fix(builder): don't count Docker's init or the Steam client's own files as lost saves

Every container the node-agent starts gets /usr/sbin/docker-init, and SteamCMD
rewrites its own config.vdf on every run. Counted as files written outside the
volumes, they made every build look like it loses saves. A folder whose only
changes were logs no longer counts either, and a folder followed by a
same-named file (worlds, worlds.bak) is no longer taken for a file.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

cmd/gbrgames/build_test.go

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ func TestOutsideDirsSkipsSteamNoise(t *testing.T) {
 	r := &bootReport{ContainerChanges: []string{
 		"A /home/steam/.config/example-game/worlds/w.db",
 		"A /home/steam/Steam/logs/connection_log.txt",
+		"C /home/steam/Steam/config/config.vdf",
 		"C /home/steam/.steam/registry.vdf",
+		"A /usr/sbin/docker-init",
 	}}
 	got := outsideDirs(r)
 	if len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "/home/steam/.config/example-game/worlds" {

cmd/gbrgames/draft.go

@@ -336,9 +336,6 @@ func closestVar(name string, vars []string) string {
 	return best
 }
 
-// Files the Steam client, Proton and the OS write for themselves: not the game's data
-var outsideNoise = []string{"/Steam/logs/", "/.steam/", "/steamcmd/", "/.cache/", "/tmp/", "/.local/share/umu"}
-
 // savesOutsideVolumes turns first boot's "written outside the volumes" into a hard check: anything the
 // game itself wrote there (worlds or player lists under the user's home folder) is lost every time the
 // node recreates the container. A template passes once its startup command or settings point the game at
@@ -372,14 +369,8 @@ func outsideDirs(report *bootReport) []string {
 	}
 	dirs := map[string]bool{}
 	for _, c := range report.ContainerChanges {
-		_, p, _ := strings.Cut(c, " ")
+		// A report saved by an older version can still list files that aren't the game's state
-		noise := false
+		if _, p, _ := strings.Cut(c, " "); p != "" && !notGameState(p) {
-		for _, n := range outsideNoise {
-			if strings.Contains(p, n) {
-				noise = true
-			}
-		}
-		if !noise && p != "" {
 			dirs[path.Dir(p)] = true
 		}
 	}

cmd/gbrgames/firstboot.go

@@ -512,16 +512,36 @@ func (b *booter) fileLines(report *bootReport) []logLine {
 	return out
 }
 
-// System folders and files that aren't the game's state: what's written there doesn't matter when lost
+// Files that aren't the game's state, so losing them doesn't matter: system folders, Docker's own init
+// (in every container started with --init), logs, lock and pid files, and what the Steam client, Proton
+// and the OS keep for themselves in the home folder
 var (
-	systemPrefixes = []string{"/tmp", "/proc", "/sys", "/dev", "/run", "/etc", "/var/log", "/var/cache", "/var/tmp", "/var/lib/apt"}
+	systemPrefixes = []string{"/tmp", "/proc", "/sys", "/dev", "/run", "/etc", "/var/log", "/var/cache", "/var/tmp", "/var/lib/apt", "/usr/sbin/docker-init"}
 	transientExt   = map[string]bool{".log": true, ".pid": true, ".lock": true, ".tmp": true, ".swp": true}
+	clientNoise    = []string{"/Steam/logs/", "/Steam/config/", "/Steam/appcache/", "/.steam/", "/steamcmd/", "/.cache/", "/tmp/", "/.local/share/umu"}
 )
 
+func notGameState(p string) bool {
+	if transientExt[strings.ToLower(path.Ext(p))] {
+		return true
+	}
+	for _, prefix := range systemPrefixes {
+		if p == prefix || strings.HasPrefix(p, prefix+"/") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	for _, n := range clientNoise {
+		if strings.Contains(p, n) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // containerChanges lists the files the server wrote anywhere but /server and /data. All of them are
 // lost when the node recreates the container (every start): in the container's own filesystem, and in
-// the image's VOLUME folders, which Docker gives fresh anonymous volumes each time. Logs, lock and pid
+// the image's VOLUME folders, which Docker gives fresh anonymous volumes each time. Files that aren't
-// files are left out; saves of any kind are not.
+// the game's state are left out; saves of any kind are not.
 func (b *booter) containerChanges() []string {
 	var changes []string
 	if out, err := exec.Command("docker", "diff", b.container).Output(); err == nil {
@@ -541,7 +561,7 @@ func (b *booter) containerChanges() []string {
 		n := 0
 		for _, f := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(files)), "\n") {
 			rel := strings.TrimPrefix(f, "/v/")
-			if f == "" || transientExt[strings.ToLower(path.Ext(rel))] {
+			if f == "" || notGameState(path.Join(dest, rel)) {
 				continue
 			}
 			if n++; n > 200 {
@@ -553,42 +573,42 @@ func (b *booter) containerChanges() []string {
 	return changes
 }
 
