diff --git a/gpx-rs/src/api/commands.rs b/gpx-rs/src/api/commands.rs
index 1b3a4f4aa..71bfd7272 100644
--- a/gpx-rs/src/api/commands.rs
+++ b/gpx-rs/src/api/commands.rs
@@ -436,13 +436,27 @@ pub fn create_artificial_timestamps(
 }
 
 /// Merges the selection into its first element. `remove_gaps` brings the parts that are connected
-/// closer in time, if they have timestamps.
-pub fn merge(engine: &mut Engine, type_: engine::MergeType, remove_gaps: bool) -> Outcome {
-    edit(engine, Command::Merge(engine::Merge { type_, remove_gaps }))
+/// closer in time, if they have timestamps. With `keep_originals`, merged files are left as they
+/// are and the result is a new file.
+pub fn merge(
+    engine: &mut Engine,
+    type_: engine::MergeType,
+    remove_gaps: bool,
+    keep_originals: bool,
+) -> Outcome {
+    edit(
+        engine,
+        Command::Merge(engine::Merge {
+            type_,
+            remove_gaps,
+            keep_originals,
+        }),
+    )
 }
 
-pub fn extract(engine: &mut Engine) -> Outcome {
-    edit(engine, Command::Extract(engine::Extract))
+/// With `keep_originals`, extracted files are left as they are and the result is new files.
+pub fn extract(engine: &mut Engine, keep_originals: bool) -> Outcome {
+    edit(engine, Command::Extract(engine::Extract { keep_originals }))
 }
 
 /// Sets the elevation of the trackpoints of the selection, one elevation per trackpoint.
@@ -562,14 +576,23 @@ pub fn change_loop_start(engine: &mut Engine, revision: u32, index: u32) -> Outc
 }
 
 /// Cuts the file, the track or the segment (see `SplitType`) of the trackpoint `at` of the
-/// selection in two, there: the trackpoint ends the first part and starts the second one.
+/// selection in two, there: the trackpoint ends the first part and starts the second one. With
+/// `keep_originals`, a file that is cut is left as it is and its two parts are new files.
 pub fn split(
     engine: &mut Engine,
     revision: u32,
     at: u32,
     split_type: engine::SplitType,
+    keep_originals: bool,
 ) -> Outcome {
     at_revision(engine, revision, |engine| {
-        edit(engine, Command::Split(engine::Split { at, split_type }))
+        edit(
+            engine,
+            Command::Split(engine::Split {
+                at,
+                split_type,
+                keep_originals,
+            }),
+        )
     })
 }
diff --git a/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/extract.rs b/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/extract.rs
index 1a6aef282..63bace252 100644
--- a/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/extract.rs
+++ b/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/extract.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashSet, rc::Rc};
 
 use crate::{
     Apply, CommandError, File, FileId, LngLat, LngLatBounds, Selection, State, Track, TrackId,
-    TrackSegment, Waypoint, Waypoints, copy_waypoint, crossarc_lnglat, distance,
+    TrackSegment, Waypoint, Waypoints, copy_file, copy_waypoint, crossarc_lnglat, distance,
 };
 
 /// Splits the selected elements that are made of several segments into elements that have one
@@ -17,28 +17,43 @@ use crate::{
 ///   are named after the track and numbered.
 ///
 /// What has a single segment is left as it is. There is nothing to do if nothing was changed.
+///
+/// With `keep_originals`, the files that are extracted stay where they are, and the new files come
+/// right after each of them, and only the new files are selected. Extracting
+/// tracks changes the file in place anyway, so the flag has no effect on it.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Extract;
+pub struct Extract {
+    pub keep_originals: bool,
+}
 
