manifest order and overwrites

[magiruuvelvet]

I'm trying to integrate my own hand-written manifest (with higher priority) for games that are not in the primary manifest. Ludusavi recognizes my custom manifest YAML and finds all games and saves successfully.

Now the problem: When I add a custom game with an identical name that is also present in the primary manifest. Ludusavi merges the entries instead of using only my version. How can I solve this without copy-pasting every relevant game from the primary manifest, and then deactivating the primary manifest altogether?

I disabled the built-in primary manifest entry and replaced it with a custom URL entry. The current order is:

• file: manifest-custom.yaml
• url: primary manifest

The same problem also exists when the primary manifest has higher priority than my own.

EDIT: Using a different name for the game isn't really an option for me. This would be more of an workaround than a solution.

[beallio]

What issues do you run into when the entries are merged?

[magiruuvelvet]

directory merging is the most annoying part. i want to either just backup a sub-set of directories/files or include more directories/files. the merged ones from the primary manifest are noise and more of a maintenance nightmare; i know i can just deselect files, but what if the list changes over time (assuming this ever happened at some point).

maybe my sysadmin brain is overcomplicating things for a tool that is aimed at gamers.

an alternative idea i came up with since i wrote the original post is to just write a script that transfers the needed games from the primary manifest to my custom one and call it a day.

[mtkennerly]

Ludusavi supports an extend/override toggle for custom game entries, but not for secondary manifests right now. I'd be open to adding that, though 👍