feat: keep a replaced BIOS file beside its folder

A file in place whose contents differ (another revision, a personal
dump) was overwritten and lost. It is now moved to
retrobios-backup/<date-time>/ beside the folder written to, under the
same path, before the verified copy replaces it. Beside, not inside:
DuckStation, SwanStation and Rustation read every file of the BIOS
folder and BizHawk walks its firmware folder recursively.

Identical files are never kept. --dry-run counts what would be kept,
the summary and the summary event name the folder, files and bytes,
and --restore FOLDER puts the files back. Data trees and standalone
copies keep their replaced files the same way.
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Abdessamad Derraz committed 2026-10-22 14:00:00 +02:00
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@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ def generate_home(
"## Is this safe?",
"",
"The installer writes only inside your BIOS folder, checks every file "
"before saving it, and never touches games or saves. "
"before saving it, keeps any file of yours it replaces in a "
"retrobios-backup folder beside it, and never touches games or saves. "
"[How the command is checked](wiki/faq.md#is-piping-the-installer-into-a-shell-safe).",
"",
"Laws on copying console firmware differ by country. "
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@@ -414,8 +414,9 @@ TRUST_NOTE = (
"checks the installer against a fingerprint it carries, then the installer "
"downloads the files your setup needs and checks each one before saving it. "
"It writes only inside your BIOS folder. A BIOS file whose contents differ "
"from the expected one is replaced with a checked copy, and files it does "
"not know are never moved or deleted. Games and saves are never touched."
"from the expected one is replaced with a checked copy, and yours is kept in "
"a retrobios-backup folder beside it. Files it does not know are never moved "
"or deleted. Games and saves are never touched."
)