refactor: share the gap scope rule

scripts/cross_reference.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from common import (
     resolve_local_file,
     runs_standalone,
 )
-from validation import read_from_system_dir
+from validation import outside_gap_scope
 
 yaml = require_yaml()
 
@@ -369,26 +369,7 @@ def _cross_reference_profile(
             })
             continue
 
-        # Skip pattern placeholders (e.g., <bios>.bin, <user-selected>.bin)
+        if outside_gap_scope(f, is_standalone):
-        if "<" in fname or ">" in fname or "*" in fname:
-            continue
-
-        # Skip UI-imported files with explicit path: null (not resolvable by pack)
-        if "path" in f and f["path"] is None:
-            continue
-
-        # Skip the entries of the build the platform does not run
-        file_mode = f.get("mode", "both")
-        if file_mode == "standalone" and not is_standalone:
-            continue
-        if file_mode == "libretro" and is_standalone:
-            continue
-
-        if not read_from_system_dir(f):
-            continue
-
-        # Skip filename-agnostic files (handled by agnostic scan)
-        if f.get("agnostic"):
             continue
 
         archive = f.get("archive")
@@ -624,7 +605,7 @@ def main():
         config = load_platform_config(args.platform, args.platforms_dir)
         relevant = resolve_platform_cores(config, profiles, target_cores=target_cores)
         profiles = {k: v for k, v in profiles.items() if k in relevant}
-        standalone_cores = {str(c) for c in config.get("standalone_cores", [])}
+        standalone_cores = set(map(str, config.get("standalone_cores", [])))
 
     if not profiles:
         print("No emulator profiles found.", file=sys.stderr)

scripts/validation.py

@@ -324,6 +324,28 @@ def read_from_system_dir(file_entry: dict) -> bool:
     return not load_from or load_from == "system_dir"
 
 
+def outside_gap_scope(file_entry: dict, is_standalone: bool) -> bool:
+    """Whether an entry is a file the platform's pack would carry for this build.
+
+    Read by the gap report and by verify's undeclared-file pass, so both set
+    aside the same entries: a placeholder standing for a family of files, a
+    file the user imports through the UI (``path: null``), an entry of the
+    build the platform does not run, a file read outside the system
+    directory, and a filename-agnostic entry the builder scans for itself.
+    """
+    name = file_entry.get("name", "")
+    if "<" in name or ">" in name or "*" in name:
+        return True
+    if "path" in file_entry and file_entry["path"] is None:
+        return True
+    mode = file_entry.get("mode")
+    if (mode == "standalone" and not is_standalone) or (
+        mode == "libretro" and is_standalone
+    ):
+        return True
+    return not read_from_system_dir(file_entry) or bool(file_entry.get("agnostic"))
+
+
 def filter_files_by_mode(files: list[dict], standalone: bool) -> list[dict]:
     """Filter file entries by libretro/standalone mode."""
     result = []

scripts/verify.py

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ from validation import (
     check_file_validation,
     filter_files_by_mode,
     find_validated_variant,
-    read_from_system_dir,
+    outside_gap_scope,
 )
 
 DEFAULT_DB = "database.json"
@@ -394,21 +394,7 @@ def _candidate_verdict(
     """
     if file_entry.get("unsourceable"):
         return "settled"
-    # Placeholders stand for a family of files, not a file.
+    if outside_gap_scope(file_entry, is_standalone):
-    if "<" in fname or ">" in fname or "*" in fname:
-        return "skip"
-    # An explicit null path means the user imports it through the UI.
-    if "path" in file_entry and file_entry["path"] is None:
-        return "skip"
-    file_mode = file_entry.get("mode")
-    if file_mode == "standalone" and not is_standalone:
-        return "skip"
-    if file_mode == "libretro" and is_standalone:
-        return "skip"
-    if not read_from_system_dir(file_entry):
-        return "skip"
-    # Filename-agnostic entries are answered by the builder's own scan.
-    if file_entry.get("agnostic"):
         return "skip"
     if not include_all:
         archive = file_entry.get("archive")