From 63527412d1b0d9ea7925982b15e4821557a9787b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melissa Linkert <melissa@glencoesoftware.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 11:30:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Operetta reader: don't add directories to the used files list

---
 .../src/loci/formats/in/OperettaReader.java        | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/formats-gpl/src/loci/formats/in/OperettaReader.java b/components/formats-gpl/src/loci/formats/in/OperettaReader.java
index 15db568d5ab..f6b89db3df4 100644
--- a/components/formats-gpl/src/loci/formats/in/OperettaReader.java
+++ b/components/formats-gpl/src/loci/formats/in/OperettaReader.java
@@ -350,10 +350,16 @@ protected void initFile(String id) throws FormatException, IOException {
           LOGGER.trace("Found folder {}", folder);
           if (!checkSuffix(folder, "tiff"))
           {
-            String metadataFile = new Location(path, folder).getAbsolutePath();
-            if (!metadataFile.equals(currentFile.getAbsolutePath())) {
-              metadataFiles.add(metadataFile);
-              LOGGER.trace("Adding metadata file {}", metadataFile);
+            Location metadataLocation = new Location(path, folder);
+            if (!metadataLocation.isDirectory()) {
+              String metadataFile = metadataLocation.getAbsolutePath();
+              if (!metadataFile.equals(currentFile.getAbsolutePath())) {
+                metadataFiles.add(metadataFile);
+                LOGGER.trace("Adding metadata file {}", metadataFile);
+              }
+            }
+            else {
+              LOGGER.debug("Skipping metadata folder {}", metadataLocation);
             }
           }
         }