diff --git a/scripts/exporter/baseline.py b/scripts/exporter/baseline.py
index 81d02c4e..cebb25d9 100644
--- a/scripts/exporter/baseline.py
+++ b/scripts/exporter/baseline.py
@@ -322,13 +322,18 @@ def build_native_model(
                 if candidate.truth is None
             ]
 
-            def by_destination(candidate: NativeFile) -> bool:
+            def by_destination(candidate: NativeFile, t_dest: str = t_dest) -> bool:
                 # Dolphin writes dolphin-emu/Sys/GC/USA/IPL.bin for the truth's
                 # GC/USA/IPL.bin: a destination ending in the path is the file.
                 theirs = _match_key(candidate.platform or {})[0]
                 return bool(t_dest) and (theirs == t_dest or theirs.endswith("/" + t_dest))
 
-            def by_name(candidate: NativeFile) -> bool:
+            def by_name(
+                candidate: NativeFile,
+                t_dest: str = t_dest,
+                t_name: str = t_name,
+                truth_entry: dict = truth_entry,
+            ) -> bool:
                 theirs_dest, theirs = _match_key(candidate.platform or {})
                 if not t_name or theirs != t_name:
                     return False
@@ -346,7 +351,7 @@ def build_native_model(
                     isinstance(t_size, int) and isinstance(p_size, int) and t_size != p_size
                 )
 
-            def by_hash(candidate: NativeFile) -> bool:
+            def by_hash(candidate: NativeFile, t_hashes: set = t_hashes) -> bool:
                 if not t_hashes:
                     return False
                 theirs = {
diff --git a/scripts/generate_pack.py b/scripts/generate_pack.py
index 71c56852..912a7d5b 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pack.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pack.py
@@ -577,6 +577,24 @@ def _select_variants(
     return region_drops, region_fallbacks, slot_undecidable
 
 
+def _platform_pack_name(
+    platform_name: str,
+    platforms_dir: str,
+    narrowings: list[tuple[str, str]],
+    system_filter: list[str] | None,
+    pack_name: str | None = None,
+) -> str:
+    """File name of a platform pack: stem, narrowing tags, system tag.
+
+    A caller naming the pack itself (a --split part) is taken at its word.
+    """
+    if pack_name:
+        return pack_name
+    stem = _platform_pack_stem([platform_name], platform_name, platforms_dir)
+    tags = "".join(tag for tag, _label in narrowings)
+    return f"{stem}{tags}_BIOS_Pack{_system_tag(system_filter)}.zip"
+
+
 def generate_pack(
     platform_name: str,
     platforms_dir: str,
@@ -623,10 +641,12 @@ def generate_pack(
     narrowings = _narrowings(
         source, regions, target_name, one_per_slot, required_only
     )
-    narrow_tags = "".join(tag for tag, _label in narrowings)
-    stem = _platform_pack_stem([platform_name], platform_name, platforms_dir)
-    zip_name = pack_name or f"{stem}{narrow_tags}_BIOS_Pack{_system_tag(system_filter)}.zip"
-    zip_path = os.path.join(output_dir, zip_name)
+    zip_path = os.path.join(
+        output_dir,
+        _platform_pack_name(
+            platform_name, platforms_dir, narrowings, system_filter, pack_name
+        ),
+    )
     os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
     # Case-insensitive dedup only for platforms targeting Windows/macOS.
@@ -2460,6 +2480,13 @@ def _refuse_refresh_data(args, parser) -> None:
             parser.error(f"--refresh-data is incompatible with {flag}")
 
 
+def _refuse_include_archived(args, parser) -> None:
+    """Only --all chooses among registered platforms; every other mode names
+    its own platform, emulator, system or hash."""
+    if args.include_archived and not args.all:
+        parser.error("--include-archived requires --all")
+
+
 def _refuse_unapplied_flags(args, parser) -> None:
     """Refuse every flag the requested mode would not apply.
 
