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This plugin seem really useful specially for mass metadata downloads. But I think the name doesn't describe what it does as well as it should. You should name it something like undo metadata or Log for metadata undo.
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Sounds like a good suggestion.
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AL does not "undo" all of the metadata that it logs. Example: Authors. Calibre itself must be used to change Authors back to what they used to be.
99% of AL's value comes from creating an audit-trail (log) of all metadata that has changed, its previous values, and when it was changed. The "undo" function is just a lagniappe that I threw in for good measure in Version 1.0.3.
Without this audit-trail, changing any metadata back to what it was would be impossible, even manually.
With the audit-trail, it is reasonably easy to change it back manually even if the "undo" feature does not exist (such as for Authors). By simply copying and pasting from the Log into the appropriate Calibre Edit Metadata columns, manual changes could easily be made.
I won't narrow or minimize its characterization by renaming it "
undo metadata" or "Log for metadata undo".
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DaltonST