From 203e75c1f42d45d83bf9b83e28dcc4a88d61b506 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:49:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: let the live, owning repository judge a ref

---
 scripts/profile_sync.py    | 26 ++++++++++++++---
 tests/test_profile_sync.py | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index 652505be..0fcb79f3 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -1666,10 +1666,17 @@ def build_report(
         token on the cited line, so no single attribution can be right for all
         of them; taking the best outcome across repositories settles it.
         """
+        owner, _actual = resolve_path(part.path, part.start, tuple(tokens))
+        carrying = [
+            view for view in views
+            if fetch_from(view.repo, view.pin, part.path) is not None
+        ]
+        live = {
+            id(view) for view in carrying
+            if fetch_from(view.repo, view.head, part.path) is not None
+        }
         best = None
-        for view in views:
-            if fetch_from(view.repo, view.pin, part.path) is None:
-                continue
+        for view in carrying:
             result = anchor_part(
                 part,
                 lambda which, path, start=None, toks=(), _v=view: fetch(
@@ -1681,8 +1688,19 @@ def build_report(
                 ),
                 tokens,
             )
+            if (
+                live and id(view) not in live
+                and result.status in ("AMBIGUOUS", "GONE")
+            ):
+                # dosbox-pure's upstream was emptied: its rename search
+                # offered the .info, .sln and .vcxproj as candidates and hid
+                # the real change in the port that still carries the file.
+                continue
             rank = STATUS_ORDER.index(result.status)
-            if best is None or rank < best[0]:
+            # On a tie the repository the citation is attributed to speaks:
+            # mame's "written against HEAD, pin names an older revision" was
+            # replaced by whatever the first repository said.
+            if best is None or rank < best[0] or (rank == best[0] and view is owner):
                 best = (rank, result)
         return best[1] if best else anchor_part(
             part, fetch, rename_getter, describe, tokens
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index 2dc44dce..251a740f 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -1453,6 +1453,63 @@ class TestBuildReport(unittest.TestCase):
         report = build_report("mame", profile, self.dir)
         self.assertEqual(report.entries[0].status, "ANCHORED")
 
+    def test_an_emptied_upstream_does_not_hide_the_ports_change(self):
+        # dosbox-pure moved to Codeberg and emptied its GitHub repository.
+        # The rename search run for that repository picked up the port's
+        # .info, .sln and .vcxproj sharing the file's root, and that
+        # AMBIGUOUS outranked the port's own CHANGED.
+        pin_lines = ["a", "scan the system folder", "for ROM.BIN", "c"]
+        self.files[("portpin", "core.cpp")] = list(pin_lines)
+        self.files[("porthead", "core.cpp")] = ["a", "scan every folder", "for nothing", "c"]
+        self.files[("uppin", "core.cpp")] = list(pin_lines)
+        for name in ("core.info", "core.sln", "core.vcxproj"):
+            self.files[("porthead", name)] = ["x"]
+        heads = {"o/port": "porthead", "o/up": "uphead"}
+        profile_sync.upstream.resolve_head = (
+            lambda repo, cache, offline=False, branch=None: heads[repo.slug]
+        )
+        profile_sync.upstream.list_tree = (
+            lambda repo, sha, cache_dir, offline=False: (
+                sorted(path for revision, path in self.files if revision == sha), False
+            )
+        )
+        profile = {
+            "emulator": "Pure",
+            "source": "https://github.com/o/port",
+            "upstream": "https://github.com/o/up",
+            "source_commit": "portpin",
+            "upstream_commit": "uppin",
+            "notes": "The scan accepts it (core.cpp:2-3).",
+            "files": [],
+        }
+        report = build_report("pure", profile, self.dir)
+        self.assertEqual([e.status for e in report.entries], ["CHANGED"])
+
+    def test_a_tie_reports_the_owning_repository(self):
+        # Both repositories call the ref GONE. mamedev, which the citation is
+        # attributed to, says why: the ref was written against HEAD. The port
+        # only says the range runs past its file.
+        self.files[("portpin", "src/stv.cpp")] = ["x"]
+        self.files[("porthead", "src/stv.cpp")] = ["x"]
+        self.files[("uppin", "src/stv.cpp")] = ["x"]
+        self.files[("uphead", "src/stv.cpp")] = ["x", "y", "GAME( 1996, stvbios,"]
+        heads = {"o/port": "porthead", "o/up": "uphead"}
+        profile_sync.upstream.resolve_head = (
+            lambda repo, cache, offline=False, branch=None: heads[repo.slug]
+        )
+        profile = {
+            "emulator": "MAME",
+            "source": "https://github.com/o/port",
+            "upstream": "https://github.com/o/up",
+            "source_commit": "portpin",
+            "upstream_commit": "uppin",
+            "files": [{"name": "stvbios.zip", "source_ref": "src/stv.cpp:3"}],
+        }
+        report = build_report("mame", profile, self.dir)
+        entry = report.entries[0]
+        self.assertEqual(entry.status, "GONE")
+        self.assertIn("written against HEAD", entry.parts[0].reason)
+
     def test_pin_on_the_declared_version_tag_is_flagged(self):
         self.files[("pinsha", "a.c")] = ["x", "hit"]
         self.files[("headsha", "a.c")] = ["x", "hit"]