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+--[[
+   copyright (c) 2014 Christian Kanzian
+   LICENSE GPLv2
+  ]]
+
+--[[
+(MULTI-)COPY ATTACH DETACH TAG 
+A simple script that will create three shortcuts to copy, attach and detach image tags.
+
+INSTALATION
+* copy this file in $CONFIGDIR/lua/ where CONFIGDIR is your darktable configuration directory
+* add the following line in the file $CONFIGDIR/luarc require "copy_attach_detach_tags.lua"
+
+USAGE
+* set the shortcuts for copy, attach and detach in the preferences dialog
+* <your shortcut1> copy will create a list of tags from all selected images
+* <your shortcut2> attaches copied tags to selected images, whereby
+  darktable internal tags starting with 'darktable|' will not be touched
+* <your shortcut3> detach removes all expect darktable internal tags from selected images
+
+]]
+
+local dt = require "darktable"
+dt.configuration.check_version(...,{2,0,0})
+
+local image_tags = {}
+
+local function mcopy_tags()
+local sel_images = dt.gui.selection()
+local tag_list_tmp = {}
+local hash = {}
+
+  for _,image in ipairs(sel_images) do
+      local image_tags_tmp = {}
+      image_tags_tmp = dt.tags.get_tags(image)
+
+      -- cumulate all tags from all selected images
+      for _,v in pairs(image_tags_tmp) do
+          table.insert(tag_list_tmp,v) end
+      end
+
+      --remove duplicate and 'darktable|' tags create final image_tags
+      for _,k in ipairs(tag_list_tmp) do
+        
+         if not string.match(tostring(k), 'darktable|') then
+           if not hash[k] then
+             image_tags[#image_tags+1] = k
+             hash[k] = true
+           end
+         end
+      end
+
+     -- dt.print("Tags copied.")
+    return(image_tags)
+  end
+   
+-- attach copied tags to all selected images
+local function attach_tags()
+  
+  if next(image_tags) == nil then
+    dt.print("No tags copied, please copy tags first.")
+  end
+  
+  local sel_images = dt.gui.selection()
+
+  for _,image in ipairs(sel_images) do
+    local present_image_tags = {}
+    present_image_tags = dt.tags.get_tags(image)
+    
+    for _,ct in ipairs(image_tags) do
+      -- check if image has tags and attach
+      if next(present_image_tags) == nil then
+        dt.tags.attach(ct,image)
+      else
+        for _,pt in ipairs(present_image_tags) do
+          -- attach tag only if not already attached
+          if pt ~= ct then
+             dt.tags.attach(ct,image)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+
+
+
+local function detach_tags()
+  local sel_images = dt.gui.selection()
+
+   for _,image in ipairs(sel_images) do
+      local present_image_tags = {}
+      present_image_tags = dt.tags.get_tags(image)
+   
+      for _,present_tag in ipairs(present_image_tags) do
+        if not string.match(tostring(present_tag), 'darktable|')  then
+          dt.tags.detach(present_tag,image)
+        end
+      end
+   end
+ end
+
+-- shortcut for copy
+dt.register_event("shortcut",
+                   mcopy_tags,
+                   "copy tags from selected image(s)")
+
+-- shortcut for attach
+dt.register_event("shortcut",
+                   attach_tags,
+                   "attach tags to selected image(s)")
+
+-- shortcut for detaching tags
+dt.register_event("shortcut",
+                   detach_tags,
+                   "detach tags to selected image(s)")
+
+
+-- vim: shiftwidth=2 expandtab tabstop=2 cindent syntax=lua
+-- kate: tab-indents: off; indent-width 2; replace-tabs on; remove-trailing-space on;
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