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zmarvel/photomine: photomine.go; 75 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [zmarvel/photomine](https://www.github.com/zmarvel/photomine) at [photomine.go](https://github.com/zmarvel/photomine/blob/a149cb41b9ec8995037d7fd7a07849ff5d55f586/photomine.go#L191-L265)

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> range-loop variable album used in defer or goroutine at line 234

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/zmarvel/photomine/blob/a149cb41b9ec8995037d7fd7a07849ff5d55f586/photomine.go#L191-L265)

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```go
for _, album := range index.Albums {
// log.Printf("Album path %s", album.Path)
albumOutputPath := path.Join(outputPath, album.Path)

// Copy the images into the output directory
// TODO maybe allow filtering by filename
inputDir := path.Join(albumsPath, album.Path)
if err = copyDir(inputDir, albumOutputPath); err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to copy images: %v", err)
}

albumDir, err := os.Open(albumOutputPath)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to open album dir %s: %v", albumOutputPath, err)
}
defer albumDir.Close()

photoPaths, err := albumDir.Readdirnames(0)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to read album dir %s: %v", albumOutputPath, err)
}

// Create thumbnails directory
thumbDir := "thumb"
err = os.Mkdir(path.Join(albumOutputPath, thumbDir), 0755)
for _, photoPath := range photoPaths {
if config.hasValidExt(photoPath) {
thumbPath := path.Join(thumbDir, photoPath)
var photo photo
photo.Description = photoPath
photo.Path = photoPath
photo.Thumbnail = thumbPath
parts := strings.Split(photo.Path, ".")
photo.Page = strings.Join(parts[0:len(parts)-1], ".") + ".html"
album.Photos = append(album.Photos, photo)
}
}
sort.Slice(album.Photos, func(i, j int) bool {
return album.Photos[i].Path < album.Photos[j].Path
})
thumbWaitGroup.Add(1)
go func() {
defer thumbWaitGroup.Done()
album.createThumbs(albumOutputPath, thumbDims)
}()

// Build links between photos for next/previous links, and render photo page
for i, photo := range album.Photos {
if i > 0 {
photo.Prev = album.Photos[i-1].Page
}
if i < len(album.Photos)-1 {
photo.Next = album.Photos[i+1].Page
}

photoHTML, err := os.Create(path.Join(albumOutputPath, photo.Page))
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to create photo page %s: %v", photo.Page, err)
}

err = photoTemplate.Execute(photoHTML, photo)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to execute photo template: %v", err)
}
}

albumIndexPath := path.Join(albumOutputPath, "index.html")
albumIndex, err := os.Create(albumIndexPath)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to create album index %s: %v", albumIndexPath, err)
}
defer albumIndex.Close()

albumTemplate.Execute(albumIndex, album)
}

```

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