feat: follow a RetroDECK bios folder moved alone

RetroDECK moves each of its folders on its own and records the new place
in retrodeck.json paths (api_data_processing.sh:913-935). Only
rd_home_path was read, so files went to <home>/bios after a move.

install.ps1

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
     $defaultInstallUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.py"
-    $defaultInstallSha256 = "9fbee0f382ca68880697ed573b79ecc1ffca793a406a3f258dad16e40d2845d6"
+    $defaultInstallSha256 = "b37588b71f2a6273cedf31ee05fc7b7053b5489f074349fef9cfae0dcf2555ff"
     $maximumInstallerBytes = 2MB
     $installerExit = 0
     $installer = if ($PSScriptRoot) { Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "install.py" } else { $null }

install.py

@@ -1154,9 +1154,12 @@ def found_label(plat: str, path: Path) -> str:
     platform whose files it gets when that is another name."""
     name = detected_os(plat, path)
     shown = display_name(plat)
+    moved = "".join(f", {folder}/ at {place}"
+                    for folder, place in sorted(_MOVED_FOLDERS.get(path, {}).items())
+                    if folder in ("bios", "roms"))
     if not name or name == shown:
-        return f"{shown} at {path}"
-    return f"{name} at {path} ({shown} files)"
+        return f"{shown} at {path}{moved}"
+    return f"{name} at {path} ({shown} files){moved}"
 
 
 def _android_storage_root() -> Path:
@@ -1564,7 +1567,9 @@ def detect_platforms(os_type: str) -> list[tuple[str, Path]]:
                     f"{retrodeck_json}; assuming {home / 'retrodeck'}",
                     file=sys.stderr,
                 )
-            found.append(("retrodeck", Path(rd_home) if rd_home else home / "retrodeck"))
+            rd_root = Path(rd_home) if rd_home else home / "retrodeck"
+            _record_moved_folders(rd_root, retrodeck_json)
+            found.append(("retrodeck", rd_root))
         elif retrodeck_cfg.exists():
             rd_home = _parse_bash_var(retrodeck_cfg, "rdhome")
             found.append(("retrodeck", Path(rd_home) if rd_home else home / "retrodeck"))
@@ -1987,6 +1992,33 @@ def _safe_target_dir(value: object, field: str) -> str:
     return value
 
 
+# A platform whose folders move one by one: root -> {folder under the root:
+# where it is now}. RetroDECK's per-folder move (RetroDECK 7786a849,
+# functions/api_data_processing.sh:913-935) records each new place in
+# retrodeck.json paths.<folder>_path (config/retrodeck/retrodeck.json:3-23),
+# and its manifest places files under bios/ and roms/ of the home folder.
+_MOVED_FOLDERS: dict[Path, dict[str, Path]] = {}
+
+
+def _record_moved_folders(root: Path, retrodeck_json: Path) -> None:
+    """Each RetroDECK folder that is no longer <home>/<name>."""
+    try:
+        paths = json.loads(retrodeck_json.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"))["paths"]
+    except (OSError, ValueError, KeyError, TypeError):
+        return
+    if not isinstance(paths, dict):
+        return
+    moved = {}
+    for key, value in paths.items():
+        name = key[:-len("_path")] if key.endswith("_path") else ""
+        if name and name != "rd_home" and isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
+            place = Path(value.strip())
+            if place != root / name:
+                moved[name] = place
+    if moved:
+        _MOVED_FOLDERS[root] = moved
+
+
 def _destination_path(root: Path, value: object) -> Path:
     """Place a manifest destination below *root*.
 
@@ -1997,6 +2029,9 @@ def _destination_path(root: Path, value: object) -> Path:
     emulator reads it.
     """
     relative = _safe_relative_path(value, "dest")
+    moved = _MOVED_FOLDERS.get(root, {})
+    if len(relative.parts) > 1 and relative.parts[0] in moved:
+        return moved[relative.parts[0]].resolve() / Path(*relative.parts[1:])
     return root.resolve() / Path(*relative.parts)
 
