From 31e86b6db53b0dce49dd939c4e6b8df2c893408c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 07:05:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: let the retropie core check take none

---
 scripts/exporter/retropie_exporter.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/exporter/retropie_exporter.py b/scripts/exporter/retropie_exporter.py
index c09b2d24..3eeb6b8f 100644
--- a/scripts/exporter/retropie_exporter.py
+++ b/scripts/exporter/retropie_exporter.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class Exporter(BaseExporter):
         return names
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _required_for(fe: NativeFile, core: str) -> bool:
+    def _required_for(fe: NativeFile, core: str | None) -> bool:
         """Whether the package's own core needs the file.
 
         The merged `required` is true when any core needs it: pcsx_rearmed
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class Exporter(BaseExporter):
             candidates = [
                 fe
                 for fe in files
-                if self._required_for(fe, core or "")
+                if self._required_for(fe, core)
                 and not (
                     {fe.name.lower()}
                     | {str(a).lower() for a in (fe.native("aliases", []) or [])}