feat(photos): bulk import and album management CLI#44
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Bulk operations on Immich albums from the command line. Supports archive/unarchive with pattern filtering (glob or alias like 'whatsapp'), copy/clear/move between albums with chunked batching, and album-scoped archive via --from. Uses persistent HTTP connections to avoid TCP connection floods.
Add admin guide sections for bulk import (--source, --proceed, --force, --album) and album management (archive, copy, clear, move). Includes WhatsApp cleanup workflow and XNU TCP timestamp overflow runbook.
Scan a mounted source (NAS, external drive, local folder), build a manifest, and upload to Immich in controllable batches. Two-layer deduplication via local SHA-256 ledger and Immich server-side check. Per-source cursor allows pausing, resuming, and interleaving imports.
Remove extraneous f-string prefixes, rename ambiguous variable 'l' to 'line', and drop undefined 'already_known' reference.
Extract year from EXIF DateTimeOriginal via batch exiftool, fall back to filename patterns (20180415_..., IMG-20180415-WA...). Files without a detectable year go into "Unknown Year". Creates one Immich album per year automatically during upload.
Exiftool outputs header lines (======== /path) between files. The old code zipped raw output with file paths, misaligning dates and producing a 50/50 split between detected and unknown years. Filter headers and summary lines before matching. Adds unit tests with real JPEG files containing embedded EXIF dates to catch regressions in exiftool output format.
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Summary
stack photos import): scan a mounted source, build a manifest, upload in resumable batches with two-layer dedup (local SHA-256 ledger + Immich server-side). Supports--forceto skip hash check for faster imports.stack photos album): bulk archive/unarchive, copy, clear, and move assets between albums. Pattern filtering via glob or alias (--pattern whatsapp). Album-scoped archive via--from. Chunked batching with persistent HTTP connections.