Implicit patterns added to configured naming patterns

[T4g1]

Another issue related to naming structure. If I set single file or multipart file naming with {Title} is is also adding {Subtitle} afterwards. For example, If in a audiobook's metadata I have this:

Title: Example
Subtitle: Yup

It is naming the file --> Example - Yup.ext instead of just Example.ext

Is this intended or a bug?

Originally posted by @lamb0985 in #504

Sounds like we should either make it explicit (change the configured naming pattern and notify the user) or apply given naming patterns exactly
Either way, it's worth investigating

[lamb0985]

Thank you for moving this to the appropriate place!

[meister-eraser]

Same here. Only want to use title but it also added the subtitle at end without configuring it.

[lamb0985]

Also a small suggestion, being able to add characters within the {} for naming purposes.

Example: {Author}/{Series}/{SeriesNumber - }{Title}

That example has the hyphen spaced out within the SeriesNumber so that it applies the hyphen and spacing before the title, only to books that belong to a series. I'm fairly certain right now if you do {SeriesNumber} - {Title}, for a non-series book you will get " - Name of Book Here", but it's been a couple of weeks since I last checked.

**Small edit, this may only happen when adding a new book, not when changing an existing.

[s3ntin3l8]

Similar issue. I removed {Series} from my folder naming convention, yet it still defaults to the standard naming when adding a new book.

[s3ntin3l8]

Opened PR #657 which makes configured naming patterns apply exactly, covering both symptoms in this issue:

• No implicit {Series} folder: the Add-book destination preview (and the path persisted as the book's BasePath) no longer injects a series directory when the folder pattern omits {Series} — files end up where the pattern says.
• No implicit subtitle: renames/organize previews and manual imports no longer rewrite {Title} to "Title: Subtitle" (rendered as Title - Subtitle) when the pattern lacks {Subtitle} — the original Example - Yup.ext report.
• Bonus (separable commit): a deliberately flat folder pattern like {Title} is no longer replaced with {Author}/{Title}.

Anyone who wants the series folder or subtitle in paths just adds the {Series}/{Subtitle} tokens explicitly — the defaults already include {Series}, so default setups are unaffected.