A game tracked without an App ID is offered its game database link

cmd/opensave-app/frontend/src/locales/en.json

@@ -388,6 +388,21 @@
   "game.config.deviceSettings": "Device settings",
   "game.config.syncDeviceSettings": "Sync these settings between devices too",
   "game.config.deviceSettingsHint": "The game database lists these as this game's settings, not its save, so each device keeps its own (graphics, resolution). They are still in every snapshot.",
+  "game.config.deviceSettingsDetectedHint": "Settings files you confirm from the suggestions are kept on each device too. A file that turns out to change along with the save syncs again by itself; to sync one yourself, untick it under “Pick from your save folder” below.",
+  "game.config.sourceDatabase": "game database",
+  "game.config.sourceDetected": "kept here by you — {reason}",
+  "game.config.sourceSave": "syncs again — {reason}",
+  "game.config.dbSuggestion": "This looks like {name} in the game database. Linked, it gets cover art, launching, seeing it played, and the game database’s settings files kept on each device.",
+  "game.config.dbLink": "Link",
+  "game.config.dbNotThis": "Not this game",
+  "game.config.dbLinked": "Linked to {name}",
+  "game.config.dbNotLinked": "Left as it is",
+  "game.config.suggestedSettings": "Suggested settings files",
+  "game.config.suggestedHint": "These look like this device’s settings rather than the save, by what they hold. They keep syncing until you decide: keep one on this device, and each device keeps its own.",
+  "game.config.keepHere": "Keep on this device",
+  "game.config.keepSyncing": "Keep syncing",
+  "game.config.keptHere": "{file} is kept on this device now",
+  "game.config.keptSyncing": "{file} keeps syncing",
   "notifications.clearAll": "Clear all",
   "notifications.clearAllTitle": "Take these out of the bell. Activity still has them.",
   "palette.renameGame": "Rename {game}"

cmd/opensave-app/frontend/src/locales/zh-Hans.json

@@ -340,6 +340,21 @@
   "game.config.deviceSettings": "设备设置",
   "game.config.syncDeviceSettings": "也在设备之间同步这些设置",
   "game.config.deviceSettingsHint": "游戏数据库将这些文件列为该游戏的设置而非存档，因此每台设备保留各自的设置（画质、分辨率）。它们仍包含在每个快照中。",
+  "game.config.deviceSettingsDetectedHint": "你从建议中确认的设置文件也会在每台设备上各自保留。若某个文件被发现会随存档一起变化，它会自动恢复同步；如需手动同步某个文件，请在下方“Pick from your save folder”中取消勾选。",
+  "game.config.sourceDatabase": "游戏数据库",
+  "game.config.sourceDetected": "由你保留在本机 — {reason}",
+  "game.config.sourceSave": "恢复同步 — {reason}",
+  "game.config.dbSuggestion": "这看起来是游戏数据库中的 {name}。关联后将获得封面、启动、游玩检测，并且游戏数据库列出的设置文件会在每台设备上各自保留。",
+  "game.config.dbLink": "关联",
+  "game.config.dbNotThis": "不是这个游戏",
+  "game.config.dbLinked": "已关联到 {name}",
+  "game.config.dbNotLinked": "保持不变",
+  "game.config.suggestedSettings": "建议的设置文件",
+  "game.config.suggestedHint": "根据内容判断，这些文件看起来是本设备的设置而非存档。在你决定之前它们会继续同步：选择保留在本设备后，每台设备将各自保留自己的版本。",
+  "game.config.keepHere": "保留在本设备",
+  "game.config.keepSyncing": "继续同步",
+  "game.config.keptHere": "{file} 现在保留在本设备",
+  "game.config.keptSyncing": "{file} 将继续同步",
   "notifications.clearAll": "清除全部",
   "notifications.clearAllTitle": "将这些从铃铛移除，活动页仍保留",
   "palette.renameGame": "重命名 {game}"