 impl Apply for Extract {
     fn apply(self, state: &mut State) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
         let selection = state.selection.clone();
         match &selection {
-            Selection::File { file_ids } => extract_files(state, file_ids),
+            Selection::File { file_ids } => extract_files(state, file_ids, self.keep_originals),
             Selection::Track { file_id, trk_ids } => extract_tracks(state, *file_id, trk_ids),
             _ => Err(CommandError::NothingToDo),
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn extract_files(state: &mut State, file_ids: &HashSet<FileId>) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
+fn extract_files(
+    state: &mut State,
+    file_ids: &HashSet<FileId>,
+    keep_originals: bool,
+) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
     // the files that have something to extract, with the files that come out of them
     let mut extracted: Vec<(FileId, Vec<File>)> = vec![];
     for id in state.order.0.iter().filter(|id| file_ids.contains(id)) {
         let file = &state.files[id];
         let segments: usize = file.trk.iter().map(|track| track.trkseg.len()).sum();
         if segments > 1 {
-            extracted.push((*id, extract_file(file)));
+            let mut files = extract_file(file);
+            if keep_originals {
+                // the tracks and segments are the ones of the file, which stays: they need new ids
+                files = files.iter().map(copy_file).collect();
+            }
+            extracted.push((*id, files));
         }
     }
     if extracted.is_empty() {
@@ -48,13 +63,25 @@ fn extract_files(state: &mut State, file_ids: &HashSet<FileId>) -> Result<(), Co
     let mut order = vec![];
     for id in state.order.0.iter() {
         match extracted.iter().find(|(original, _)| original == id) {
-            Some((_, files)) => order.extend(files.iter().map(|file| file.id)),
+            Some((_, files)) => {
+                if keep_originals {
+                    order.push(*id);
+                }
+                order.extend(files.iter().map(|file| file.id));
+            }
             None => order.push(*id),
         }
     }
-    let mut selected: HashSet<FileId> = file_ids.clone();
+    // the files that are kept stay selected, unless the originals are kept: then only what is new is
+    let mut selected: HashSet<FileId> = if keep_originals {
+        HashSet::new()
+    } else {
+        file_ids.clone()
+    };
     for (original, files) in extracted {
-        state.files.remove(&original);
+        if !keep_originals {
+            state.files.remove(&original);
+        }
         selected.remove(&original);
         for file in files {
             selected.insert(file.id);
@@ -372,7 +399,11 @@ mod tests {
         fx.files.insert(other_id, Rc::new(other));
         fx.order.0.push(other_id);
 
-        Extract.apply(&mut fx.state()).unwrap();
+        Extract {
+            keep_originals: false,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
 
         // in the place of the file, in order, named after the track
         assert!(!fx.files.contains_key(&id));
@@ -402,6 +433,48 @@ mod tests {
             if file_ids.len() == 3 && !file_ids.contains(&other_id)));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_extracting_files_keeping_the_originals() {
+        let original = file(
+            "route",
+            vec![track(Some("climb"), &[0.0, 10.0, 20.0])],
+            vec![],
+        );
+        let segment_ids: Vec<_> = original.trk[0].trkseg.iter().map(|s| s.id).collect();
+        let (mut fx, id) = fixture(original);
+        let before = fx.files[&id].clone();
+        let single = file("single", vec![track(None, &[50.0])], vec![]);
+        let single_id = single.id;
+        fx.files.insert(single_id, Rc::new(single));
+        fx.order.0.push(single_id);
+        fx.selection = Selection::File {
+            file_ids: HashSet::from([id, single_id]),
+        };
+
+        Extract {
+            keep_originals: true,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
+
+        // the file stays, the new ones come right after it
+        assert!(Rc::ptr_eq(&fx.files[&id], &before));
+        assert_eq!(
+            names(&fx),
+            ["route", "climb (1)", "climb (2)", "climb (3)", "single"]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(fx.order.0[0], id);
+        assert_eq!(fx.order.0[4], single_id);
+        // the segments are copies, not the ones of the file
+        for new_id in &fx.order.0[1..4] {
+            let segment = fx.files[new_id].trk[0].trkseg[0].id;
+            assert!(!segment_ids.contains(&segment));
+        }
+        // only the new files are selected
+        assert!(matches!(&fx.selection, Selection::File { file_ids }
+            if *file_ids == fx.order.0[1..4].iter().copied().collect::<HashSet<_>>()));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_a_file_with_several_tracks_becomes_one_file_per_track() {
         let original = file(
@@ -415,7 +488,11 @@ mod tests {
         );
         let ids: Vec<_> = original.trk.iter().map(|t| t.id).collect();
         let (mut fx, _) = fixture(original);
-        Extract.apply(&mut fx.state()).unwrap();
+        Extract {
+            keep_originals: false,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
 