@@ -2467,10 +2494,7 @@ def _refuse_unapplied_flags(args, parser) -> None:
     about an artifact the caller did not name. Run before any quick-exit
     mode, since --verify-packs and --manifest-targets return early.
     """
-    # Only --all chooses among registered platforms; every other mode names
-    # its own platform, emulator, system or hash.
-    if args.include_archived and not args.all:
-        parser.error("--include-archived requires --all")
+    _refuse_include_archived(args, parser)
     # Parsed before the quick-exit modes: --verify-packs returns early and
     # still needs the region priority list to narrow its expectation.
     args.regions = []
diff --git a/scripts/generate_readme.py b/scripts/generate_readme.py
index a77c6e64..2620a3ff 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_readme.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_readme.py
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ def extract_notes(platforms_dir: str) -> list[str]:
     return notes
 
 
+def _extract_cells(platforms_dir: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """The download table's "Extract to" cell, by display name."""
+    return {display: f"`{folder}`" for display, folder in extract_targets(platforms_dir)}
+
+
+def _paragraphs(texts: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    return [line for text in texts for line in ("", text)]
+
+
 def download_table(
     coverages: dict,
     archived: set[str],
@@ -393,9 +402,7 @@ def generate_readme(db: dict, platforms_dir: str) -> str:
     # Where the pack itself is extracted, which is not always the BIOS folder:
     # a pack whose entries already carry their own root (RetroDECK) extracts
     # one level above it.
-    extract_paths = {
-        display: f"`{folder}`" for display, folder in extract_targets(platforms_dir)
-    }
+    extract_paths = _extract_cells(platforms_dir)
     archived = {
         name
         for name, entry in load_platform_registry(platforms_dir).items()
@@ -408,8 +415,7 @@ def generate_readme(db: dict, platforms_dir: str) -> str:
         )
     )
 
-    for note in extract_notes(platforms_dir):
-        lines.extend(["", note])
+    lines.extend(_paragraphs(extract_notes(platforms_dir)))
     if archived:
         lines.extend(
             [
diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index 6e495ac9..269053ce 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -207,6 +207,16 @@ def _timestamp() -> str:
 # Home page
 
 
+def _extract_table(platforms_dir: str) -> list[str]:
+    """The home page's extraction table, indented for its admonition."""
+    rows = [
+        f"    | {display} | `{folder}` |"
+        for display, folder in extract_targets(platforms_dir)
+    ]
+    notes = [f"    {note}" for note in extract_notes(platforms_dir)]
+    return ["    | Platform | Extract to |", "    |----------|-----------|", *rows, "", *notes]
+
+
 def generate_home(
     db: dict,
     coverages: dict,
@@ -328,14 +338,7 @@ def generate_home(
             "",
             '??? info "Where to extract"',
             "",
-            "    | Platform | Extract to |",
-            "    |----------|-----------|",
-            *(
-                f"    | {display} | `{folder}` |"
-                for display, folder in extract_targets(platforms_dir)
-            ),
-            "",
-            *(f"    {note}" for note in extract_notes(platforms_dir)),
+            *_extract_table(platforms_dir),
             "    Every other pack extracts straight into the BIOS folder."
             " [Full instructions per setup](which-pack.md).",
             "",
@@ -1870,17 +1873,17 @@ def _file_badges(f: dict, in_repo: bool) -> list[str]:
         badges.append(
             '<span class="rb-badge rb-badge-muted">optional</span>'
         )
-    if not in_repo and f.get("unsourceable"):
+    if in_repo:
+        badges.append(
+            '<span class="rb-badge rb-badge-success">in repo</span>'
+        )
+    elif f.get("unsourceable"):
         badges.append(
             '<span class="rb-badge rb-badge-muted">unsourceable</span>'
         )
-    elif not in_repo:
-        badges.append(
-            '<span class="rb-badge rb-badge-warning">missing</span>'
-        )
     else:
         badges.append(
-            '<span class="rb-badge rb-badge-success">in repo</span>'
+            '<span class="rb-badge rb-badge-warning">missing</span>'
         )
     if hle:
         badges.append(
@@ -2247,6 +2250,40 @@ def _availability_check(db: dict, data_names):
     return _file_available
 
