From ecdff785f79f4bca04bcbfcf055e61d892126bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aidan Epstein <aidan@jmad.org>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 00:34:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Only output verbose details for parentwork plugin when
 running explicitly (#5135)

Fixes #4120.
---
 beetsplug/parentwork.py | 33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 docs/changelog.rst      |  1 +
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/beetsplug/parentwork.py b/beetsplug/parentwork.py
index 26f8f224f..463a455f5 100644
--- a/beetsplug/parentwork.py
+++ b/beetsplug/parentwork.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class ParentWorkPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
             write = ui.should_write()
 
             for item in lib.items(ui.decargs(args)):
-                changed = self.find_work(item, force_parent)
+                changed = self.find_work(item, force_parent, verbose=True)
                 if changed:
                     item.store()
                     if write:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class ParentWorkPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
         force_parent = self.config["force"].get(bool)
 
         for item in task.imported_items():
-            self.find_work(item, force_parent)
+            self.find_work(item, force_parent, verbose=False)
             item.store()
 
     def get_info(self, item, work_info):
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class ParentWorkPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
 
         return parentwork_info
 
-    def find_work(self, item, force):
+    def find_work(self, item, force, verbose):
         """Finds the parent work of a recording and populates the tags
         accordingly.
 
@@ -221,16 +221,17 @@ add one at https://musicbrainz.org/recording/{}",
 
         if work_date:
             item["work_date"] = work_date
-        return ui.show_model_changes(
-            item,
-            fields=[
-                "parentwork",
-                "parentwork_disambig",
-                "mb_parentworkid",
-                "parent_composer",
-                "parent_composer_sort",
-                "work_date",
-                "parentwork_workid_current",
-                "parentwork_date",
-            ],
-        )
+        if verbose:
+            return ui.show_model_changes(
+                item,
+                fields=[
+                    "parentwork",
+                    "parentwork_disambig",
+                    "mb_parentworkid",
+                    "parent_composer",
+                    "parent_composer_sort",
+                    "work_date",
+                    "parentwork_workid_current",
+                    "parentwork_date",
+                ],
+            )
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index e52f329b0..1ab7229e7 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Bug fixes:
   lyrics.
   :bug:`5583`
 * ImageMagick 7.1.1-44 is now supported.
+* :doc:`plugins/parentwork`: Only output parentwork changes when running in verbose mode.
 
 For packagers: