From 53efa0378587c90c9be222a7d8d8acebd94aaf82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Burden <25230174+willburden@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:53:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Save new path before writing metadata

---
 beetsplug/replace.py | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/beetsplug/replace.py b/beetsplug/replace.py
index f7a091783..ea303437b 100644
--- a/beetsplug/replace.py
+++ b/beetsplug/replace.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class ReplacePlugin(BeetsPlugin):
 
         # Update the path to point to the new file.
         song.path = str(dest).encode()
+        song.store()
 
         # Write the metadata in the database to the song file's tags.
         try:
@@ -136,7 +137,4 @@ class ReplacePlugin(BeetsPlugin):
         except FileOperationError as e:
             raise ui.UserError(f"Error writing metadata to file: {e}")
 
-        # Commit the new path to the database.
-        song.store()
-
         ui.print_("Replacement successful.")