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fix: one window per archive, and no save once the file changed (#256) - #264

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One window per archive now holds for every way of opening one, and a save no longer writes into a file that changed since the window read it.

Why

Two paths opened an archive in the window they were in, without asking whether another window had it: the start page (Recent, Open Archive…) and a drop on an empty window. Both go through ArchiveState.openDropped, which never checked.

With the same archive in two windows, the second save went wrong. A pending removal names its entry by position in the file as it was opened (remove(sourceIndex:)). After the first window saved, other entries sat at those positions, and the second save removed them instead — silently. A Save As reads the source by the same positions, so it wrote the same wrong result to a new file. Another app changing the archive, or a Save As over it from another window, did the same.

What changed

  • openDropped(url:) asks focusWindowHolding first. The window manager wires it to the split-aware lookup showWindow(for:) already used, now focusWindow(holding:). The other window comes forward; the empty one stays as it is.
  • open(url:) records the file's modification date and size (FileStamp) before the load reads it. ArchiveSaver.save() compares that with the file on disk before any write, Save and Save As alike, and refuses when they differ. The pending changes stay, and the alert says: "x.zip was changed by another window or app after it was opened, so your changes can't be saved. Close the window and open the archive again." — close first, because opening it again now brings this same window forward.
  • A window's own save reopens the file and records it afresh, so saving twice in a row still works.

Modification date and size is rsync's quick check. A write that keeps both slips through; the comment on FileStamp names hashing as the upgrade if that ever matters.

Test

  • aSaveIsRefusedOnceTheFileChangedSinceItWasOpened in ZipStateEditTests, three cases: another window saves, a Save As in another window writes over the file, another app runs zip -d. All three fail on main: the stale save writes over the change and removes other entries than the ones marked. The test saves twice first, so a window's own saves are shown not to be refused.
  • anArchiveOpenInAnotherWindowBringsThatWindowForward in ArchiveStateMultipleOpenTests fails on main: the empty window loads the archive a second time.
  • Full suite green: 561 tests.
  • By hand, signed Debug build: Recent, a drop and Open Archive… on an empty window bring the existing window forward; after zip -d, Save and Save As are refused with the alert; two saves in a row go through.
  • testHomeScreenOpensArchiveFromRecents clicked the recent of the archive that was still open — the double open itself. It now expects the first window to come forward (⌘W then leaves the home screen) and a second click to open in place. Built with build-for-testing, not run: it needs Touch ID.

The test archive is makeSystemZipFixture, as in the other state-level edit tests: no archive quirk is involved, any zip reproduces it.

Changelog

Editing shipped in 0.18.0 and the start page in 0.19.0, so this reached users. One fix item for #256 in the 1.0.0 block: An archive can be opened twice. The 14 translations are machine-made — worth a look.

Not in scope

  • Keeping the work instead of refusing. The window holds the listing and the edits, not the data, so neither a Save As of "your version" nor an override can be written. Re-applying the pending changes by name to the file as it is now would keep both sides' work — a possible follow-up, before internal editing makes edits costly to redo.
  • A window without pending edits still extracts by the old positions after the file changed under it. Same root cause.
  • A Save As onto a file open in another window leaves both windows on that file. The other window's save is refused now, so it stays safe.
  • The refusal is English only, like the split-archive refusal next to it.

Closes #256.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Selecting or dropping an archive that is already open now brings its existing window to the front instead of opening a duplicate.
    • Archives modified by another window or application are protected from accidental overwrites during Save or Save As.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Save operations now detect changes made after an archive was opened and clearly prompt users to reopen it.
    • Unsaved changes are retained, and no unintended replacement or Save As copy is created.

Opening an archive from the start page, or by dropping it on an empty
window, loaded it a second time when another window already had it
open. ArchiveState.openDropped, where both paths meet, now asks the
window manager to bring that window forward instead.

A save names the entries it removes by their position in the file as
it was opened. Once anything else has written to the file, those
positions hold other entries, and Save or Save As changed the wrong
ones without a word. The window now records the file's modification
date and size when it opens it, and ArchiveSaver refuses to write when
they no longer match, saying to close the window and open the archive
again.
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The change prevents duplicate archive windows by focusing an existing window. It records the source file state when an archive opens and refuses saves after external changes.

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Archive safety

Layer / File(s) Summary
Existing-window focus
MacPacker/Features/ArchiveWindow/ArchiveWindowManager.swift, Modules/Sources/Core/ArchiveState.swift, MacPacker/Features/Home/HomeView.swift, MacPackerUITests/MacPackerUITests.swift, Modules/Tests/CoreTests/ArchiveStateTests.swift
ArchiveState delegates duplicate archive checks to ArchiveWindowManager. Matching windows are focused instead of opening another archive. Tests cover drops, recents, and reopening after window closure.
Source stamping and save validation
Modules/Sources/Core/ArchiveSaver.swift, Modules/Sources/Core/ArchiveState.swift, Modules/Tests/CoreTests/ZipWriteTests.swift
FileStamp records the source URL, modification date, and size. ArchiveSaver refuses saves when the current stamp differs from the stamp recorded at open time. Tests cover external writes, Save As, unchanged files, preserved pending changes, and absent output copies.
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Config/products/macpacker.json
The 1.0.0 changelog adds localized entries for the duplicate-archive fix and references issue 256.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy the coding requirements in [#256]. focusWindow(holding:) covers start-page openings and drops, including split-volume identity handling. ArchiveState.openDropped(url:) focuses …
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