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Solves #5314.
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Arav K. 2024-07-31 23:39:26 +02:00 committed by arya dradjica
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@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ Either ``yes`` or ``no``, indicating whether matched albums should have their
That is, if this option is turned on, then ``year`` will always equal
``original_year`` and so on. Default: ``no``.
.. _overwrite_null:
overwrite_null
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In some situations, data for a particular field is not available, and it ends up being
set to an empty value (an empty string). To allow such fields to be overwritten once
the appropriate data does become available (e.g. by a re-import or a manual update),
the name of the metadata field can be added to the list `album` (for albums) or `track`
(for tracks). For example::
overwrite_null:
album: ["albumid"]
track: ["title", "date"]
.. _artist_credit:
artist_credit