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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Most likely they will remain separate for re-usability purposes.  We
have users thate create modular schematics using sub-sheets that can be
used in multiple projects so embedding them would require an export tool.

On 3/29/2018 12:46 AM, Russell Oliver wrote:
> Will the new schematic file format embed subsheets? Or keep them in
> separate files on disk? 
> 
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:44 Andy Peters, <devel@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:devel@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On Mar 28, 2018, at 7:34 PM, Seth Hillbrand
>     <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>>     ​Hi All-
>>
>>     I'm working on a bug in renaming sub-sheets.  In testing the fix,
>>     I've run up against a set of conflicting paradigms for how
>>     subsheets are handled.  I'd like some feedback on how we expect to
>>     handle the subsheets.
>>
>>     Either: 
>>     1) we treat them as actual objects such that renaming the sheet's
>>     filename renames the file on the computer but keeps the contents
>>     unchanged​ or
>>     ​2) we treat them as links to the objects and renaming the
>>     filename​ of the subsheet doesn't change the subsheet's file but
>>     instead just changes which file is referenced.
>>
>>     Right now, we do both depending on whether there is an existing
>>     file and more than one reference to the subsheet or not.  This is
>>     confusing as it is difficult to determine when an operation will
>>     result in actually overwriting an existing file and thereby losing
>>     data.
>>
>>     I'm inclined to make all actions (2).  This would allow a subsheet
>>     file to become unlinked from the project if you change the
>>     filename referencing it but would not allow overwriting subsheets
>>     on disk.
>>
>>     Does anyone feel strongly that (1) is the correct action?  
> 
>     If the project is in source-code control, then Kicad renaming a file
>     that’s under that control breaks things. 
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