docs: name the new-profile check CI runs

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ The checks CI runs on a pull request (Python 3.12 or newer):
 pip install pyyaml "jsonschema[format-nongpl]"
 python scripts/validate_pr.py --changed          # the BIOS files the branch adds
 python scripts/validate_schemas.py --source-only # profiles and platform files
+python scripts/profile_sync.py --emulator NAME --strict  # each profile the branch adds
 python -m unittest discover -s tests -t .
 ```
 
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ before a release.
 ## PR validation
 
 CI computes SHA1/MD5/CRC32 for every new file, checks them against the platform
-configs, validates the YAML against the schemas, runs the test suite, and posts
-a report on the PR.
+configs, validates the YAML against the schemas, confronts each added profile
+with its upstream source, runs the test suite, and posts a report on the PR.
 
 Contributors who add platform support are credited in the README,
 on the documentation site, and in the BIOS packs.

README.md

@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ Full list with per-file details: **[https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/](https:/
 |----------|-----------------:|-------------------------:|------------|
 | Batocera | 353/353 | 12,354/12,788 | MD5 hash |
 | BizHawk | 118/118 | 755/756 | SHA1 hash |
-| EmuDeck | 168/168 | 451/453 | MD5 hash |
+| EmuDeck | 168/168 | 5,810/5,840 | MD5 hash |
 | Lakka | 532/532 | 5,267/5,297 | file presence |
 | MiSTer FPGA | 81/81 | - | MD5 hash |
 | ROCKNIX | 38/38 | 5,926/6,003 | MD5 hash |
 | Recalbox | 351/351 | 2,788/2,806 | MD5 hash |
 | RetroArch | 526/526 | 5,279/5,309 | file presence |
-| RetroBat | 348/348 | 7,261/7,420 | MD5 hash |
+| RetroBat | 348/348 | 7,258/7,417 | MD5 hash |
 | RetroDECK | 2,008/2,008 | 5,327/5,377 | MD5 hash |
 | RetroPie * | 532/532 | 9,197/9,339 | file presence |
 | RomM | 383/383 | 774/781 | MD5 hash |
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ The scripts and tooling are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
 The BIOS and firmware files are not covered by that license: they are third-party system software, preserved and provided for personal backup, archival, and interoperability with emulation software. [NOTICE](NOTICE) sets out their status and how to ask for a file to be removed.
 The reasoning, and where it is weakest, is in the [FAQ](https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/wiki/faq/#is-this-legal).
 
-*Auto-generated on 2026-10-18T18:31:56Z*
+*Auto-generated on 2026-10-19T02:14:14Z*

scripts/generate_readme.py

@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ The checks CI runs on a pull request (Python 3.12 or newer):
 pip install pyyaml "jsonschema[format-nongpl]"
 python scripts/validate_pr.py --changed          # the BIOS files the branch adds
 python scripts/validate_schemas.py --source-only # profiles and platform files
+python scripts/profile_sync.py --emulator NAME --strict  # each profile the branch adds
 python -m unittest discover -s tests -t .
 ```
 
@@ -737,8 +738,8 @@ before a release.
 ## PR validation
 
 CI computes SHA1/MD5/CRC32 for every new file, checks them against the platform
-configs, validates the YAML against the schemas, runs the test suite, and posts
-a report on the PR.
+configs, validates the YAML against the schemas, confronts each added profile
+with its upstream source, runs the test suite, and posts a report on the PR.
 
 Contributors who add platform support are credited in the README,
 {site_words}, and in the BIOS packs.

tests/test_workflow_paths.py

@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ class DeploySiteTriggers(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 class DocumentedSteps(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_the_release_page_names_every_validation_job(self):
+        """check-new-profiles ran on every pull request and push while the
+        page said four jobs and named none of it."""
+        workflow = yaml.safe_load(
+            (REPO_ROOT / ".github/workflows/validate.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        )
+        page = (REPO_ROOT / "wiki/release-process.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        missing = sorted(job for job in workflow["jobs"] if f"**{job}" not in page)
+        self.assertEqual(missing, [])
+        words = {2: "Two", 3: "Three", 4: "Four", 5: "Five", 6: "Six", 7: "Seven"}
+        self.assertIn(f"{words[len(workflow['jobs'])]} jobs", page)
+
     def test_the_release_page_names_every_installed_package(self):
         """The page listed pyyaml and mkdocs and left out jsonschema: a
         maintainer following it could not run the contract check."""

wiki/release-process.md

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ no YAML anchor.
 **Concurrency.** Per-PR group on a pull request, per-ref on a push, cancel
 in-progress either way: a push series collapses to the tip.
 
-Four jobs, two of which read pull request context and carry an event guard:
+Five jobs, two of which read pull request context and carry an event guard:
 
 **validate-bios** (pull requests only). Diffs the PR to find changed BIOS
 files, runs `validate_pr.py --markdown` on each, and posts the validation
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ every emulator profile against `schemas/emulator.schema.json`. Both schemas set
 `additionalProperties: false`, so a typo in a field name fails the job instead
 of being silently ignored.
 
+**check-new-profiles.** Runs `profile_sync.py --emulator NAME --strict` on
+each profile the change adds (the files `git diff --diff-filter=A` names
+against the pull request base, or against the commit a push moved main from).
+A profile written from a clone can cite lines that do not hold the value it
+declares while schemas and tests pass it; this job confronts it with its
+upstream. An edited profile is not held to it.
+
 **run-tests.** Runs `python -m unittest discover -s tests -t . -v`. Must pass before a
 merge, and again on the commit a direct push puts at the head of main.