From 62a090be2fae829e79f017d5256a35a43348e75c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:37:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: list exclusion notes only when asked

---
 scripts/verify.py              |  6 +++++-
 tests/test_system_selection.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index a7d3b74c..7ea224b2 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -1372,11 +1372,15 @@ def print_platform_result(
     _print_detail_entries(result["details"], seen_details, verbose)
     _print_undeclared_section(result, verbose)
 
+    # The same notes come back for every platform running these cores and
+    # filled 985 of the 1114 lines of verify --all: counted, listed on ask.
     exclusions = result.get("exclusion_notes", [])
-    if exclusions:
+    if exclusions and verbose:
         print(f"  No external files ({len(exclusions)}):")
         for ex in exclusions:
             print(f"    {ex['emulator']} -{ex['detail']} [{ex['reason']}]")
+    elif exclusions:
+        print(f"  No external files: {len(exclusions)} cores (--verbose lists them)")
 
     gt_cov = result.get("ground_truth_coverage")
     if gt_cov and gt_cov["total"] > 0:
diff --git a/tests/test_system_selection.py b/tests/test_system_selection.py
index f0b2c878..9fc1b221 100644
--- a/tests/test_system_selection.py
+++ b/tests/test_system_selection.py
@@ -146,5 +146,22 @@ class StrictVerifyFailsOnACriticalMiss(unittest.TestCase):
         source = (REPO_ROOT / "scripts" / "pipeline.py").read_text()
         self.assertIn('"scripts/verify.py", "--all", "--strict"', source)
 
+
+class ExclusionNotesListedOnAsk(unittest.TestCase):
+    """verify --all repeated every core's exclusion note under every
+    platform: 985 of its 1114 lines, the platform results lost among them."""
+
+    def test_counted_by_default_listed_with_verbose(self):
+        if not (REPO_ROOT / "database.json").exists():
+            self.skipTest("database.json is not generated")
+        cmd = [sys.executable, "scripts/verify.py", "--platform", "retroarch"]
+        plain = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=str(REPO_ROOT),
+                               timeout=900, check=True).stdout
+        verbose = subprocess.run([*cmd, "--verbose"], capture_output=True, text=True,
+                                 cwd=str(REPO_ROOT), timeout=900, check=True).stdout
+        self.assertRegex(plain, r"No external files: \d+ cores \(--verbose lists them\)")
+        self.assertRegex(verbose, r"No external files \(\d+\):")
+        self.assertLess(len(plain.splitlines()), len(verbose.splitlines()))
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()