Save tag data to a local JSON file

src/AudioTagger.Console/OperationLibrary.cs

@@ -86,15 +86,14 @@ internal static class OperationLibrary
                 ["-p", "--parse"],
                 "Get a single tag value by parsing the data of another (generally Comments).",
                 new TagParser()),
+            new(
+                ["--cache-tags"],
+                "Cache files' tag data to a local JSON file whose path is specified in the settings.",
+                new TagCacher()),
             new(
                 ["--scan"],
                 "Ad-hoc maintenance scanning work. (Not intended for normal use.)",
                 new TagScanner(),
-                isHidden: true),
-            new(
-                ["--cache-tags"],
-                "Cache files' tag data locally to a JSON file whose path is specified in the settings. (Eventually, this will be helpful in speeding up certain operations.)",
-                new TagCacher(),
                 isHidden: true)
         ];
 

src/AudioTagger.Console/Operations/TagCacher.cs

@@ -7,16 +7,6 @@ namespace AudioTagger.Console.Operations;
 
 public sealed class TagCacher : IPathOperation
 {
-    private record TagSummary(
-        string[] Artists,
-        string Album,
-        uint TrackNo,
-        string Title,
-        uint Year,
-        string[] Genres,
-        TimeSpan Duration
-    );
-
     public void Start(
         IReadOnlyCollection<MediaFile> mediaFiles,
         DirectoryInfo workingDirectory,
@@ -25,35 +15,38 @@ public void Start(
     {
         if (settings.TagCacheFilePath is null)
         {
-            printer.Error("You must specify the save file path in the settings file.");
+            printer.Error("You must specify the save file path in the settings.");
             return;
         }
 
         Watch watch = new();
 
-        var summaries = mediaFiles.Select(m => {
-                return new TagSummary(
-                    m.Artists,
-                    m.Album,
-                    m.TrackNo,
-                    m.Title,
-                    m.Year,
-                    m.Genres,
-                    m.Duration
-                );
+        var summaries =
+            mediaFiles.Select(m => new
+            {
+                m.FileNameOnly,
+                m.FileInfo.DirectoryName,
+                m.Artists,
+                m.AlbumArtists,
+                m.Album,
+                m.TrackNo,
+                m.Title,
+                m.Year,
+                m.Genres,
+                m.Duration,
+                m.FileInfo.LastWriteTime,
             });
 
-        printer.Print("Serializing the tags to JSON...");
+        printer.Print("Serializing tag data to JSON...");
         JsonSerializerOptions options = new()
         {
             WriteIndented = true,
             Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.Create(UnicodeRanges.All)
         };
         var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(summaries, options);
-        var unescapedJson = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Unescape(json); // Avoids `\0027`, etc.
 
         printer.Print($"Saving cached tag data to \"{settings.TagCacheFilePath}\"...");
-        File.WriteAllText(settings.TagCacheFilePath, unescapedJson);
+        File.WriteAllText(settings.TagCacheFilePath, json);
         printer.Print($"Saved in {watch.ElapsedFriendly}.");
     }
 }

src/AudioTagger.Library/UpdatableFields.cs

@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ public Dictionary<string, string> GetUpdateKeyValuePairs(MediaFile fileData)
     {
         var updateOutput = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
+        if (Title != null && Title != fileData.Title)
+        {
+            updateOutput.Add("Title", Title);
+        }
+
         if (AlbumArtists?.All(a => fileData.AlbumArtists.Contains(a)) == false)
         {
             updateOutput.Add("Album Artists", string.Join("; ", AlbumArtists));
@@ -141,11 +146,6 @@ public Dictionary<string, string> GetUpdateKeyValuePairs(MediaFile fileData)
             updateOutput.Add("Artists", string.Join("; ", Artists));
         }
 
-        if (Title != null && Title != fileData.Title)
-        {
-            updateOutput.Add("Title", Title);
-        }
-
         if (Album != null && Album != fileData.Album)
         {
             updateOutput.Add("Album", Album);