WSL Script to Merge Google Takeout Photos from multiple zips. Excludes the .json files.

takeout-merge.sh

# Run in the folder with all your extracted zips
# IMPORTANT: Edit this using LF end of line sequence in Visual Studio Code
# To make it executable; chmod +x takeout-merge.sh
# To run; ./takeout-merge.sh

# Set destination folder
destDir="./takeout-merge"
mkdir $destDir

# Merge all folders
for d in ./*
do
	if [ -d "$d" ]; then
		echo "Processing $d"
		if [ "$d" = "$destDir" ]; then
			echo "Skipping $d, it's the destination folder. "
			continue
		fi
		if [ -f $d/MergeComplete.txt ]; then
			echo "Skipping $d, already merged. "
			continue
		fi
		if [ ! -d "$d/Takeout" ]; then
			echo "Skipping $d, no Takeout folder. "
			continue
		fi
		echo "Merging $d/Takeout into $destDir ... "
		# r = recursive on folders
		# t = preserve modification times
		# X = preserved extended attributes
		# h = output numbers in a human-readable format
		# u = skip files which are newer in dest than in src
		# exclude the .json files
		rsync -rtXhu --info=progress2 --safe-links --exclude=*.json $d/Takeout $destDir
		touch "$d/MergeComplete.txt" # mark as merged
		echo "DONE merging $d/Takeout into $destDir."
	fi
done
# Reset all the completed status using;
# find . -name "MergeComplete.txt" -type f -delete