config -e edits the wrong file

[mbrandis]

I use multiple instances of beet to organize different kinds of music. The configurations are saved in the music directory below music_x/.beets . For simplicity, I linked the default music directory .beets to .config/beets:

$ ls -al .config/beets
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 24 Feb 23 21:30 .config/beets -> /path/to/music_x/.beets/

Problem

$ beet -c /path/to/music_y/.beets/config.yaml config -e

Led to this problem: The configuration file of the default beet installation is opened. While executing simply

$ beet -c /path/to/music_y/.beets/config.yaml config

shows the correct configuration output.

Setup

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Python version: python 3.12.3
• beets version: 2.2.0 - installed via pip
• Turning off plugins made problem go away (yes/no): no