zero: optionally update tags in the database.

beetsplug/zero.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class ZeroPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
 
         self.config.add({
             'fields': [],
+            'update_database': False,
         })
 
         self.patterns = {}
@@ -99,3 +100,5 @@ class ZeroPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
             if match:
                 self._log.debug(u'{0}: {1} -> None', field, value)
                 tags[field] = None
+                if self.config['update_database']:
+                    item[field] = None

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ New features:
   :bug:`1104` :bug:`1493`
 * :doc:`/plugins/plexupdate`: A new ``token`` configuration option lets you
   specify a key for Plex Home setups. Thanks to :user:`edcarroll`. :bug:`1494`
+* :doc:`/plugins/zero`: A new ``update_database`` configuration option
+  allows the database to be updated along with files' tags. :bug:`1516`
 
 
 Fixes:

docs/plugins/zero.rst

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ Zero Plugin
 
 The ``zero`` plugin allows you to null fields in files' metadata tags. Fields
 can be nulled unconditionally or conditioned on a pattern match. For example,
-the plugin can strip useless comments like "ripped by MyGreatRipper." This
+the plugin can strip useless comments like "ripped by MyGreatRipper."
-plugin only affects files' tags ; the beets database is left unchanged.
 
 To use the ``zero`` plugin, enable the plugin in your configuration
 (see :ref:`using-plugins`).
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ fields to nullify and the conditions for nullifying them:
   embedded in the media file.
 * To conditionally filter a field, use ``field: [regexp, regexp]`` to specify
   regular expressions.
+* By default this plugin only affects files' tags ; the beets database is left
+  unchanged. To update the tags in the database, set the ``update_database`` option.
 
 For example::
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ For example::
         fields: month day genre comments
         comments: [EAC, LAME, from.+collection, 'ripped by']
         genre: [rnb, 'power metal']
+        update_database: true
 
 If a custom pattern is not defined for a given field, the field will be nulled
 unconditionally.

test/test_zero.py

@@ -88,6 +88,24 @@ class ZeroPluginTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
         self.assertEqual(item['year'], 2000)
         self.assertIsNone(mediafile.year)
 
+    def test_change_database(self):
+        item = self.add_item_fixture(year=2000)
+        item.write()
+        mediafile = MediaFile(item.path)
+        self.assertEqual(2000, mediafile.year)
+
+        config['zero'] = {
+            'fields': ['year'],
+            'update_database': True,
+        }
+        self.load_plugins('zero')
+
+        item.write()
+        mediafile = MediaFile(item.path)
+        self.assertEqual(item['year'], 0)
+        self.assertIsNone(mediafile.year)
+
+
     def test_album_art(self):
         path = self.create_mediafile_fixture(images=['jpg'])
         item = Item.from_path(path)