Picking the release a track is ALREADY in deleted the file: the re-import lands at
the same path, record_soulsync_library_entry skips the insert (row exists), so no
new row is created — then delete_replaced_track removed that very row AND unlinked
the file (the freshly-imported one). This was the 'assumption' I documented but
never enforced.
Bulletproof guard: the pipeline writes its landing path into context['_final_processed_path'];
_process_matches captures it onto the candidate, and _finalize_rematch_hint passes
those new_paths to delete_replaced_track. If the old file canonically equals where
the import landed, it's a NO-OP — the row and file are kept (that file IS the
re-imported track). Canonical compare folds symlinks/case/sep.
So same-release re-identify is now a harmless re-tag-in-place; only a genuine re-home
(different path) deletes the old. 114 auto-import + rematch tests green.
Two real bugs surfaced in testing:
1. Original file not deleted on replace: delete_replaced_track checked os.path.exists
on the RAW stored DB path (a Docker/media-server view), so it removed the row but
orphaned the file. Now takes a resolve_fn (wired to resolve_library_file_path in
the worker) and unlinks the RESOLVED real path.
2. No year / wrong album context: build_identification_from_hint set is_single=True,
routing re-identify through _match_tracks' singles fast-path — which never fetches
the chosen album, so the re-import got a bare stub (no release_date, total_tracks=1).
Added force_album_match so the matcher FETCHES the chosen release even for a lone
staged file → the track inherits the real album's year, in-album track number, and
art. Holds for single-type releases too (they have a year as well).
Normal single-import behavior unchanged (force_album_match absent → same path).
112 auto-import + rematch tests green.
When a staged single-file candidate carries a re-identify hint, the worker builds
the identification straight from the user-chosen release (album_id/source) and
skips the guessing tiers — so the ambiguity that mis-filed the track is gone. No
hint → byte-identical to before (the lookup returns (None, None), fail-safe on any
DB error). A hinted import auto-processes (explicit user choice), still gated on the
global auto_process pref.
After the re-import lands, _finalize_rematch_hint consumes the hint and (if replace
was chosen) deletes the old row + file via delete_replaced_track — deferred to
success so a failed import never loses the original. Safe by construction: unlink
only when no surviving row references the file, and the modal never offers the
track's current release so old path != new path.
All hint logic lives in auto_import_worker.py + the pure rematch_hints helpers —
pipeline.py / side_effects.py untouched. 18 tests; full auto-import suite green.
A single-use, user-designated 'which release does this track belong to' answer.
Written when the user picks a release in the Re-identify modal and the file is
staged; the import flow will read it at the top of matching and consume it.
- rematch_hints table (additive, IF NOT EXISTS + indexes) keyed on staged_path
with content_hash as a rename-proof fallback.
- core/imports/rematch_hints.py: pure DB seam over an injected cursor
(create/find/consume/list) + a cheap size+head+tail file fingerprint.
- exempt_dedup baked into the hint (a re-identify must bypass dedup-skip);
replace_track_id carried for deferred post-success cleanup.
Inert until wired (Phase 5) — nothing calls it yet. 9 seam tests.
