Photos duplicates in iPhoto

Hi everyone
I would like to know if the problem of duplicating photos is fixed with the most recent version of iPhoto.
Before, I remember that rotating a photo created a new photo in the folder "modified", and the original one in "originals".
That's a good thing to save originals, but when the photo is just rotated, it becomes useless.
I'd like to have more information about this feature of iPhoto
Thanks for your answers.

Nope
A modified photo is not a duplicate but but a different version. Rotating is a modification
If you do not want not non destructive editing and the ability to revert to the original then do not use iPhoto. This is the way it works.
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