         // named after the track, or the file
         assert_eq!(names(&fx), ["first", "route (2)", "third"]);
@@ -451,7 +528,11 @@ mod tests {
             vec![shared, waypoint("lost", 100.0)],
         );
         let (mut fx, _) = fixture(original);
-        Extract.apply(&mut fx.state()).unwrap();
+        Extract {
+            keep_originals: false,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
         let first = &fx.files[&fx.order.0[0]];
         let second = &fx.files[&fx.order.0[1]];
         // the tie goes to both, with different ids
@@ -480,7 +561,11 @@ mod tests {
             vec![waypoint("w", 1.0)],
         );
         let (mut fx, _) = fixture(original);
-        Extract.apply(&mut fx.state()).unwrap();
+        Extract {
+            keep_originals: false,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(fx.files[&fx.order.0[0]].wpt.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(fx.files[&fx.order.0[1]].wpt.len(), 0);
     }
@@ -503,7 +588,11 @@ mod tests {
             trk_ids: [ids[1], ids[2]].into(),
         };
 
-        Extract.apply(&mut fx.state()).unwrap();
+        Extract {
+            keep_originals: false,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
 
         let file = &fx.files[&id];
         let names: Vec<_> = file.trk.iter().map(|t| t.info.name.clone()).collect();
@@ -539,7 +628,10 @@ mod tests {
         let (mut fx, id) = fixture(original);
         let before = fx.files[&id].clone();
         assert_eq!(
-            Extract.apply(&mut fx.state()),
+            Extract {
+                keep_originals: false,
+            }
+            .apply(&mut fx.state()),
             Err(CommandError::NothingToDo)
         );
         fx.selection = Selection::Track {
@@ -547,7 +639,10 @@ mod tests {
             trk_ids: [track_id].into(),
         };
         assert_eq!(
-            Extract.apply(&mut fx.state()),
+            Extract {
+                keep_originals: false,
+            }
+            .apply(&mut fx.state()),
             Err(CommandError::NothingToDo)
         );
         for selection in [
@@ -561,7 +656,10 @@ mod tests {
         ] {
             fx.selection = selection;
             assert_eq!(
-                Extract.apply(&mut fx.state()),
+                Extract {
+                    keep_originals: false,
+                }
+                .apply(&mut fx.state()),
                 Err(CommandError::NothingToDo)
             );
         }
diff --git a/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/merge.rs b/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/merge.rs
index 9916ee929..606e7acfc 100644
--- a/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/merge.rs
+++ b/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/merge.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashSet, rc::Rc};
 
 use crate::{
     Apply, CommandError, FileId, GlobalStatistics, Selection, State, Statistics, Track, TrackId,
-    TrackSegment, TrackSegmentId, Waypoint, Waypoints, replace_trackpoints,
+    TrackSegment, TrackSegmentId, Waypoint, Waypoints, copy_track, replace_trackpoints,
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Deserialize)]
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ pub enum MergeType {
 ///
 /// - files: the other files are deleted. The tracks of all of them are in the first file, as
 ///   they are with `Group`, or all connected in the first track with `Connect`. The waypoints of
-///   all of them are in the first file too, except the ones that are the same.
+///   all of them are in the first file too, except the ones that are the same. With
+///   `keep_originals`, no file is deleted nor changed: the result is a new file (with the info of
+///   the first one and new ids), which comes right after the last of the files and is selected.
 /// - tracks of a file: the first track gets their segments, as they are with `Group`, or all
 ///   connected in one segment with `Connect`. The other tracks are removed.
 /// - segments of a track: they are all connected in a segment at the position of the first one
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ pub enum MergeType {
 pub struct Merge {
     pub type_: MergeType,
     pub remove_gaps: bool,
+    /// Only for files: tracks and segments are merged in place anyway.
+    pub keep_originals: bool,
 }
 
