Forgive my ignorance, n00b here. Is there a plugin/mod/standard feature I'm missing, etc. that would work almost like a repository, meaning that any picture I add into a certain directory on my hard drive, when "committed" would automatically be uploaded into my coppermine gallery? Maybe even taking the description and/or tags from the file name/directory name?
Thanks.
No, such a feature doesn't exist. You'd have to add a cron job or scheduled task that automatically triggers a batch-add like script. Possible if you code it. Doesn't exist yet.