Move "referenced" in photos.app photos

I work with pictures (photos.app) in El Capitan.

I have a library of "referenced files" - files that are visible in the Photos, but still living in regular folders on my drive (they are not moved to the photo library).

I want to some of them move to another folder, but if I do, I fear that photos.app will lose track of them. I can re - import, but it looks like I'm losing a lot - for example, some are in albums, some have unsaved edits, etc.

Is there a way to move files without breaking the photos?

Nope - Here on several reasons that referenced libraries are strongly discouraged in Photo (or iPhoto) - Photos doesn't have the right tools to manage referenced libraries

LN

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