Command "Combine" breaks links to Clones

[woja]

system:
win2k sp4
Inkscape ver.:
Inkscape21460-0906020109.7z , 1.06.2009

if you have a path with a linked clone and you try to incorporate another path into it by using command [Path->Combine(ctrl+k)] you will:
a)make a succesfull "combine” operation, but Inkscape will not propagate the change to the linked copys/clones
b)the clone itself is unlinked and is editable now.

[Pablo Trabajos (pajarico)]

I would say that's expected behaviour. However, there is an easy workaround that also works when you want to add objects to a parent. 1-Take the first path and group it alone
2-Make a clone of the group
3-Whenever you want to edit the parent of the clones, get inside the group and use the Combine command as you did. You'll see that the clones get updated.

Regards.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

The result actually depends on the stack order of the objects to be combined: if the path which has a linked clone is stacked higher than the other object(s) it is combined with, the link of the clone is preserved (because the combined path keeps the ID of the top-most path in the selection which is combined).

[su_v (suv-lp)]

If the objects to be combined don't overlap, the result of the 'Combine' operation is difficult to predict - possibly, the ID used for the combined object could depend on selection order (first selected object)?