Fix meta.ini duplicate keys and SKSE Log Redirector mapped folders

meta.ini: Qt6 QSettings IniFormat is case-sensitive on Linux. Pre-existing
CamelCase keys + lowercase setValue() left both casings in the file, so
mods grew duplicate entries on every install. Added MetaIniUtils::
normalizeMetaIniCase() to fold keys to lowercase and dedupe per-section
(keeping non-empty values) before any QSettings open in readMeta,
saveMeta, doInstall, and createMod.

SKSE Log Redirector: deployExternalMappings created per-file symlinks
under the redirected destination, so any new log file the game wrote
post-deploy ended up as a real file outside the mapping. For
isDirectory && createTarget mappings, now publish a single directory
symlink dst -> src when the destination is missing, an existing symlink,
or empty. Falls back to per-file symlinks when dst already has real
content (preserves user data). Cleanup removes the symlink, leaving no
files behind.

Tests under src/tests/ (gtest, opt-in via BUILD_TESTING):
- test_metainiutils: 6 tests covering no-op cases, case-only dedup,
  multi-line continuations, per-section scoping, and end-to-end
  verification that QSettings duplication is fixed.
- test_external_dir_mapping: 6 tests covering directory symlink deploy,
  flow-through writes, idempotency, empty-dir replacement, real-file
  fallback, and cleanup.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

3 files changed, 520 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# meta.ini case-normalization helper tests
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+add_executable(test_metainiutils EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    test_metainiutils.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/src/metainiutils.cpp
+)
+set_target_properties(test_metainiutils PROPERTIES
+    AUTOMOC OFF
+    CXX_STANDARD 23
+    CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+)
+target_include_directories(test_metainiutils PRIVATE
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/src
+)
+target_link_libraries(test_metainiutils PRIVATE
+    Qt6::Core
+    GTest::gtest
+    GTest::gtest_main
+)
+add_test(NAME test_metainiutils COMMAND test_metainiutils)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# External directory mapping (SKSE Log Redirector style) tests
+#
+# Exercises the deploy/cleanup logic for `isDirectory && createTarget`
+# mappings — directory-symlink path plus the per-file fallback when the
+# destination already has real content. The behavior is mirrored from
+# FuseConnector::deployExternalMappings so the test can run without
+# bringing in libfuse or the rest of the organizer dependency tree.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+add_executable(test_external_dir_mapping EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    test_external_dir_mapping.cpp
+)
+set_target_properties(test_external_dir_mapping PROPERTIES
+    AUTOMOC OFF
+    CXX_STANDARD 23
+    CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+)
+target_link_libraries(test_external_dir_mapping PRIVATE
+    GTest::gtest
+    GTest::gtest_main
+)
+add_test(NAME test_external_dir_mapping COMMAND test_external_dir_mapping)
+
+# Register a "fluorine-tests" umbrella target that builds every test exe.
+add_custom_target(fluorine-tests
+    DEPENDS test_metainiutils test_external_dir_mapping)
diff --git a/src/tests/test_external_dir_mapping.cpp b/src/tests/test_external_dir_mapping.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..439fbfc
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+++ b/src/tests/test_external_dir_mapping.cpp
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+// Tests the createTarget directory-mapping contract used by
+// FuseConnector::deployExternalMappings (src/src/fuseconnector.cpp:758).
+//
+// The SKSE Log Redirector plugin family publishes a mapping with
+// `isDirectory=true, createTarget=true` so that any file the game writes
+// under the redirected destination — even files that did not exist at deploy
+// time — flows through to the source. Per-file symlinks miss new writes;
+// a single directory symlink does not. This test mirrors the production
+// algorithm and verifies its contract on both happy paths and edge cases.
