Version 4.0.6 - HEIC files + other improvements

• new #588 : add an option to the sync command to 're-sync' images that already exist.

  Since XMP sidecars are now allowed, images with the same checksum will not get
  updated metadata if the sidecar changes but the checksum remains the same. This
  adds an optional flag to the lychee:sync command that forces existing images
  with no change in checksum to get updated metadata from XMP files (if they exist).
  It only updates the image if the metadata read in differs from the metadata that
  the image aleady has.

• new #599 : Added method to get the full path of albums.

  Specifically in the sharing screen, when albums are sometimes named the same
  (if they are organized by Year and Month), then it is impossible to tell which
  album you are actually sharing. This adds the ability to get the album's
  "full path" and sends it down for the sharing settings.

• fixes #596 : Failing xmp file read results in fallback to native exif extraction.

  If the EXIF succeeds but sidecar fails, it reverts falls into the catch.

• new #574 : Support of HEIC files and subsequently convert raw files (e.g. .NEF) into jpeg.

  if a raw file is imported such as .nef, php-imagick will try to generate a thumbnail jpeg for it.
  Note that the extension still needs to be added in your advanced settings.

  Important: Lychee was never meant to convert RAW files such as .nef, .cr2 .arw etc.
  If you shoot RAW, it is to be able to change exposure, dodge&burn, crop etc. later in
  a proper image processing software such as Lightroom, > Photoshop, Capture One, Luminar, Darktable …
  otherwise you better shoot JPEG. Lychee does not intend to provide those functionality.

• new #594 : Add debug bar for dev install.

  It is disabled by default, even in debug mode. To enable it, set DEBUGBAR_ENABLED to true in your .env file.

• new #579 : Ghostbuster command to clean up dead symlinks.

  The ghostbuster command also parses the database and see if some symlinks are dead.
  It will delete the photo from the database in such case.
  As this behaviour can modify the database, we disable it by default.

• new #577 : Parse additional xmp sidecars files to update metadata.

  This reads in XMP sidecar files (if they exist).
  Thankfully, exiftool supports reading in sidecars, so we can use the same
  technique we're using to read the files. We merge both file and sidecar metadata,
  taking priority based on user settings (default to prefer image metadata)

• fixes #581 : Undefined property errors when migrating from 3.1.6.

  The missing license, lens are now taken care off.

• fixes #565 : No Dropbox Import with Lychee 4.0.0.

  The CSP was a bit too tight, preventing the execution of the script from dropbox.

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Packaged version of Lychee including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

1. extract the zip file.
2. create your database and user manually

Then you have two possibilities:

• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .

or

• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data . and acces from your browser the Lychee installation and follow the installation steps

See change log: https://lycheeorg.github.io/docs/releases.html
See how to update: https://lycheeorg.github.io/docs/update.html
See how to upgrade from version 3: https://lycheeorg.github.io/docs/upgrade.html

Version 4.0.5 - RSS !

This is a very minor update version and mostly contains bug fixes and adds fail safe to help user install Lychee.

• new #551
• fixes #557
• fixes #550
• fixes #460

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Packaged version of Lychee including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

1. extract the zip file.
2. create your database and user manually

Then you have two possibilities:

• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .

or

• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data . and acces from your browser the Lychee installation and follow the installation steps

See change log: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Changelog
See how to upgrade from version 3: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Upgrade-from-version-3

Version 4.0.4 - More idiot proof. :)

This is a very minor update version and mostly contains bug fixes and adds fail safe to help user install Lychee.

• new Better support for SQLite
• fixes #539
• fixes #533
• fixes #529
• fixes #525

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Packaged version of Lychee including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

1. extract the zip file.
2. create your database and user manually

Then you have two possibilities:

• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .

or

• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data . and acces from your browser the Lychee installation and follow the installation steps

See change log: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Changelog
See how to upgrade from version 3: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Upgrade-from-version-3

Version 4.0.3 - Improved Diagnostics

• fixes #498
• fixes #508
• fixes #510

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Packaged version of Lychee including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

1. extract the zip file.
2. create your database and user manually

Then you have two possibilities:

• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .

or

• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data . and acces from your browser the Lychee installation and follow the installation steps

See change log: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Changelog
See how to upgrade from version 3: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Upgrade-from-version-3

Minor update over V4.0.1

• fixes #488
• fixes #485
• fixes #487 (at least parts, maybe completely?)

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Packaged version of Lychee including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

• extract the zip file.
• create your database and user manually
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .

From that point you can access from your browser the Lychee installation and follow the installation steps or you can do the steps:

• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data *

See change log: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Changelog
See how to upgrade from version 3: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Upgrade-from-version-3

Minor update over V4.0.0

• fixes #481

  Decrease the size of the released archive by 82%.

• fixes missing download button when album is downloadable, does not have pictures but subalbums

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Packaged version of Lychee including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

• extract the zip file.
• create your database and user manually
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data *

From that point you can access from your browser the Lychee installation and follow the installation steps or you can do the steps:

• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data *

See change log: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Changelog
See how to upgrade from version 3: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Upgrade-from-version-3

Version 4 is here !

Packaged version of Lychee including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

• extract the zip file.
• create your database and user manually
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data *

From that point you can access from your browser the Lychee installation and follow the installation steps or you can do the steps:

• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data *

See change log: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Changelog
See how to upgrade from version 3: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/wiki/Upgrade-from-version-3

Version 4 - Beta 2

Disclaimer: Use at your own risk, do not forget to back up your data.

Packaged version of Lychee-laravel including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

• extract the zip file.
• create your database and user manually
• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data *

Version 4 - Beta 1

Disclaimer: Use at your own risk, do not forget to back up your data.

Packaged version of Lychee-laravel including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

• extract the zip file.
• create your database and user manually
• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data *

First Alpha version of Lyche v4 is out!

Disclaimer: Use at your own risk, do not forget to back up your data.

Packaged version of Lychee-laravel including the vendor folder.
Install process is as follow:

• extract the zip file.
• create your database and user manually
• cp .env.example .env
• edit .env
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage/* app/* dist/* public/uploads