cmd/opensave-app/frontend/src/locales/zh-Hant.json

@@ -340,6 +340,21 @@
   "game.config.deviceSettings": "裝置設定",
   "game.config.syncDeviceSettings": "也在裝置之間同步這些設定",
   "game.config.deviceSettingsHint": "遊戲資料庫將這些檔案列為該遊戲的設定而非存檔，因此每臺裝置保留各自的設定（畫質、解析度）。它們仍包含在每個快照中。",
+  "game.config.deviceSettingsDetectedHint": "你從建議中確認的設定檔案也會在每臺裝置上各自保留。若某個檔案被發現會隨存檔一起變化，它會自動恢復同步；如需手動同步某個檔案，請在下方「Pick from your save folder」中取消勾選。",
+  "game.config.sourceDatabase": "遊戲資料庫",
+  "game.config.sourceDetected": "由你保留在本機 — {reason}",
+  "game.config.sourceSave": "恢復同步 — {reason}",
+  "game.config.dbSuggestion": "這看起來是遊戲資料庫中的 {name}。連結後將取得封面、啟動、遊玩偵測，並且遊戲資料庫列出的設定檔案會在每臺裝置上各自保留。",
+  "game.config.dbLink": "連結",
+  "game.config.dbNotThis": "不是這個遊戲",
+  "game.config.dbLinked": "已連結到 {name}",
+  "game.config.dbNotLinked": "保持不變",
+  "game.config.suggestedSettings": "建議的設定檔案",
+  "game.config.suggestedHint": "根據內容判斷，這些檔案看起來是本裝置的設定而非存檔。在你決定之前它們會繼續同步：選擇保留在本裝置後，每臺裝置將各自保留自己的版本。",
+  "game.config.keepHere": "保留在本裝置",
+  "game.config.keepSyncing": "繼續同步",
+  "game.config.keptHere": "{file} 現在保留在本裝置",
+  "game.config.keptSyncing": "{file} 將繼續同步",
   "notifications.clearAll": "清除全部",
   "notifications.clearAllTitle": "將這些從鈴鐺移除，活動頁仍保留",
   "palette.renameGame": "重新命名 {game}"

cmd/opensave-app/frontend/src/views/game/ConfigTab.svelte

@@ -32,8 +32,32 @@
   // The files the game database names as this game's settings rather than its
   // save (graphics, resolution): left out of syncing unless asked for.
   $: deviceSettings = game.deviceSettings ?? [];
+  // Files found by what they hold: suggested, and still syncing, until
+  // answered here. A wrong guess must not quietly stop part of a save syncing.
+  $: suggested = game.suggestedSettings ?? [];
   let locations = [];
 
+  function decide(s, keepHere) {
+    const path = s.pattern.replace(/^\//, '');
+    const done = $t(keepHere ? 'game.config.keptHere' : 'game.config.keptSyncing', { file: path });
+    return run(done, () => api.post(`/api/games/${game.id}/suggested-settings`, { path, keepHere }));
+  }
+
+  // The game in the game database this one looks like, for a game tracked
+  // without an App ID: linked only when confirmed here, as the App ID brings
+  // its settings files with it, left out of syncing.
+  $: dbSuggestion = game.gameDBSuggestion ?? null;
+  function answerLink(accept) {
+    const s = dbSuggestion;
+    if (!s) return;
+    const done = accept ? $t('game.config.dbLinked', { name: s.name }) : $t('game.config.dbNotLinked');
+    return run(done, async () => {
+      await api.post(`/api/games/${game.id}/gamedb-link`, { accept });
+      // The form holds the App ID as the tab opened; saving it would undo this.
+      if (accept) cfg.appId = s.appId;
+    });
+  }
+
   // Cover preview: a custom URL wins, else the proxied Steam art for the App
   // ID being edited.
   $: cover =
@@ -131,6 +155,19 @@
         </span>
       {/if}
     </div>
+    {#if dbSuggestion}
+      <div class="db-suggestion">
+        <span class="hint">{$t('game.config.dbSuggestion', { name: dbSuggestion.name })}</span>
+        <span class="decide">
+          <button class="btn small" disabled={$busy} on:click={() => answerLink(true)}>
+            {$t('game.config.dbLink')}
+          </button>
+          <button class="btn small ghost" disabled={$busy} on:click={() => answerLink(false)}>
+            {$t('game.config.dbNotThis')}
+          </button>
+        </span>
+      </div>
+    {/if}
     <AppIdField bind:value={cfg.appId} error={appIdError} />
     <div class="field">
       <label for="c-exe">Executable path</label>
@@ -166,12 +203,39 @@
         can't push them out. <strong>0 = keep forever</strong> (the default).
       </span>
     </div>
+    {#if suggested.length > 0}
+      <div class="field device-block">
+        <span class="label">{$t('game.config.suggestedSettings')}</span>
+        <ul class="device-settings">
+          {#each suggested as s (s.pattern)}
+            <li>
+              <code>{s.pattern.replace(/^\//, '')}</code>
+              <span class="source">{s.reason}</span>
+              <span class="decide">
+                <button class="btn small" disabled={$busy} on:click={() => decide(s, true)}>
+                  {$t('game.config.keepHere')}
+                </button>
+                <button class="btn small ghost" disabled={$busy} on:click={() => decide(s, false)}>
+                  {$t('game.config.keepSyncing')}
+                </button>
+              </span>
+            </li>
+          {/each}
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+      <span class="hint device-hint">{$t('game.config.suggestedHint')}</span>
+    {/if}
     {#if deviceSettings.length > 0}
       <div class="field device-block">
         <label for="c-devsettings">{$t('game.config.deviceSettings')}</label>
         <ul class="device-settings">
-          {#each deviceSettings as p}
-            <li><code>{p.replace(/^\//, '')}</code></li>
+          {#each deviceSettings as s}
+            <li class:given-back={s.source === 'save'}>
+              <code>{s.pattern.replace(/^!?\//, '')}</code>
+              <span class="source">
+                {#if s.source === 'database'}{$t('game.config.sourceDatabase')}{:else if s.source === 'detected'}{$t('game.config.sourceDetected', { reason: s.reason })}{:else}{$t('game.config.sourceSave', { reason: s.reason })}{/if}
+              </span>
+            </li>
           {/each}
         </ul>
       </div>
@@ -180,6 +244,7 @@
         {$t('game.config.syncDeviceSettings')}
       </label>
       <span class="hint device-hint">{$t('game.config.deviceSettingsHint')}</span>
+      <span class="hint device-hint">{$t('game.config.deviceSettingsDetectedHint')}</span>
     {/if}
     <SyncIgnoreEditor {game} bind:value={cfg.syncIgnore} severalFolders={locations.length > 0} />
     <SaveLocations {game} {runner} bind:locations />
@@ -235,6 +300,36 @@
   .device-settings code {
     font-size: 0.9em;
   }
+  .device-settings .source {
+    font-size: 0.82em;
+    color: var(--text-faint);
+    margin-left: 6px;
+  }
+  .device-settings .given-back code {
+    text-decoration: line-through;
+  }
+  /* A heading over a list, not a control: styled as the field labels are. */
+  .device-block .label {
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
+    color: var(--text-dim);
+    font-weight: 500;
+  }
+  .db-suggestion {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 8px;
+    margin-bottom: 14px;
+  }
+  .db-suggestion .decide {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    gap: 6px;
+  }
+  .device-settings .decide {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    gap: 6px;
+    margin-left: 8px;
+  }
   .device-block {
     margin-bottom: 4px !important;
   }