+//
+// The mirrored algorithm (kept intentionally close to the production code):
+//
+//   if isDirectory && createTarget:
+//     ensure src exists
+//     if dst missing OR dst is a symlink OR dst is empty dir:
+//       remove dst (if symlink/empty dir), create dir symlink dst -> src
+//     else (dst has real content):
+//       fall back to per-file symlinks (current behavior, preserves data)
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <system_error>
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+namespace
+{
+
+struct DeployResult
+{
+  bool dirSymlinkCreated   = false;
+  bool fellBackToPerFile   = false;
+  std::vector<fs::path> createdLinks;
+};
+
+DeployResult deployDirectoryMapping(const fs::path& src, const fs::path& dst,
+                                    bool createTarget)
+{
+  DeployResult result;
+  std::error_code ec;
+
+  if (createTarget) {
+    if (!fs::exists(src, ec)) {
+      fs::create_directories(src, ec);
+      if (ec) {
+        ec.clear();
+      }
+    }
+    const bool dstExists  = fs::exists(dst, ec);
+    ec.clear();
+    const bool dstIsLink  = dstExists && fs::is_symlink(dst, ec);
+    ec.clear();
+    const bool dstIsEmpty = dstExists && fs::is_directory(dst, ec) &&
+                            fs::is_empty(dst, ec);
+    ec.clear();
+
+    if (!dstExists || dstIsLink || dstIsEmpty) {
+      if (dstIsLink || dstIsEmpty) {
+        fs::remove(dst, ec);
+        ec.clear();
+      }
+      fs::create_directory_symlink(src, dst, ec);
+      if (!ec) {
+        result.dirSymlinkCreated = true;
+        result.createdLinks.push_back(dst);
+        return result;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Fall back: per-file symlinks under src.
+  result.fellBackToPerFile = true;
+  if (!fs::exists(src, ec)) {
+    return result;
+  }
+  for (auto it = fs::recursive_directory_iterator(
+           src, fs::directory_options::skip_permission_denied);
+       it != fs::recursive_directory_iterator(); ++it) {
+    const auto& entry = *it;
+    const auto rel    = fs::relative(entry.path(), src, ec);
+    if (ec || rel.empty()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const fs::path destPath = dst / rel;
+    if (entry.is_directory(ec)) {
+      fs::create_directories(destPath, ec);
+    } else {
+      fs::create_directories(destPath.parent_path(), ec);
+      if (fs::exists(destPath, ec) && !fs::is_symlink(destPath, ec)) {
+        continue;  // never clobber real files
+      }
+      if (fs::is_symlink(destPath, ec)) {
+        fs::remove(destPath, ec);
+      }
+      fs::create_symlink(entry.path(), destPath, ec);
+      if (!ec) {
+        result.createdLinks.push_back(destPath);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+class TempRoot
+{
+public:
+  TempRoot()
+  {
+    char tmpl[]    = "/tmp/fluorine-extmap-XXXXXX";
+    const char* d = mkdtemp(tmpl);
+    if (d != nullptr) {
+      m_path = d;
+    }
+  }
+  ~TempRoot()
+  {
+    if (!m_path.empty()) {
+      std::error_code ec;
+      fs::remove_all(m_path, ec);
+    }
+  }
+  const fs::path& path() const { return m_path; }
+
+private:
+  fs::path m_path;
+};
+
+void writeFile(const fs::path& p, const std::string& contents)
+{
+  fs::create_directories(p.parent_path());
+  std::ofstream out(p);
+  out << contents;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// Happy path: a fresh enable of the SKSE Log Redirector. Source (Skyrim
+// Special Edition) has logs, destination (Skyrim/) doesn't exist yet — we
+// publish a single directory symlink.
+TEST(ExternalDirMapping, DeploysDirSymlinkForFreshDestination)
+{
+  TempRoot tmp;
+  ASSERT_FALSE(tmp.path().empty());
+
+  const fs::path src = tmp.path() / "Skyrim Special Edition";
+  const fs::path dst = tmp.path() / "Skyrim";
+  writeFile(src / "skse64.log", "log A\n");
+  writeFile(src / "papyrus.0.log", "log B\n");
+
+  auto result = deployDirectoryMapping(src, dst, /*createTarget=*/true);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result.dirSymlinkCreated);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(result.fellBackToPerFile);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::is_symlink(dst));
+  EXPECT_EQ(src, fs::read_symlink(dst));
+}
+
+// Game writes a NEW log file at the destination AFTER deploy. With a
+// directory symlink the write transparently goes through to source — the
+// per-file approach would have left this as a real file in dst.
