Shot matcher with multiple video tracks and clips bug

Hello again,
Very problematic bug : at least in direct link mode, when using shot matcher, if the shot to be matched is on top of other clips below, then it produces odd results. In a word, it doesn't work.
Can't think of a workaround or another workflow right now, so, again, very problematic.
Fred

As I'm producing a music documentary, it's often handy not to erase a clip beneath another one when there is a temporal continuity and the clip above only is there for a temporary angle change.
Thank you very much for this idea anyway.

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