Non-English folder name workaround

[LisaWeijers]

Hey people!

Perhaps, another non-english-native is struggling with this problem, and will be a little faster than me with finding a workaround. The problem is as follows: the script (as of version 3.4.3) has a hardcoded parser for folders with the name "Photos from " (actually only 18, 19 and 20**). It took me a few days to realize this was the problem why this script didn't run for me. It doesn't give a very clear error, it merely says that the takeout folder could not be found and that you should check and retry. It doesn't tell you "I was looking for a folder that was names "Photos from ****" but couldn't find it -- but that is what happened to me specifically.

I used the following workaround: I forked this project, and made a single change to folder_classify.dart. Line 9 holds the regex that looks for "Photos from", which I changed into "Foto_s van" (this was how my "year" folders were named). That's the only necessary code change. I had to install the dart-skd to run the script now, and that's basically it. Use command prompt, change directory to the project folder, and "dart run" it!

In hindsight, it might have been a little easier to just rename my folders into "Photos from" format, but as soon as I realized what the problem was it was fixed in no time.

So, perhaps another non-english person can be helped with the information in this post. Good luck!