+TEST(ExternalDirMapping, NewWritesFlowThroughDirSymlink)
+{
+  TempRoot tmp;
+  ASSERT_FALSE(tmp.path().empty());
+  const fs::path src = tmp.path() / "src";
+  const fs::path dst = tmp.path() / "dst";
+  fs::create_directories(src);
+
+  auto result = deployDirectoryMapping(src, dst, /*createTarget=*/true);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(result.dirSymlinkCreated);
+
+  // Game emits a new log AFTER deploy, into the *destination*.
+  writeFile(dst / "new.log", "fresh data");
+
+  // The file must exist physically under src, not as a real file at dst.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::exists(src / "new.log"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(fs::is_symlink(src / "new.log"));
+  // Reading through dst returns the same bytes.
+  std::ifstream f(dst / "new.log");
+  std::string buf((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f)),
+                  std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
+  EXPECT_EQ("fresh data", buf);
+}
+
+// Idempotency: re-running deploy on an existing symlink is a no-op rebuild,
+// not a corruption — the destination still resolves to source afterwards.
+TEST(ExternalDirMapping, IsIdempotentOnExistingSymlink)
+{
+  TempRoot tmp;
+  ASSERT_FALSE(tmp.path().empty());
+  const fs::path src = tmp.path() / "src";
+  const fs::path dst = tmp.path() / "dst";
+  fs::create_directories(src);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(deployDirectoryMapping(src, dst, true).dirSymlinkCreated);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(deployDirectoryMapping(src, dst, true).dirSymlinkCreated);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::is_symlink(dst));
+  EXPECT_EQ(src, fs::read_symlink(dst));
+}
+
+// Empty pre-existing destination dir is safe to replace with a symlink —
+// happens when an earlier MO2 run created tracked dirs but no files.
+TEST(ExternalDirMapping, ReplacesEmptyDestinationDir)
+{
+  TempRoot tmp;
+  ASSERT_FALSE(tmp.path().empty());
+  const fs::path src = tmp.path() / "src";
+  const fs::path dst = tmp.path() / "dst";
+  fs::create_directories(src);
+  fs::create_directories(dst);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(fs::is_directory(dst));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(fs::is_symlink(dst));
+
+  auto result = deployDirectoryMapping(src, dst, true);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result.dirSymlinkCreated);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::is_symlink(dst));
+}
+
+// Safety contract: when the destination dir already has *real* files
+// (from the user's existing Skyrim install or an unrelated tool), we must
+// NEVER replace it with a symlink — that would orphan the user's data.
+// Fall back to per-file symlinks of source contents.
+TEST(ExternalDirMapping, FallsBackWhenDestinationHasRealFiles)
+{
+  TempRoot tmp;
+  ASSERT_FALSE(tmp.path().empty());
+  const fs::path src = tmp.path() / "src";
+  const fs::path dst = tmp.path() / "dst";
+  writeFile(src / "skse64.log", "from src");
+  writeFile(dst / "user-data.txt", "USER MUST KEEP");
+
+  auto result = deployDirectoryMapping(src, dst, /*createTarget=*/true);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(result.dirSymlinkCreated);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result.fellBackToPerFile);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(fs::is_symlink(dst));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::exists(dst / "user-data.txt"));
+
+  // Source files surfaced as symlinks under dst.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::is_symlink(dst / "skse64.log"));
+  // User's own file stays put as a real file, not a symlink.
+  EXPECT_FALSE(fs::is_symlink(dst / "user-data.txt"));
+}
+
+// Cleanup contract: removing the recorded symlink (and its parent dir if
+// empty) leaves no leftover real files. This is what
+// FuseConnector::cleanupExternalMappings does — `fs::is_symlink` /
+// `fs::remove` work for directory symlinks too.
