Add a new hook for badfiles pre-import user interaction, instead of flagging the task.

beets/importer.py

@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ class ImportTask(BaseImportTask):
     def __init__(self, toppath, paths, items):
         super(ImportTask, self).__init__(toppath, paths, items)
         self.choice_flag = None
-        self.skip_summary_judgement = False
         self.cur_album = None
         self.cur_artist = None
         self.candidates = []

beets/plugins.py

@@ -501,6 +501,22 @@ def send(event, **arguments):
     return results
 
 
+def send_seq(event, **arguments):
+    """Like `send` but passes the result of the previous event handler to the
+    next, and returns only the result of the last non-None event handler.
+
+    `event` is the name of  the event to send, all other named arguments
+    are passed along to the handlers.
+    """
+    log.debug(u'Sequentially sending event: {0}', event)
+    previous = None
+    for handler in event_handlers()[event]:
+        result = handler(previous=previous, **arguments)
+        previous = result or previous
+
+    return previous
+
+
 def feat_tokens(for_artist=True):
     """Return a regular expression that matches phrases like "featuring"
     that separate a main artist or a song title from secondary artists.

beets/ui/commands.py

@@ -698,10 +698,13 @@ class TerminalImportSession(importer.ImportSession):
         print_(displayable_path(task.paths, u'\n') +
                u' ({0} items)'.format(len(task.items)))
 
-        # Call here so plugins have the option to skip `_summary_judgement`
+        # Let plugins display info or prompt the user before we go through the
-        choices = self._get_choices(task)
+        # process of selecting candidate.
+        action = plugins.send_seq('import_task_before_choice',
+                                  session=self, task=task)
+        if action is not None:
+            return action
 
-        if not task.skip_summary_judgement:
         # Take immediate action if appropriate.
         action = _summary_judgment(task.rec)
         if action == importer.action.APPLY:
@@ -717,6 +720,7 @@ class TerminalImportSession(importer.ImportSession):
             # `choose_candidate` may be an `importer.action`, an
             # `AlbumMatch` object for a specific selection, or a
             # `PromptChoice`.
+            choices = self._get_choices(task)
             choice = choose_candidate(
                 task.candidates, False, task.rec, task.cur_artist,
                 task.cur_album, itemcount=len(task.items), choices=choices
@@ -745,8 +749,6 @@ class TerminalImportSession(importer.ImportSession):
                 assert isinstance(choice, autotag.AlbumMatch)
                 return choice
 
-            choices = self._get_choices(task)
-
     def choose_item(self, task):
         """Ask the user for a choice about tagging a single item. Returns
         either an action constant or a TrackMatch object.

beetsplug/badfiles.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
 from beets.ui import Subcommand
 from beets.util import displayable_path, par_map
 from beets import ui
+from beets import importer
 
 
 class CheckerCommandException(Exception):
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ class BadFiles(BeetsPlugin):
 
         self.register_listener('import_task_start',
                                self.on_import_task_start)
-        self.register_listener('before_choose_candidate',
+        self.register_listener('import_task_before_choice',
-                               self.on_before_choose_candidate)
+                               self.on_import_task_before_choice)
 
     def run_command(self, cmd):
         self._log.debug(u"running command: {}",
@@ -171,9 +172,8 @@ class BadFiles(BeetsPlugin):
 
         if checks_failed:
             task._badfiles_checks_failed = checks_failed
-            task.skip_summary_judgement = True
 
-    def on_before_choose_candidate(self, task, session):
+    def on_import_task_before_choice(self, task, session, previous):
         if hasattr(task, '_badfiles_checks_failed'):
             ui.print_('{} one or more files failed checks:'
                       .format(ui.colorize('text_warning', 'BAD')))
@@ -182,6 +182,18 @@ class BadFiles(BeetsPlugin):
                     ui.print_(error_line)
 
             ui.print_()
+            ui.print_('What would you like to do?')
+
+            sel = ui.input_options(['aBort', 'skip', 'continue'])
+
+            if sel == 's':
+                return importer.action.SKIP
+            elif sel == 'c':
+                return None
+            elif sel == 'b':
+                raise importer.ImportAbort()
+            else:
+                raise Exception('Unexpected selection: {}'.format(sel))
 
     def command(self, lib, opts, args):
         # Get items from arguments