 
+def _emulator_file_summary(files: list[dict], available) -> list[str]:
+    """The counts above an emulator's file table, and its categories."""
+    in_repo_count = sum(1 for f in files if available(f))
+    unsourceable_count = sum(1 for f in files if f.get("unsourceable"))
+    missing_count = len(files) - in_repo_count - unsourceable_count
+    req_count = sum(1 for f in files if f.get("required"))
+    hle_count = sum(1 for f in files if f.get("hle_fallback"))
+
+    held = f"{in_repo_count} in repo, {missing_count} missing"
+    if unsourceable_count:
+        held += f", {unsourceable_count} unsourceable"
+    parts = [
+        f"**{len(files)} files**",
+        f"{req_count} required, {len(files) - req_count} optional",
+        held,
+    ]
+    if hle_count:
+        parts.append(f"{hle_count} with HLE fallback")
+    lines = [" | ".join(parts)]
+
+    categories = [f.get("category", "bios") for f in files]
+    if "game_data" in categories or "bios_zip" in categories:
+        cats = [
+            f"{categories.count(key)} {label}"
+            for key, label in (
+                ("bios", "BIOS"), ("game_data", "game data"), ("bios_zip", "BIOS ZIPs")
+            )
+            if categories.count(key)
+        ]
+        lines.append(f"Categories: {', '.join(cats)}")
+    lines.append("")
+    return lines
+
+
 def generate_emulator_page(
     name: str,
     profile: dict,
@@ -2363,38 +2400,7 @@ def generate_emulator_page(
     else:
         _file_available = _availability_check(db, data_names)
 
-        # Stats by category
-        bios_files = [f for f in files if f.get("category", "bios") == "bios"]
-        game_data = [f for f in files if f.get("category") == "game_data"]
-        bios_zips = [f for f in files if f.get("category") == "bios_zip"]
-
-        in_repo_count = sum(1 for f in files if _file_available(f))
-        unsourceable_count = sum(1 for f in files if f.get("unsourceable"))
-        missing_count = len(files) - in_repo_count - unsourceable_count
-        req_count = sum(1 for f in files if f.get("required"))
-        opt_count = len(files) - req_count
-        hle_count = sum(1 for f in files if f.get("hle_fallback"))
-
-        parts = [f"**{len(files)} files**"]
-        parts.append(f"{req_count} required, {opt_count} optional")
-        held = f"{in_repo_count} in repo, {missing_count} missing"
-        if unsourceable_count:
-            held += f", {unsourceable_count} unsourceable"
-        parts.append(held)
-        if hle_count:
-            parts.append(f"{hle_count} with HLE fallback")
-        lines.append(" | ".join(parts))
-
-        if game_data or bios_zips:
-            cats = []
-            if bios_files:
-                cats.append(f"{len(bios_files)} BIOS")
-            if game_data:
-                cats.append(f"{len(game_data)} game data")
-            if bios_zips:
-                cats.append(f"{len(bios_zips)} BIOS ZIPs")
-            lines.append(f"Categories: {', '.join(cats)}")
-        lines.append("")
+        lines.extend(_emulator_file_summary(files, _file_available))
 
         # File table
         for f in files:
diff --git a/scripts/largefiles.py b/scripts/largefiles.py
index 79b8e9ab..d0be38ec 100644
--- a/scripts/largefiles.py
+++ b/scripts/largefiles.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def _fetch_asset(
             hashes, expected_sha1, expected_md5
         ):
             return cached
-        elif offline or _served_size(name) in (None, os.path.getsize(cached)):
+        elif not _replaced_on_release(name, cached, offline):
             # A copy of this asset that answers another hash: the caller
             # wants a different revision under the same name, and the
             # release still serves this one. Keeping it is what lets the
@@ -234,6 +234,18 @@ def _asset_urls(name: str) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
     ]
 