cmd/opensave-app/frontend/src/views/game/SyncIgnoreEditor.svelte

@@ -133,14 +133,19 @@
             <span class="file-name">
               {#if f.location}<span class="file-loc">{f.location} ›</span>{/if}{f.path}
             </span>
-            <span class="verdict">{f.excluded ? "won't sync" : 'syncs'}</span>
+            <span class="verdict" title={f.reason ?? ''}>
+              {#if !f.excluded}syncs{:else if f.source === 'database'}won't sync · settings (game database){:else if f.source === 'detected'}won't
+                sync · settings (detected){:else}won't sync{/if}
+            </span>
           </label>
         {/each}
       </div>
       <span class="hint">
         Ticking a file writes the pattern for you, anchored so it can only ever mean that
         one file. Unticking a file caught by a wildcard adds a <code>!</code> exception
         rather than deleting the wildcard.
+        Files marked <em>settings</em> are left out as this game's device settings; unticking
+        one syncs it after all.
         {#if severalFolders}
           A pattern applies to <strong>every one of this game's folders</strong>, so a
           name that appears in two of them is excluded in both.

internal/api/routes.go

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func (s *Server) routes(r chi.Router) {
 	r.Post("/api/games/{gameId}/link", s.handleLinkGame)
 	r.Get("/api/games/{gameId}/roots", s.handleListGameRoots)
 	r.Post("/api/games/{gameId}/roots", s.handleAddGameRoot)
+	r.Post("/api/games/{gameId}/suggested-settings", s.handleDecideSuggestedSettings)
+	r.Post("/api/games/{gameId}/gamedb-link", s.handleAnswerGameDBLink)
 	r.Delete("/api/games/{gameId}/roots/{root}", s.handleRemoveGameRoot)
 	r.Delete("/api/games/{gameId}/alias/{aliasId}", s.handleUnlinkGame)
 

internal/api/routes_gamedb.go

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/opensave/opensave/internal/daemon"
 	"github.com/opensave/opensave/internal/presets"
 )
 