 

install.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ esac
 TEMP_INSTALLER=""
 TEMP_DIRECTORY=""
 DEFAULT_INSTALL_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.py"
-DEFAULT_INSTALL_SHA256="9fbee0f382ca68880697ed573b79ecc1ffca793a406a3f258dad16e40d2845d6"
+DEFAULT_INSTALL_SHA256="b37588b71f2a6273cedf31ee05fc7b7053b5489f074349fef9cfae0dcf2555ff"
 MAX_INSTALLER_BYTES=2097152
 
 cleanup() {

tests/test_install.py

@@ -2668,6 +2668,49 @@ class AnUnreadableRetroDeckConfigIsSaid(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 
+class RetroDeckFoldersMovedOneByOne(unittest.TestCase):
+    """RetroDECK moves its bios folder on its own and records the new place
+    in retrodeck.json paths.bios_path, but only rd_home_path was read: the
+    files went to <home>/bios, a folder RetroDECK no longer reads."""
+
+    def _detect(self, paths: dict) -> tuple[Path, list]:
+        home = Path(_tempdir(self))
+        conf = home / ".var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/config/retrodeck"
+        conf.mkdir(parents=True)
+        (conf / "retrodeck.json").write_text(json.dumps({"paths": paths}))
+        with unittest.mock.patch.object(install.Path, "home", return_value=home), \
+                unittest.mock.patch.object(install, "_detect_embedded", return_value=[]), \
+                unittest.mock.patch.dict(install._MOVED_FOLDERS, clear=True), \
+                contextlib.redirect_stderr(io.StringIO()):
+            found = install.detect_platforms("linux")
+            dests = {name: install._destination_path(home / "retrodeck", f"{name}/a.bin")
+                     for name in ("bios", "roms", "saves")}
+            label = install.found_label("retrodeck", home / "retrodeck")
+        return home, [found, dests, label]
+
+    def test_a_moved_bios_folder_is_followed(self):
+        home = Path(_tempdir(self))
+        sd = home / "sd"
+        root, (found, dests, label) = self._detect({
+            "rd_home_path": "", "bios_path": str(sd / "bios"), "roms_path": str(sd / "roms"),
+        })
+        rd_home = root / "retrodeck"
+        self.assertIn(("retrodeck", rd_home), found)
+        self.assertEqual(dests["bios"], (sd / "bios").resolve() / "a.bin")
+        self.assertEqual(dests["roms"], (sd / "roms").resolve() / "a.bin")
+        self.assertEqual(dests["saves"], rd_home.resolve() / "saves" / "a.bin")
+        self.assertIn(f"bios/ at {sd / 'bios'}", label)
+
+    def test_folders_in_place_change_nothing(self):
+        home = Path(_tempdir(self))
+        rd_home = home / "rd"
+        _root, (found, dests, label) = self._detect({
+            "rd_home_path": str(rd_home), "bios_path": str(rd_home / "bios"),
+        })
+        self.assertIn(("retrodeck", rd_home), found)
+        self.assertNotIn("bios/ at", label)
+
+
 class TheBoardTheSystemNamesIsTheTarget(unittest.TestCase):
     """Batocera, Recalbox and ROCKNIX each write the board they were built
     for, but the installer read none of them, so a Batocera RPi4 installed

wiki/installer.md

@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ WSL does not pass them. A forced `--platform retrobat` falls back to
 | `HKCU\SOFTWARE\RetroBat` `LatestKnownInstallPath`, which `RetroBat.exe` writes on every start (read through `reg.exe` under WSL) | RetroBat | that folder + `\bios`, before the fixed folders above |
 | `~/.config/EmuDeck/settings.sh` (Linux and macOS) | EmuDeck | `emulationPath` + `/bios` |
 | `%APPDATA%\EmuDeck\settings.ps1`, else `%USERPROFILE%\EmuDeck\settings.ps1` | EmuDeck | `$emulationPath` + `\bios`, `C:\Emulation\bios` when it names none (a network install: the `$VolName` share + `\Emulation\bios`) |
-| `~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/config/retrodeck/retrodeck.json` | RetroDECK | `paths.rd_home_path`, falling back to the pre-migration `retrodeck.cfg` and its `rdhome` |
+| `~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/config/retrodeck/retrodeck.json` | RetroDECK | `paths.rd_home_path`, falling back to the pre-migration `retrodeck.cfg` and its `rdhome`. A folder RetroDECK moved on its own is followed: files for `bios/` go to `paths.bios_path`, files for `roms/` to `paths.roms_path`, and the run names the new place |
 | `~/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg` | RetroArch (Flatpak) | `system_directory` |
 | `~/snap/retroarch/current/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg` | RetroArch (Snap) | `system_directory` |
 | `~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg` | RetroArch (native) | `system_directory` |