import.detail config option (GC-263)

beets/config_default.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import:
     singletons: no
     default_action: apply
     languages: []
+    detail: no
 
 clutter: ["Thumbs.DB", ".DS_Store"]
 ignore: [".*", "*~", "System Volume Information"]

beets/ui/commands.py

@@ -226,13 +226,17 @@ def show_change(cur_artist, cur_album, match):
 
         if lhs != rhs:
             lines.append((lhs, rhs, lhs_width))
+        elif config['import']['detail']:
+            lines.append((lhs, '', lhs_width))
 
     # Print each track in two columns, or across two lines.
     col_width = (ui.term_width() - len(''.join([' * ', ' -> ']))) // 2
     if lines:
         max_width = max(w for _, _, w in lines)
         for lhs, rhs, lhs_width in lines:
-            if max_width > col_width:
+            if not rhs:
+                print_(u' * {0}'.format(lhs))
+            elif max_width > col_width:
                 print_(u' * %s ->\n   %s' % (lhs, rhs))
             else:
                 pad = max_width - lhs_width

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ New configuration options:
   from MusicBrainz. This feature requires `python-musicbrainz-ngs`_ 0.3 or
   later, which (at the time of this writing) is not yet released. Thanks to
   Sam Doshi.
+* :ref:`detail` enables a mode where all tracks are listed in the importer UI,
+  as opposed to only changed tracks.
 
 Other stuff:
 

docs/reference/config.rst

@@ -327,6 +327,16 @@ this to "en" uses the transliterated artist name "Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky"
 instead of the Cyrillic script for the composer's name when tagging from
 MusicBrainz. Defaults to an empty list, meaning that no language is preferred.
 
+.. _detail:
+
+detail
+~~~~~~
+
+Whether the importer UI should show detailed information about each match it
+finds. When enabled, this mode prints out the title of every track, regardless
+of whether it matches the original metadata. (The default behavior only shows
+changes.) Default: ``no``.
+
 .. _musicbrainz-config:
 
 MusicBrainz Options