 
+def _replaced_on_release(name: str, cached: str, offline: bool) -> bool:
+    """Whether the release now serves other bytes than the cached copy.
+
+    Sizes are compared, as check_release_assets does: a request per asset,
+    no download. Offline or unreadable, the copy is assumed current.
+    """
+    if offline:
+        return False
+    served = _served_size(name)
+    return served is not None and served != os.path.getsize(cached)
+
+
 def _served_size(name: str) -> int | None:
     """Size of the asset the release serves now, or None when unreadable."""
     for candidate, url in _asset_urls(name):
diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index c50f79b7..b5a87274 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ class RefPart:
     end: int | None
     raw: str = ""
 
+    @property
+    def last(self) -> int | None:
+        """Last cited line: the end of a range, or the single line."""
+        return self.end or self.start
+
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class AnchorResult:
@@ -910,7 +915,7 @@ def anchor_part(
             reason = "written against HEAD, pin names an older revision"
         return PartResult(part, "GONE", None, None, None, [], reason, slug, url)
 
-    end = part.end or part.start
+    end = part.last
     if end > len(pin_lines):
         # The file is there and the line is not yet: the pinned revision is
         # shorter than the one the ref was written against. nestopia cited
@@ -1173,7 +1178,7 @@ def verify_at_pin(part: RefPart, pin_lines, tokens, hash_tokens=()) -> PartResul
         )
     if part.start is None:
         return PartResult(part, "ANCHORED", None, None, None, [])
-    if (part.end or part.start) > len(pin_lines):
+    if part.last > len(pin_lines):
         return PartResult(
             part, "GONE", None, None, None, [], "beyond the end of the file"
         )
@@ -1190,7 +1195,7 @@ def verify_at_pin(part: RefPart, pin_lines, tokens, hash_tokens=()) -> PartResul
     # per line, so the window reaches forward as far as the entry has members.
     reach = SELF_CHECK_CONTEXT + len(tokens)
     lo = max(0, part.start - 1 - SELF_CHECK_CONTEXT)
-    hi = min(len(pin_lines), (part.end or part.start) + reach)
+    hi = min(len(pin_lines), part.last + reach)
     window = "\n".join(pin_lines[lo:hi]).lower()
     if any(token in window for token in tokens):
         return PartResult(part, "ANCHORED", None, None, None, [])
@@ -2823,6 +2828,22 @@ def realign_prose(
     return messages
 
 
+def _refuse_dirty_tree(emulators_dir: str) -> None:
+    """Writes need a clean profile tree to roll back to."""
+    try:
+        dirty = emulators_dir_is_dirty(emulators_dir)
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print(f"{e}. Pass --force to write anyway.", file=sys.stderr)
+        raise SystemExit(1) from e
+    if dirty:
+        print(
+            f"{emulators_dir} carries uncommitted changes. "
+            "Commit them first or pass --force.",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+
+
 def emulators_dir_is_dirty(emulators_dir: str) -> bool:
     """True when the profile directory carries uncommitted changes.
 
@@ -3233,18 +3254,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         or args.realign_prose
     )
     if writes and not args.dry_run and not args.force:
-        try:
-            dirty = emulators_dir_is_dirty(args.emulators_dir)
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            print(f"{e}. Pass --force to write anyway.", file=sys.stderr)
-            raise SystemExit(1) from e
-        if dirty:
-            print(
-                f"{args.emulators_dir} carries uncommitted changes. "
-                "Commit them first or pass --force.",
-                file=sys.stderr,
-            )
-            raise SystemExit(1)
+        _refuse_dirty_tree(args.emulators_dir)
 
     if args.realign_prose:
         for name in selected:
diff --git a/scripts/scraper/libretro_scraper.py b/scripts/scraper/libretro_scraper.py
index 9d62f691..e3609677 100644
--- a/scripts/scraper/libretro_scraper.py
+++ b/scripts/scraper/libretro_scraper.py
@@ -101,6 +101,27 @@ SYSTEM_SLUG_MAP = {
 }
 
