From a252e2d158ef6858d276f8c5d30738e92e00c6e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 12:59:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: a cited range past the file end is gone

---
 scripts/profile_sync.py    | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 tests/test_profile_sync.py | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index c4a3247b..c50f79b7 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -675,8 +675,8 @@ def anchor_block(
     pin = _normalize(pin_lines)
     head = _normalize(head_lines)
     lo, hi = start - 1, end
-    if lo < 0 or lo >= len(pin):
-        return AnchorResult("GONE", None, None, [])
+    if lo < 0 or hi > len(pin):
+        return AnchorResult("GONE", None, None, [], "cited range ends past the end of the file")
     if not any(pin[lo:hi]):
         return AnchorResult("CHANGED", None, None, [], "cited range is blank")
 
@@ -910,17 +910,22 @@ def anchor_part(
             reason = "written against HEAD, pin names an older revision"
         return PartResult(part, "GONE", None, None, None, [], reason, slug, url)
 
-    if part.start > len(pin_lines) and _written_against_head(part, head_lines):
+    end = part.end or part.start
+    if end > len(pin_lines):
         # The file is there and the line is not yet: the pinned revision is
         # shorter than the one the ref was written against. nestopia cited
         # the palette and database loads at 2041 and 2063, which is where
-        # HEAD carries them, over a pin four hundred lines shorter.
-        return PartResult(
-            part, "GONE", None, None, None, [],
-            "written against HEAD, pin names an older revision", slug, url,
+        # HEAD carries them, over a pin four hundred lines shorter. A range
+        # that only ends past the file is no better: dolphin cited 239-323 in
+        # a 317-line NANDImporter.cpp, and the block found above the end
+        # anchored it.
+        reason = (
+            "written against HEAD, pin names an older revision"
+            if _written_against_head(part, head_lines)
+            else "cited range ends past the end of the file"
         )
+        return PartResult(part, "GONE", None, None, None, [], reason, slug, url)
 
-    end = part.end or part.start
     anchored = anchor_block(pin_lines, head_lines, part.start, end)
     note = anchored.reason
     if anchored.status in REVIEW_STATUSES:
@@ -1168,7 +1173,7 @@ def verify_at_pin(part: RefPart, pin_lines, tokens, hash_tokens=()) -> PartResul
         )
     if part.start is None:
         return PartResult(part, "ANCHORED", None, None, None, [])
-    if part.start > len(pin_lines):
+    if (part.end or part.start) > len(pin_lines):
         return PartResult(
             part, "GONE", None, None, None, [], "beyond the end of the file"
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index d18c2c59..2dc44dce 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -303,6 +303,13 @@ class TestWorstStatus(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 class TestAnchorBlock(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_a_range_ending_past_the_file_is_gone(self):
+        """dolphin cited NANDImporter.cpp:239-323 in a 317-line file; the
+        part inside the file anchored, and the ref read as sound."""
+        lines = [f"line {n}" for n in range(1, 11)]
+        self.assertEqual(anchor_block(lines, list(lines), 8, 14).status, "GONE")
+        self.assertEqual(anchor_block(lines, list(lines), 8, 10).status, "ANCHORED")
+
     def test_anchored_same_position(self):
         lines = ["a", "target", "b"]
         result = anchor_block(lines, list(lines), 2, 2)
@@ -388,6 +395,13 @@ class TestVerifyAtPin(unittest.TestCase):
 
     LINES = ["pad", "pad", 'ROM_LOAD("bios.bin", CRC(deadbeef))', "pad"]
 
+    def test_a_range_ending_past_the_file_is_gone(self):
+        """mame cited casloopy.cpp:2105-2462 in a 2105-line file."""
+        part = RefPart("a.c", 3, 9, "a.c:3-9")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            profile_sync.verify_at_pin(part, self.LINES, ["deadbeef"]).status, "GONE"
+        )
+
     def test_declared_value_present(self):
         part = RefPart("a.c", 3, 3, "a.c:3")
         self.assertEqual(