From 1e99c9d56258990246164a532ad2bf0910615af5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SiriosDev <26876994+SiriosDev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 15:53:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] persisting automations json placed in the root of the
 application

---
 bucket/aegisub.json | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bucket/aegisub.json b/bucket/aegisub.json
index 99110f8c4fc07d..50455e50b1e0cc 100644
--- a/bucket/aegisub.json
+++ b/bucket/aegisub.json
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
     "extract_dir": "aegisub-portable",
     "pre_install": [
         "# Hardlinks won't work properly here to persist files, because this app creates a new file instead of writing to the existing one.",
-        "'config.json' | ForEach-Object {",
-        "    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\\$_\" -PathType Leaf) {",
-        "        Copy-Item -Path \"$persist_dir\\$_\" -Destination \"$dir\\$_\" -Force",
+        "Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\" -File | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin @('manifest.json', 'install.json') } | ForEach-Object {",
+        "    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -PathType Leaf) {",
+        "        Copy-Item -Path \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Destination \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Force",
         "    }",
         "}"
     ],
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
     ],
     "pre_uninstall": [
         "# Hardlinks won't work properly here to persist files, because this app creates a new file instead of writing to the existing one.",
-        "'config.json' | ForEach-Object {",
-        "    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$dir\\$_\" -PathType Leaf) {",
+        "Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$dir\" -File | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin @('manifest.json', 'install.json') } | ForEach-Object {",
+        "    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -PathType Leaf) {",
         "        ensure $persist_dir | Out-Null",
-        "        Copy-Item -Path \"$dir\\$_\" -Destination \"$persist_dir\\$_\" -Force",
+        "        Copy-Item -Path \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Destination \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Force",
         "    }",
         "}"
     ],

From 6d9e960263232ee5108d36b4f2b8c9f06c1e47b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SiriosDev <26876994+SiriosDev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 16:08:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] filtered jsons

---
 bucket/aegisub.json | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bucket/aegisub.json b/bucket/aegisub.json
index 50455e50b1e0cc..d2002c1730ded9 100644
--- a/bucket/aegisub.json
+++ b/bucket/aegisub.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "extract_dir": "aegisub-portable",
     "pre_install": [
         "# Hardlinks won't work properly here to persist files, because this app creates a new file instead of writing to the existing one.",
-        "Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\" -File | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin @('manifest.json', 'install.json') } | ForEach-Object {",
+        "Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\" -File -Filter '*.json' | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin @('manifest.json', 'install.json') } | ForEach-Object {",
         "    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -PathType Leaf) {",
         "        Copy-Item -Path \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Destination \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Force",
         "    }",
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     ],
     "pre_uninstall": [
         "# Hardlinks won't work properly here to persist files, because this app creates a new file instead of writing to the existing one.",
-        "Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$dir\" -File | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin @('manifest.json', 'install.json') } | ForEach-Object {",
+        "Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$dir\" -File -Filter '*.json' | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin @('manifest.json', 'install.json') } | ForEach-Object {",
         "    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -PathType Leaf) {",
         "        ensure $persist_dir | Out-Null",
         "        Copy-Item -Path \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Destination \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Force",

From 9b71b6520a2781125295fc3a831134d763e9a0f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SiriosDev <26876994+SiriosDev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 16:31:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Prevent persist copy on freash installation, and removed
 useless expection for manifest install

---
 bucket/aegisub.json | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bucket/aegisub.json b/bucket/aegisub.json
index d2002c1730ded9..8192114b0d284c 100644
--- a/bucket/aegisub.json
+++ b/bucket/aegisub.json
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
     "extract_dir": "aegisub-portable",
     "pre_install": [
         "# Hardlinks won't work properly here to persist files, because this app creates a new file instead of writing to the existing one.",
-        "Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\" -File -Filter '*.json' | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin @('manifest.json', 'install.json') } | ForEach-Object {",
-        "    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -PathType Leaf) {",
-        "        Copy-Item -Path \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Destination \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Force",
+        "Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\" {",
+        "    Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\" -File -Filter '*.json' | ForEach-Object {",
+        "        if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -PathType Leaf) {",
+        "            Copy-Item -Path \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Destination \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Force",
+        "        }",
         "    }",
         "}"
     ],

From b1624c7f9977112c3ab7e60a613765fe57002a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SiriosDev <26876994+SiriosDev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:38:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] fix pre_install

---
 bucket/aegisub.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bucket/aegisub.json b/bucket/aegisub.json
index 8192114b0d284c..fe1baa5995f047 100644
--- a/bucket/aegisub.json
+++ b/bucket/aegisub.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "extract_dir": "aegisub-portable",
     "pre_install": [
         "# Hardlinks won't work properly here to persist files, because this app creates a new file instead of writing to the existing one.",
-        "Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\" {",
+        "if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\") {",
         "    Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\" -File -Filter '*.json' | ForEach-Object {",
         "        if (Test-Path -LiteralPath \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -PathType Leaf) {",
         "            Copy-Item -Path \"$persist_dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Destination \"$dir\\$($_.Name)\" -Force",