 impl Apply for Merge {
@@ -110,6 +114,23 @@ impl Merge {
         target.trk = tracks;
         target.wpt = Waypoints::default();
         target.wpt.insert_at(0, waypoints);
+        if self.keep_originals {
+            // a new file, whose tracks and segments do not share their ids with the originals
+            target.id = Default::default();
+            target.trk = target.trk.iter().map(copy_track).collect();
+            let at = state
+                .order
+                .0
+                .iter()
+                .rposition(|id| file_ids.contains(id))
+                .map_or(state.order.0.len(), |i| i + 1);
+            state.order.0.insert(at, target.id);
+            *state.selection = Selection::File {
+                file_ids: [target.id].into(),
+            };
+            state.files.insert(target.id, Rc::new(target));
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         for id in &ordered[1..] {
             state.files.remove(id);
         }
@@ -274,6 +295,7 @@ mod tests {
         Merge {
             type_,
             remove_gaps: false,
+            keep_originals: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -341,6 +363,73 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_merge_files_keeping_the_originals() {
+        for type_ in [MergeType::Group, MergeType::Connect] {
+            let mut fx = Fixture::default();
+            let a = load(&mut fx, "data/with_tracks_and_segments.gpx");
+            let b = load(&mut fx, "data/simple.gpx");
+            let c = load(&mut fx, "data/simple.gpx");
+            let (before_a, before_b) = (fx.files[&a].clone(), fx.files[&b].clone());
+            select_files(&mut fx, &[a, b]);
+
+            Merge {
+                type_,
+                remove_gaps: false,
+                keep_originals: true,
+            }
+            .apply(&mut fx.state())
+            .unwrap();
+
+            // the files are untouched, the new one comes right after the last of them
+            assert!(Rc::ptr_eq(&fx.files[&a], &before_a));
+            assert!(Rc::ptr_eq(&fx.files[&b], &before_b));
+            assert_eq!(fx.files.len(), 4);
+            assert_eq!(&fx.order.0[..2], [a, b]);
+            assert_eq!(fx.order.0[3], c);
+            let merged_id = fx.order.0[2];
+            let merged = &fx.files[&merged_id];
+            assert_eq!(points(merged), points(&before_a) + points(&before_b));
+            assert_eq!(merged.info, before_a.info);
+            // new ids for the tracks and segments
+            let ids = |f: &File| -> Vec<_> {
+                f.trk
+                    .iter()
+                    .flat_map(|t| std::iter::once(t.id.0).chain(t.trkseg.iter().map(|s| s.id.0)))
+                    .collect()
+            };
+            let originals: Vec<_> = ids(&before_a).into_iter().chain(ids(&before_b)).collect();
+            assert!(ids(merged).iter().all(|id| !originals.contains(id)));
+            // and it is the selection
+            assert!(matches!(&fx.selection, Selection::File { file_ids }
+                if *file_ids == HashSet::from([merged_id])));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_keeping_the_originals_does_not_matter_when_merging_tracks() {
+        let mut fx = Fixture::default();
+        let a = load(&mut fx, "data/with_tracks_and_segments.gpx");
+        let tracks: HashSet<_> = fx.files[&a].trk.iter().map(|t| t.id).collect();
+        let before = fx.files[&a].trk.len();
+        assert!(before > 1);
+        fx.selection = Selection::Track {
+            file_id: a,
+            trk_ids: tracks,
+        };
+
+        Merge {
+            type_: MergeType::Group,
+            remove_gaps: false,
+            keep_originals: true,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(fx.files.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(fx.files[&a].trk.len(), 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_connect_files() {
         let mut fx = Fixture::default();
@@ -430,6 +519,7 @@ mod tests {
             Merge {
                 type_: MergeType::Connect,
                 remove_gaps,
+                keep_originals: false,
             }
             .apply(&mut fx2.state())
             .unwrap();
diff --git a/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/split.rs b/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/split.rs
index 2130b073f..f94601785 100644
--- a/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/split.rs
+++ b/gpx-rs/src/engine/command/tools/split.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use crate::{
-    Apply, CommandError, File, State, Track, TrackSegment, Waypoints, copy_segment, copy_track,
-    copy_waypoint,
+    Apply, CommandError, File, Selection, State, Track, TrackSegment, Waypoints, copy_file,
+    copy_segment, copy_track, copy_waypoint,
 };
 
