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The option saves the layer selected in the dropdown box into a new location (called a superseded folder by the tool) and keeps the current layer open in QGIS. This option allows users to use a centralised database without having to increment the entire database each time. The user saves the superseded layer in a new location for posterity and continues to work the layer in the centralised database. The user is given the option to let the tool automatically supersede the layer or customise the supersede location. The automatic option will save the layer into a folder called 'ss' in the same location as the GPKG (each layer will be given a new GPKG with the same name as the layer).<br>
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If the user has the '''File Management''' plugin installed, an option to increment the active layer is also available. This simply renames the layer inside the GPKG (no copying is done in this step) and allows the usual workflow of incrementing names to be used with this approach. The File Management plugin is required as this plugin has solved the problem of renaming a layer that is
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