+TEST(ExternalDirMapping, CleanupRemovesDirSymlinkAndLeavesNoFiles)
+{
+  TempRoot tmp;
+  ASSERT_FALSE(tmp.path().empty());
+  const fs::path src = tmp.path() / "src";
+  const fs::path dst = tmp.path() / "dst";
+  writeFile(src / "skse64.log", "x");
+
+  auto result = deployDirectoryMapping(src, dst, true);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(result.dirSymlinkCreated);
+
+  // Game writes a brand new file post-deploy.
+  writeFile(dst / "new.log", "y");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::exists(src / "new.log"));
+
+  // Simulate cleanup: cleanup loop calls is_symlink + remove.
+  std::error_code ec;
+  for (const auto& p : result.createdLinks) {
+    if (fs::is_symlink(p, ec)) {
+      fs::remove(p, ec);
+    }
+  }
+  EXPECT_FALSE(fs::exists(dst));
+  // Source survives — user's actual data is preserved on plugin disable.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::exists(src / "skse64.log"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(fs::exists(src / "new.log"));
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/test_metainiutils.cpp b/src/tests/test_metainiutils.cpp
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/test_metainiutils.cpp
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+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QTemporaryDir>
+
+#include "metainiutils.h"
+
+namespace
+{
+
+QString writeIni(const QTemporaryDir& dir, const char* contents)
+{
+  const QString path = QDir(dir.path()).filePath("meta.ini");
+  QFile f(path);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate));
+  f.write(contents);
+  f.close();
+  return path;
+}
+
+QByteArray readAll(const QString& path)
+{
+  QFile f(path);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly));
+  return f.readAll();
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// Sanity: empty / non-existent file is a no-op.
+TEST(MetaIniUtils, NoOpOnMissingFile)
+{
+  QTemporaryDir dir;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(dir.isValid());
+  const QString path = QDir(dir.path()).filePath("nope.ini");
+  EXPECT_FALSE(MetaIniUtils::normalizeMetaIniCase(path));
+}
+
+// Sanity: file with only lowercase keys is left untouched.
+TEST(MetaIniUtils, NoOpOnAlreadyLowercase)
+{
+  QTemporaryDir dir;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(dir.isValid());
+  const auto* contents = "[General]\n"
+                         "author=Aether\n"
+                         "category=\"11,\"\n";
+  const QString path = writeIni(dir, contents);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(MetaIniUtils::normalizeMetaIniCase(path));
+  EXPECT_EQ(QByteArray(contents), readAll(path));
+}
+
+// The reported bug: pre-existing CamelCase keys + lowercase setValue() leaves
+// duplicates on Linux/Qt6. Normalize must fold case-only duplicates.
+TEST(MetaIniUtils, DedupesCaseOnlyDuplicates)
+{
+  QTemporaryDir dir;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(dir.isValid());
+  // Mirrors what ModInfoRegular::saveMeta() leaves behind when meta.ini
+  // already had CamelCase keys: both casings coexist, and the lowercase
+  // copy may even be empty because readMeta() couldn't see the original.
+  const auto* contents =
+      "[General]\n"
+      "Author=Aether\n"
+      "Category=11\n"
+      "Color=@Variant(\\0\\0\\0\\x43\\x1\\xff\\xff\\x43\\x43\\xff\\xff\\xff\\xff\\0\\0)\n"
+      "Comments=keep me\n"
+      "Converted=false\n"
+      "author=\n"
+      "category=\"11,\"\n"
+      "comments=\n"
+      "converted=true\n";
+  const QString path = writeIni(dir, contents);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(MetaIniUtils::normalizeMetaIniCase(path));
+
+  // Open via QSettings and verify exactly one canonical lowercase key per
+  // logical setting.
+  QSettings s(path, QSettings::IniFormat);
+  EXPECT_EQ(QStringList({"author", "category", "color", "comments", "converted"}),
+            s.allKeys());
+
+  // Empty lowercase duplicate should NOT clobber the non-empty CamelCase
+  // value — `Comments=keep me` survives over `comments=`.
+  EXPECT_EQ("Aether", s.value("author").toString());
+  EXPECT_EQ("keep me", s.value("comments").toString());
+
+  // For non-empty duplicates the latest write wins, mirroring last-writer
+  // semantics so QSettings doesn't reintroduce stale data.
