This PR improves the regex detection used for the drive_sep_replace default.

beets/dbcore/db.py

@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ class FormattedMapping(Mapping[str, str]):
             sep_repl: str = beets.config["path_sep_replace"].as_str()
             sep_drive: str = beets.config["drive_sep_replace"].as_str()
 
-            if re.match(r"^\w:", value):
-                value = re.sub(r"(?<=^\w):", sep_drive, value)
+            if re.match(r"^[a-zA-Z]:", value):
+                value = re.sub(r"(?<=[a-zA-Z]):", sep_drive, value)
 
             for sep in (os.path.sep, os.path.altsep):
                 if sep:

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ Bug fixes
   ``duplicate_action`` config options were silently ignored for as-is imports.
 - :doc:`/plugins/convert`: Fix extension substitution inside path of the
   exported playlist.
+- :ref:`replace`: Made ``drive_sep_replace`` regex logic more precise to prevent
+  edge-case mismatches (e.g., a song titled "1:00 AM" would incorrectly be
+  considered a Windows drive path).
 
 For plugin developers
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

docs/plugins/duplicates.rst

@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ file. The available options mirror the command-line options:
 - **delete**: Remove matched items from the library and from the disk. Default:
   ``no``
 - **format**: A specific format with which to print every track or album. This
-  uses the same template syntax as beets' :doc:`path
-  formats</reference/pathformat>`. The usage is inspired by, and therefore
-  similar to, the :ref:`list <list-cmd>` command. Default: :ref:`format_item`
+  uses the same template syntax as beets' :doc:`path formats
+  </reference/pathformat>`. The usage is inspired by, and therefore similar to,
+  the :ref:`list <list-cmd>` command. Default: :ref:`format_item`
 - **full**: List every track or album that has duplicates, not just the
   duplicates themselves. Default: ``no``
 - **keys**: Define in which track or album fields duplicates are to be searched.

docs/plugins/playlist.rst

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ searched in the playlist_dir and the ".m3u" extension is appended to the name:
     $ beet ls playlist:anotherplaylist
 
 A playlist query will use the paths found in the playlist file to match items in
-the beets library. ``playlist:`` submits a regular beets :ref:`query<queries>`
-similar to a :ref:`specific fields query<fieldsquery>`. If you want the list in
+the beets library. ``playlist:`` submits a regular beets :ref:`query <queries>`
+similar to a :ref:`specific fields query <fieldsquery>`. If you want the list in
 any particular order, you can use the standard beets query syntax for
-:ref:`sorting<query-sort>`:
+:ref:`sorting <query-sort>`:
 
 ::