oldphotos using Synology Photos.

My Android still has many of the photos in oldphotos.

Now when I Backup my Android phone with Immich, Immich does not detect duplicates against the External Library.

I know I could add upload oldphotos to Immich and that should resolve the issue. However Immich being beta software I would like to keep my oldphotos read-only and static to protect that.

Is it a bug? If not, is it planned to make this check perhaps optionally.

@alextran1502 in below Issue you mentioned that it was the use of External Library that was wrong. Immich being beta makes me worried to import all of my existing photos. And to maintain two separate photo sets seems like a bad idea. Isn't it possible to add the duplication step to include the External Library?

Originally posted by @toxic0berliner in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/4413#issuecomment-1756019392

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Originally posted by @agross in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/discussions/1968#discussioncomment-7248787

Originally created by @lyhnet on GitHub (Oct 15, 2023). I have a Docker setup with a volume added in the config to access my old photo archive . ``` volumes: - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload - /home/lyhnet/oldphotos:/mnt/media/oldphotos:ro - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro env_file: ```` The photos in the path are loaded by Immick, Good! I used to sync my Android phone to `oldphotos` using Synology Photos. My Android still has many of the photos in `oldphotos`. Now when I Backup my Android phone with Immich, Immich does not detect duplicates against the External Library. I know I could add upload `oldphotos` to Immich and that should resolve the issue. However Immich being beta software I would like to keep my `oldphotos` read-only and static to protect that. Is it a bug? If not, is it planned to make this check perhaps optionally. @alextran1502 in below Issue you mentioned that it was the use of External Library that was wrong. Immich being beta makes me worried to import all of my existing photos. And to maintain two separate photo sets seems like a bad idea. Isn't it possible to add the duplication step to include the External Library? _Originally posted by @toxic0berliner in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/4413#issuecomment-1756019392_ and _Originally posted by @agross in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/discussions/1968#discussioncomment-7248787_
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 01:54:09 +03:00
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@skrobul commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023):

I have run into the same problem - thought it might be possible to exclude particular folders in the oldphotos folder in Scan settings but that does not seem to have any effect for external libraries

@skrobul commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023): I have run into the same problem - thought it might be possible to exclude particular folders in the `oldphotos` folder in Scan settings but that does not seem to have any effect for external libraries
OVERLORD commented 2026-02-05 01:54:13 +03:00
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@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023):

This is the current "working as intended"

@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023): This is the current "working as intended"
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