From 916a4d51a166c970ad46a00a6922dcf0ffb1eafc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Young <jeff@rokeby.ie>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:50:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use REF** for all harvested footprints.

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/4518
---
 pcbnew/footprint_libraries_utils.cpp | 18 +-----------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pcbnew/footprint_libraries_utils.cpp b/pcbnew/footprint_libraries_utils.cpp
index c1b5d4308d..0f15c98a76 100644
--- a/pcbnew/footprint_libraries_utils.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/footprint_libraries_utils.cpp
@@ -623,23 +623,7 @@ void PCB_EDIT_FRAME::HarvestFootprintsToLibrary( bool aStoreInNewLib, const wxSt
     auto resetReference =
             []( MODULE* aFootprint )
             {
-                wxString reference;
-
-                if( aFootprint->GetAttributes() & MOD_SMD )
-                {
-                    reference = "REF**";
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    reference = aFootprint->GetReference();
-
-                    while( reference.Last() == '*' || wxIsdigit( reference.Last() ) )
-                        reference.RemoveLast();
-
-                    reference += wxT( "**" );
-                }
-
-                aFootprint->SetReference( reference );
+                aFootprint->SetReference( "REF**" );
             };
 
     if( !aStoreInNewLib )