fix(photos): chunk exiftool calls to prevent timeout on large imports#46
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Exiftool was invoked once with all file paths as CLI arguments. On batches with large files (PSD, TIF), this exceeded the timeout and could hit OS argument length limits. - Process 200 files per chunk with paths piped via stdin (-@ -) - Use -fast flag to skip full file reads (metadata headers only) - Gracefully fall back to filename patterns on timeout
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-@ -) instead of CLI arguments to avoid OS arg-length limits-fastflag so exiftool only reads metadata headers, not full filesFixes
Command timed outerror during--album-per-yearimports with large PSD/TIF files.