 
+def _core_info_files() -> list[str]:
+    """Paths of every .info file in libretro-core-info, or RuntimeError."""
+    import json
+
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/libretro-core-info/git/trees/master?recursive=1"
+    try:
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=github_headers())
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+            tree = json.loads(resp.read())
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, json.JSONDecodeError) as e:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"cannot list libretro-core-info: {e}") from e
+    info_files = [
+        item["path"]
+        for item in tree.get("tree", [])
+        if item["path"].endswith("_libretro.info")
+    ]
+    if not info_files:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"no .info file in {url}")
+    return info_files
+
+
 class Scraper(BaseScraper):
     """Scraper for libretro System.dat."""
 
@@ -167,28 +188,10 @@ class Scraper(BaseScraper):
 
     def _fetch_core_metadata(self) -> dict[str, dict]:
         """Fetch per-core metadata from libretro-core-info .info files."""
-        import json
-
         from .coreinfo_scraper import CORE_SYSTEM_MAP
 
-        url = "https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/libretro-core-info/git/trees/master?recursive=1"
-        try:
-            req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=github_headers())
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
-                tree = json.loads(resp.read())
-        except (urllib.error.URLError, json.JSONDecodeError) as e:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"cannot list libretro-core-info: {e}") from e
-
-        info_files = [
-            item["path"]
-            for item in tree.get("tree", [])
-            if item["path"].endswith("_libretro.info")
-        ]
-        if not info_files:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"no .info file in {url}")
-
         metadata: dict[str, dict] = {}
-        for filename in info_files:
+        for filename in _core_info_files():
             core_name = filename.replace("_libretro.info", "")
             system_slug = CORE_SYSTEM_MAP.get(core_name)
             if not system_slug or system_slug in metadata:
diff --git a/scripts/truth.py b/scripts/truth.py
index 52bf651a..76583741 100644
--- a/scripts/truth.py
+++ b/scripts/truth.py
@@ -178,11 +178,17 @@ def _same_file(files: list[dict], file_entry: dict, emu_name: str) -> dict | Non
     )
 
 
+def _declared(entry: dict, field: str) -> set[str]:
+    """The values an entry declares for a hash field, one or a list."""
+    value = entry.get(field)
+    values = value if isinstance(value, list) else [value]
+    return {str(v).lower() for v in values if v}
+
+
 def _contents_disagree(a: dict, b: dict) -> bool:
     """A hash both declare without a value in common, or two declared sizes."""
     for field in ("sha1", "md5", "sha256", "crc32"):
-        ours = {str(v).lower() for v in (a.get(field) if isinstance(a.get(field), list) else [a.get(field)]) if v}
-        theirs = {str(v).lower() for v in (b.get(field) if isinstance(b.get(field), list) else [b.get(field)]) if v}
+        ours, theirs = _declared(a, field), _declared(b, field)
         if ours and theirs and not ours & theirs:
             return True
     size_a, size_b = a.get("size"), b.get("size")
@@ -294,6 +300,16 @@ def _has_exploitable_data(entry: dict) -> bool:
     )
 
 
+def _system_dir_files(profile: dict, standalone: bool) -> list[dict]:
+    """Entries of the build the platform runs, read from the system directory."""
+    return list(
+        filter(
+            read_from_system_dir,
+            filter_files_by_mode(profile.get("files", []), standalone=standalone),
+        )
+    )
+
+
 def generate_platform_truth(
     platform_name: str,
     config: dict,
@@ -372,14 +388,11 @@ def generate_platform_truth(
             continue
         cores_profiled.add(emu_name)
 
-        filtered = filter_files_by_mode(
-            profile.get("files", []),
-            standalone=runs_standalone(emu_name, profile, standalone_set),
+        filtered = _system_dir_files(
+            profile, runs_standalone(emu_name, profile, standalone_set)
         )
 
         for fe in filtered:
-            if not read_from_system_dir(fe):
-                continue
             profile_sid = fe.get("system", "")
             if not profile_sid:
                 sys_ids = profile.get("systems", [])