Changelog entry for the mtime fixes
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Fixes:
* :doc:`/plugins/edit`: Fix a bug when editing items during a ``-L``
re-import. Previously, diffs against against unrelated items could be
shown or beets could crash with a traceback. :bug:`2659`
+* Fixed a problem where "no-op" modifications would reset files' mtimes,
+ resulting in unnecessary writes. This most prominently affected the
+ :doc:`/plugins/edit` when saving the text file without making changes to some
+ music.
For developers:
