From 149157279e27e0ebc717218891d40df715340d59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:42:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: copy a settled core file to its root path

---
 scripts/packextras.py        |  6 ++++--
 tests/test_extra_identity.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/packextras.py b/scripts/packextras.py
index dfb82d30..7ae85b2c 100644
--- a/scripts/packextras.py
+++ b/scripts/packextras.py
@@ -609,8 +609,10 @@ def _collect_emulator_extras(
             else:
                 raw = f.get("path") or fname
             dest = f"{raw}{fname}" if raw.endswith("/") else raw
-            if dest == fname:
-                continue  # no alternative destination
+            # A bare name is a destination too: the core reads it at the root
+            # of the directory core files go to, which the platform may not
+            # declare (Recalbox has its System Cards under pcenginecd/ only,
+            # geargrafx reads them from the root).
             full_dest = f"{extras_prefix}/{dest}" if extras_prefix else dest
             if full_dest in seen_dests and full_dest not in taken:
                 continue
diff --git a/tests/test_extra_identity.py b/tests/test_extra_identity.py
index 9a52d7e3..0294c1a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_extra_identity.py
+++ b/tests/test_extra_identity.py
@@ -97,5 +97,30 @@ class UnsourceableIsNoCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
 
+class BareNameIsADestination(unittest.TestCase):
+    """geargrafx reads syscard1.pce at the root of the system directory;
+    Recalbox declares it only under pcenginecd/. The declaration settles the
+    core's need on the promise that the builder copies the file to the
+    core's path, and the second pass skipped every entry with no path."""
+
+    def test_a_root_copy_of_a_file_declared_in_a_subdirectory(self):
+        profiles = {"geargrafx": {
+            "emulator": "Geargrafx", "type": "libretro", "systems": ["pce"],
+            "files": [{"name": "syscard1.pce"}],
+        }}
+        config = {"cores": ["geargrafx"], "systems": {"pcenginecd": {"files": [
+            {"name": "syscard1.pce", "destination": "pcenginecd/syscard1.pce"}]}}}
+        db = {
+            "files": {"s1": {"name": "syscard1.pce", "path": "bios/NEC/syscard1.pce",
+                             "size": 10, "sha1": "s1", "md5": "m1", "crc32": "c1"}},
+            "indexes": {"by_name": {"syscard1.pce": ["s1"]}, "by_md5": {"m1": "s1"},
+                        "by_crc32": {"c1": "s1"}, "by_path_suffix": {}},
+        }
+        extras = _collect_emulator_extras(
+            config, "emulators", db, {"pcenginecd/syscard1.pce"}, "", profiles
+        )
+        self.assertIn("syscard1.pce", [e["destination"] for e in extras])
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()