-// outsideFiles picks the files out of `docker diff` output: added or changed leaves (docker diff lists
+// outsideFiles picks the game's files out of `docker diff` output: added or changed outside the mounted
-// folders too) outside the mounted volumes and system folders, without transient files.
+// volumes. docker diff lists folders too, as changed when anything inside them changed, so a folder only
+// counts when nothing inside it did (it was created empty).
 func outsideFiles(diff string, mounts map[string]string) []string {
-	var paths []string
 	kinds := map[string]string{}
+	parents := map[string]bool{}
 	for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(diff), "\n") {
 		kind, p, ok := strings.Cut(strings.TrimSpace(line), " ")
-		if !ok || kind == "D" || p == "" {
+		if !ok || p == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		skip := transientExt[strings.ToLower(path.Ext(p))]
+		kinds[p] = kind
-		for _, prefix := range systemPrefixes {
+		for d := path.Dir(p); d != "/" && d != "."; d = path.Dir(d) {
-			if p == prefix || strings.HasPrefix(p, prefix+"/") {
+			parents[d] = true
-				skip = true
 		}
 	}
+	var files []string
+	for p, kind := range kinds {
+		if kind != "D" && !parents[p] && !notGameState(p) && !inMounts(p, mounts) {
+			files = append(files, p)
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Strings(files)
+	for i, p := range files {
+		files[i] = kinds[p] + " " + p
+	}
+	return files
+}
+
+func inMounts(p string, mounts map[string]string) bool {
 	for mount := range mounts {
 		if p == mount || strings.HasPrefix(p, mount+"/") {
-				skip = true
+			return true
 		}
 	}
-		if !skip {
+	return false
-			paths = append(paths, p)
-			kinds[p] = kind
-		}
-	}
-	sort.Strings(paths)
-	var leaves []string
-	for i, p := range paths {
-		// A folder is followed (sorted) by the entries inside it
-		if i+1 < len(paths) && strings.HasPrefix(paths[i+1], p+"/") {
-			continue
-		}
-		leaves = append(leaves, kinds[p]+" "+p)
-	}
-	return leaves
 }
 
 func (b *booter) cleanup() {

cmd/gbrgames/firstboot_test.go

@@ -113,15 +113,30 @@ A /home/steam/.config/example
 A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds
 A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds/world1.db
 A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds/world1.fwl
+A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds.bak
 A /home/steam/.config/example/Player.log
+C /home/steam/logs
+A /home/steam/logs/server.log
+C /home/steam/Steam
+C /home/steam/Steam/config
+C /home/steam/Steam/config/config.vdf
+C /home/steam/steamcmd/linux64/steamclient.so
 C /etc
 C /etc/hostname
+C /usr
+C /usr/sbin
+A /usr/sbin/docker-init
+C /var
+C /var/log
+A /var/log/x
 A /tmp/x.sock
 A /server/should-not-count.sav
 D /home/steam/old.txt
 A /home/steam/server.pid`
 	got := outsideFiles(diff, map[string]string{"/server": "v", "/data": "v"})
-	want := []string{"A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds/world1.db", "A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds/world1.fwl"}
+	// Folders whose only changes aren't the game's (logs, Docker's init) don't count either
+	want := []string{"A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds.bak", "A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds/world1.db",
+		"A /home/steam/.config/example/worlds/world1.fwl"}
 	if strings.Join(got, "|") != strings.Join(want, "|") {
 		t.Errorf("got %q\nwant %q", got, want)
 	}