 use super::route::find_target;
@@ -27,10 +27,15 @@ pub enum SplitType {
 /// come after the trackpoint (the following segments of the track, the following tracks of the
 /// file), which are moved to it. When the file is cut, the new file comes right after it. The
 /// selection does not change.
+///
+/// With `keep_originals`, a file that is cut (`SplitType::Files`) is left as it is: its two parts
+/// are two new files, with new ids, which come right after it and are selected. Cutting a track
+/// or a segment changes the file in place anyway, so the flag has no effect on them.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Split {
     pub at: u32,
     pub split_type: SplitType,
+    pub keep_originals: bool,
 }
 
 impl Apply for Split {
@@ -75,6 +80,41 @@ impl Apply for Split {
                 let (first_track, second_track) = split_track();
                 file.trk.splice(trk..=trk, [first_track, second_track]);
             }
+            SplitType::Files if self.keep_originals => {
+                let (first_track, second_track) = split_track();
+                // the parts are new files: nothing is shared by id with the file, nor between them
+                let first_file = copy_file(&File {
+                    trk: file.trk[..trk]
+                        .iter()
+                        .cloned()
+                        .chain([first_track])
+                        .collect(),
+                    ..file.clone()
+                });
+                let mut second_file = File {
+                    id: Default::default(),
+                    trk: vec![second_track],
+                    wpt: Waypoints::default(),
+                    ..file.clone()
+                };
+                second_file
+                    .trk
+                    .extend(file.trk[trk + 1..].iter().map(copy_track));
+                second_file
+                    .wpt
+                    .insert_at(0, file.wpt.iter().map(copy_waypoint).collect());
+
+                let ids = [first_file.id, second_file.id];
+                let position = state.order.0.iter().position(|id| *id == file_id);
+                let at = position.map_or(state.order.0.len(), |p| p + 1);
+                state.order.0.splice(at..at, ids);
+                state.files.insert(first_file.id, Rc::new(first_file));
+                state.files.insert(second_file.id, Rc::new(second_file));
+                *state.selection = Selection::File {
+                    file_ids: ids.into(),
+                };
+                return Ok(());
+            }
             SplitType::Files => {
                 let (first_track, second_track) = split_track();
                 let mut second_file = File {
@@ -147,7 +187,11 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn split(at: u32, split_type: SplitType) -> Split {
-        Split { at, split_type }
+        Split {
+            at,
+            split_type,
+            keep_originals: false,
+        }
     }
 
     fn lngs(segment: &TrackSegment) -> Vec<f64> {
@@ -316,6 +360,66 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(matches!(&fx.selection, Selection::File { file_ids } if file_ids.contains(&id)));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_split_files_keeping_the_originals() {
+        let (mut fx, id) = loaded();
+        let before = fx.files[&id].clone();
+        let (trk, seg) = long_segment(&before);
+        let at = index(&before, trk, seg, 1);
+
+        Split {
+            at,
+            split_type: SplitType::Files,
+            keep_originals: true,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
+
+        // the file is untouched, the two parts come right after it
+        assert!(Rc::ptr_eq(&fx.files[&id], &before));
+        assert_eq!(fx.files.len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(fx.order.0[0], id);
+        let (first_id, second_id) = (fx.order.0[1], fx.order.0[2]);
+        let (a, b) = (&fx.files[&first_id], &fx.files[&second_id]);
+        let all = path(&before);
+        assert_eq!(path(a), all[..=at as usize]);
+        assert_eq!(path(b), all[at as usize..]);
+        // nothing is shared by id with the file, nor between the parts
+        let ids = |f: &File| -> HashSet<_> {
+            f.trk
+                .iter()
+                .flat_map(|t| std::iter::once(t.id.0).chain(t.trkseg.iter().map(|s| s.id.0)))
+                .collect()
+        };
+        assert!(ids(a).is_disjoint(&ids(&before)));
+        assert!(ids(b).is_disjoint(&ids(&before)));
+        assert!(ids(a).is_disjoint(&ids(b)));
+        // the new files are selected
+        assert!(matches!(&fx.selection, Selection::File { file_ids }
+            if *file_ids == HashSet::from([first_id, second_id])));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_keeping_the_originals_does_not_matter_when_cutting_a_segment() {
+        let (mut fx, id) = loaded();
+        let before = fx.files[&id].clone();
+        let (trk, seg) = long_segment(&before);
+
+        Split {
+            at: index(&before, trk, seg, 2),
+            split_type: SplitType::Segments,
+            keep_originals: true,
+        }
+        .apply(&mut fx.state())
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(fx.files.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            fx.files[&id].trk[trk].trkseg.len(),
+            before.trk[trk].trkseg.len() + 1
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_invalid_or_nothing() {
         let (mut fx, id) = loaded();
diff --git a/tauri/src/commands/edit.rs b/tauri/src/commands/edit.rs
index b91ee1eb1..9e58c9510 100644
--- a/tauri/src/commands/edit.rs
+++ b/tauri/src/commands/edit.rs
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ pub fn create_artificial_timestamps(
 