@@ -24,3 +27,30 @@ func (s *Server) handleGameDBIdentify(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"found": true, "game": m})
 }
+
+// POST /api/games/{gameId}/gamedb-link {"accept": bool} — the answer to the
+// game in the game database a game tracked without an App ID looks like.
+func (s *Server) handleAnswerGameDBLink(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	game, err := s.Daemon.Store.GetGame(chi.URLParam(r, "gameId"))
+	if err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "Game not found.")
+		return
+	}
+	var body struct {
+		Accept bool `json:"accept"`
+	}
+	if err := readJSON(r, &body); err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "accept is required")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.Daemon.AnswerGameDBLink(game, body.Accept); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, daemon.ErrNoGameDBSuggestion) {
+			writeError(w, http.StatusConflict, err.Error())
+			return
+		}
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	s.BroadcastGamesUpdate()
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]bool{"success": true})
+}

internal/api/routes_savefiles.go

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/opensave/opensave/internal/daemon"
 	"github.com/opensave/opensave/internal/delta"
 	"github.com/opensave/opensave/internal/ignore"
 )
@@ -38,6 +40,11 @@ type saveFile struct {
 	MtimeMs   int64  `json:"mtimeMs"`
 	// Excluded reports whether the current rules stop this file syncing.
 	Excluded bool `json:"excluded"`
+	// Why: "rule" (the game's own exclusion list), "database" (the game
+	// database names it as the game's settings) or "detected" (found to be
+	// its settings by what it holds). Empty when it syncs.
+	Source string `json:"source,omitempty"`
+	Reason string `json:"reason,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // saveFileListCap bounds the response. A save folder with more files than
@@ -67,6 +74,25 @@ func (s *Server) handleGameSaveFiles(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// With the game's device settings, which are left out the same way.
 	text := s.Daemon.IgnoreText(game)
 	rules := ignore.Parse(text)
+	ownRules := ignore.Parse(game.SyncIgnore)
+	var settings []daemon.DeviceSetting
+	if !game.SyncDeviceSettings {
+		settings = s.Daemon.DeviceSettings(game)
+	}
+	// which says what excludes a file the rules exclude: the game's own
+	// rules first, as they apply last; then the last device-settings entry
+	// that names it.
+	which := func(path string) (string, string) {
+		if !ownRules.Empty() && ownRules.Match(path) {
+			return "rule", ""
+		}
+		for i := len(settings) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+			if settings[i].Source != "save" && ignore.Parse(settings[i].Pattern).Match(path) {
+				return settings[i].Source, settings[i].Reason
+			}
+		}
+		return "rule", ""
+	}
 
 	roots := []struct{ name, path string }{{"", game.SavePath}}
 	if extra, rootsErr := s.Daemon.Store.ListGameRoots(gameID); rootsErr == nil {
@@ -96,6 +122,11 @@ func (s *Server) handleGameSaveFiles(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		for _, f := range files {
 			f.Location = root.name
 			f.Excluded = rules.Match(f.Path)
+			if f.Excluded && root.name == "" {
+				f.Source, f.Reason = which(f.Path)
+			} else if f.Excluded {
+				f.Source = "rule"
+			}
 			out = append(out, f)
 		}
 	}
@@ -204,3 +235,33 @@ func listSaveFiles(root string, limit int) ([]saveFile, bool) {
 	}
 	return out, truncated
 }
+
+// handleDecideSuggestedSettings answers a suggested settings file from the
+// game's configuration tab: {"path": "...", "keepHere": true} leaves it out of
+// syncing as this device's settings, false keeps it syncing for good.
+func (s *Server) handleDecideSuggestedSettings(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	gameID := chi.URLParam(r, "gameId")
+	game, err := s.Daemon.Store.GetGame(gameID)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "Game not found.")
+		return
+	}
+	var body struct {
+		Path     string `json:"path"`
+		KeepHere bool   `json:"keepHere"`
+	}
+	if err := readJSON(r, &body); err != nil || body.Path == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "path is required")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.Daemon.DecideSuggestedSettings(game, body.Path, body.KeepHere); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, daemon.ErrNotSuggested) {
+			writeError(w, http.StatusConflict, err.Error())
+			return
+		}
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	s.BroadcastGamesUpdate()
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]bool{"success": true})
+}

internal/api/server.go

@@ -566,7 +566,13 @@ func (s *Server) gamePayload(g store.Game) map[string]any {
 		"syncIgnore":    g.SyncIgnore,
 		// The files the game database names as this game's settings, left
 		// out of syncing unless syncDeviceSettings (daemon/devicesettings.go).
-		"deviceSettings":     s.Daemon.DeviceSettings(g),
+		"deviceSettings": s.Daemon.DeviceSettings(g),
+		// Found by what they hold, and waiting to be confirmed; they keep
+		// syncing meanwhile (daemon.SuggestedSettings).
+		"suggestedSettings": s.Daemon.SuggestedSettings(g),
+		// The game in the game database a game tracked without an App ID
+		// looks like, to be confirmed (daemon.SuggestedGameDBLink).
+		"gameDBSuggestion":   s.Daemon.SuggestedGameDBLink(g),
 		"syncDeviceSettings": g.SyncDeviceSettings,
 		"branches":           branches,
 		"createdAt":          g.CreatedAt,