From fc143ecd54f3f0dc7eede6cfb8631a3a897d6cf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:43:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] changelog & style tweaks for #686

---
 beets/ui/commands.py | 7 ++-----
 docs/changelog.rst   | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index a4cd77763..3c86b2969 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ def modify_parse_args(args):
             mods.append(arg)
         else:
             query.append(arg)
-    return (query, mods, dels)
+    return query, mods, dels
 
 modify_cmd = ui.Subcommand('modify',
     help='change metadata fields', aliases=('mod',))
@@ -1178,10 +1178,7 @@ modify_cmd.parser.add_option('-y', '--yes', action='store_true',
 modify_cmd.parser.add_option('-f', '--format', action='store',
     help='print with custom format', default=None)
 def modify_func(lib, opts, args):
-    args = decargs(args)
-
-    (query, mods, dels) = modify_parse_args(args)
-
+    query, mods, dels = modify_parse_args(decargs(args))
     if not mods and not dels:
         raise ui.UserError('no modifications specified')
     write = opts.write if opts.write is not None else \
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 773031a12..5dcdb2bd1 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Fixes:
 * On Windows, paths on network shares (UNC paths) no longer cause "invalid
   filename" errors.
 * :doc:`/plugins/replaygain`: Fix crashes when attempting to log errors.
+* The :ref:`modify-cmd` command can now accept query arguments that contain =
+  signs. An argument is considered a query part when a : appears before any
+  =s. Thanks to mook.
 
 .. _enum34: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/enum34
 .. _enum: https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/enum.html