 #[tauri::command(async)]
 pub fn merge(state: State<AppState>, merge_type: MergeType, remove_gaps: bool) -> api::Outcome {
-    state.run(move |e| api::merge(e, merge_type, remove_gaps))
+    state.run(move |e| api::merge(e, merge_type, remove_gaps, false))
 }
 
 #[tauri::command(async)]
 pub fn extract(state: State<AppState>) -> api::Outcome {
-    state.run(api::extract)
+    state.run(|e| api::extract(e, false))
 }
 
 #[tauri::command(async)]
@@ -214,5 +214,5 @@ pub fn split(
     at: u32,
     split_type: SplitType,
 ) -> api::Outcome {
-    state.run(move |e| api::split(e, revision, at, split_type))
+    state.run(move |e| api::split(e, revision, at, split_type, false))
 }
diff --git a/tauri/src/store.rs b/tauri/src/store.rs
index b2bfd82f1..b3b1b385b 100644
--- a/tauri/src/store.rs
+++ b/tauri/src/store.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ mod tests {
         // another session
         let storage = FileStorage::open(&root).unwrap();
         let restored = pollster::block_on(Persister::default().restore(&storage)).unwrap();
-        let mut other = Engine::default();
+        let mut other: Engine = Engine::default();
         other.restore(restored);
         assert_eq!(other.order(), order);
         assert_eq!(
diff --git a/wasm/src/command/routing.rs b/wasm/src/command/routing.rs
index 83a32caeb..9ec9dc802 100644
--- a/wasm/src/command/routing.rs
+++ b/wasm/src/command/routing.rs
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ pub fn change_loop_start(revision: u32, index: u32) -> Outcome {
 /// nothing, and returns false, if the revision of the routing buffers is not the given one.
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub fn split(revision: u32, at: u32, split_type: SplitType) -> Outcome {
-    run(|e| api::split(e, revision, at, split_type.into()))
+    run(|e| api::split(e, revision, at, split_type.into(), false))
 }
diff --git a/wasm/src/command/tools.rs b/wasm/src/command/tools.rs
index 55a1ef58c..9d981c983 100644
--- a/wasm/src/command/tools.rs
+++ b/wasm/src/command/tools.rs
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ pub fn create_artificial_timestamps(start_time: f64, total_time: f64) -> Outcome
 /// that are connected closer in time, if they have timestamps.
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub fn merge(type_: MergeType, remove_gaps: bool) -> Outcome {
-    run(|e| api::merge(e, type_.into(), remove_gaps))
+    run(|e| api::merge(e, type_.into(), remove_gaps, false))
 }
 
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub fn extract() -> Outcome {
-    run(api::extract)
+    run(|e| api::extract(e, false))
 }
 
 /// Sets the elevation of the trackpoints of the selection, one elevation per trackpoint.