Add pseudonymization of groups

[janbnz]

Closes #14117

Added support for pseudonymized groups by recursively anonymizing all group names in the group tree. The implementation assigns groups-<id> identifiers and integrates the original names into the value-mapping output. This closes the gap where only entries where pseudonymized but groups where not.

Currently, only the group names themselves are pseudonymized (groups-1, groups-2, etc.), but the filters inside the groups (e.g., readstatus = read) are not updated to match the pseudonymized field values (readstatus-1, readstatus-2).

• Should we also pseudonymize the filter values so that the GUI group counts remain correct after pseudonymization?
• Or is it acceptable for the pseudonymized .bib to break GUI filters and counts, given that the main goal is anonymization?

Feedback is welcome.

Steps to test

1. Use JabKit CLI to pseudonymize library (like here #13158)
2. Open the generated pseudonymized .bib file and check that all groups now have names like groups-1, groups-2, etc.
3. Verify that the CSV mapping contains the original group names corresponding to the new pseudonymized identifiers.

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[koppor]

Currently, only the group names themselves are pseudonymized (groups-1, groups-2, etc.), but the filters inside the groups (e.g., readstatus = read) are not updated to match the pseudonymized field values (readstatus-1, readstatus-2).

You are on the right track. But the details seem to be wrong. readstatus is a special field and not a group.

Entries take their groups in the groups field. In case the group before was abc and now group-1, it should be changed in the entry, too. Please also add a test.

I am talking about "Explicit selection" here. There are other types of groups, but I think, they do not need to be tackled here as the pseudonymization is affecting other areas (e.g., "renaming" of keywords of an entry)

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[janbnz]

Entries take their groups in the groups field. In case the group before was abc and now group-1, it should be changed in the entry, too. Please also add a test.

Thanks for the feedback. I’m a bit unsure what I do have to change now. In my current code, that should already be the case, or am I missing something important here?