+  EXPECT_EQ("11,", s.value("category").toString());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(s.value("converted").toBool());
+
+  // Color value (containing escaped binary) round-trips intact.
+  const QByteArray after = readAll(path);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(after.contains(
+      "color=@Variant(\\0\\0\\0\\x43\\x1\\xff\\xff\\x43\\x43\\xff\\xff\\xff\\xff\\0\\0)"))
+      << after.toStdString();
+  EXPECT_FALSE(after.contains("Author="));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(after.contains("Color="));
+}
+
+// QSettings IniFormat supports multi-line values via trailing-`\` line
+// continuation. Continuation lines must travel with their key when the key is
+// renamed to lowercase, otherwise the value gets corrupted.
+TEST(MetaIniUtils, PreservesLineContinuations)
+{
+  QTemporaryDir dir;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(dir.isValid());
+  const auto* contents = "[General]\n"
+                         "NotesField=line one\\\n"
+                         "  continued line two\n"
+                         "Author=Aether\n";
+  const QString path = writeIni(dir, contents);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(MetaIniUtils::normalizeMetaIniCase(path));
+
+  const QByteArray after = readAll(path);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(after.contains("notesfield=line one\\\n"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(after.contains("  continued line two"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(after.contains("NotesField="));
+}
+
+// Plugin settings live in nested `[Plugins\<name>]` sections. The dedupe
+// logic must scope per-section — `Foo=` under [General] must not collide
+// with `foo=` under [Plugins\Whatever].
+TEST(MetaIniUtils, DedupesPerSection)
+{
+  QTemporaryDir dir;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(dir.isValid());
+  const auto* contents = "[General]\n"
+                         "Foo=top\n"
+                         "[Plugins\\Sample]\n"
+                         "Foo=plugin\n"
+                         "foo=plugin-dup\n";
+  const QString path = writeIni(dir, contents);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(MetaIniUtils::normalizeMetaIniCase(path));
+
+  QSettings s(path, QSettings::IniFormat);
+  EXPECT_EQ("top", s.value("foo").toString());
+  s.beginGroup("Plugins/Sample");
+  EXPECT_EQ("plugin-dup", s.value("foo").toString());
+  s.endGroup();
+}
+
+// End-to-end: reproduce the exact symptom from the bug report — install
+// path opens QSettings, writes lowercase keys; without normalization the
+// resulting file ends up with CamelCase + lowercase duplicates.
+TEST(MetaIniUtils, FixesQSettingsDuplicationOnLinux)
+{
+  QTemporaryDir dir;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(dir.isValid());
+  // Pre-existing meta.ini in CamelCase (e.g. shipped inside the mod
+  // archive, or migrated from MO2 Windows).
+  const auto* preexisting = "[General]\n"
+                            "Author=Aether\n"
+                            "Category=11\n"
+                            "Comments=keep me\n";
+  const QString path = writeIni(dir, preexisting);
+
+  // Without normalization, lowercase setValue adds NEW keys alongside the
+  // CamelCase ones — confirm the bug exists in the bare QSettings flow.
+  {
+    QSettings s(path, QSettings::IniFormat);
+    s.setValue("author", "Aether");
+    s.setValue("category", "11,");
+    s.setValue("comments", "");
+  }
+  const QByteArray dirty = readAll(path);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(dirty.contains("Author=Aether"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(dirty.contains("author=Aether"));
+
+  // Normalize and re-run the same install-style writes. After this the
+  // file must have exactly one casing per key.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(MetaIniUtils::normalizeMetaIniCase(path));
+  {
+    QSettings s(path, QSettings::IniFormat);
+    s.setValue("author", "Aether");
+    s.setValue("category", "11,");
+  }
+
+  const QByteArray clean = readAll(path);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(clean.contains("Author="));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(clean.contains("Category="));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(clean.contains("Comments="));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(clean.contains("author=Aether"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(clean.contains("category=\"11,\""));
+  // The non-empty original Comments value survived the empty duplicate.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(clean.contains("comments=keep me"));
+}