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⚡ Optimize directory emptiness check in Citra Mod Manager#32

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⚡ Optimize directory emptiness check in Citra Mod Manager#32
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💡 What:
Optimized the directory emptiness check in Other/Citra_mods/Citra_Mod_Manager.ahk by adding a Break statement inside the Loop, Files loop. This stops the loop immediately after finding the first item, instead of iterating through all files and directories.

🎯 Why:
The previous implementation iterated through every file and folder in the target directory just to determine if it was empty (vCount > 0). This is an O(N) operation where N is the number of files. If the directory contains thousands of files (common for mod folders), this causes unnecessary I/O and CPU usage. The optimized version is O(1), returning as soon as existence is confirmed.

📊 Measured Improvement:

  • Baseline: O(N) complexity. For a directory with 10,000 files, the script would perform 10,000 iterations.
  • Optimized: O(1) complexity. The script performs at most 1 iteration.
  • Note: Due to environment constraints (Linux without AHK), runtime benchmarks were not performed, but the algorithmic improvement is definitive for this use case.
  • UI Update: The message box in the Else block was updated from "Dir has X item(s)" to "Dir is not empty" to reflect that we no longer count the total items.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 16332116086020472200 started by @Ven0m0

- Modifies `Loop, Files` to `Break` immediately after finding the first item, changing complexity from O(N) to O(1).
- Updates dependent UI message to be generic ("Dir is not empty") instead of specific count ("Dir has X items"), as the count is no longer calculated.

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Pull request overview

Improves performance of the Citra Mod Manager by short-circuiting the “is destination directory empty?” check so it stops scanning after the first found item, reducing unnecessary filesystem iteration for large mod folders.

Changes:

  • Updated Loop, Files directory scan to Break after the first match (non-empty detection).
  • Updated the user-facing message to reflect “non-empty” rather than reporting a full item count.
  • Added a Python helper script used to apply the patch.

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File Description
Other/Citra_mods/Citra_Mod_Manager.ahk Short-circuits the directory scan to detect non-empty directories faster and updates the message text accordingly.
optimize_script.py Adds a one-off script that rewrites the AHK file to apply the optimization and message change.

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file_path = "Other/Citra_mods/Citra_Mod_Manager.ahk"

with open(file_path, "r") as f:
lines = f.readlines()
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This looks like a one-off patching script (hardcoded target path, rewrites the file in-place) and isn’t referenced by the toolkit at runtime. If it’s not intended to be a maintained repo utility, consider removing it from the PR; otherwise, make it a proper tool (accept a path argument, avoid in-place writes or create a backup, and document its usage).

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@Ven0m0 Ven0m0 merged commit 2ae0a33 into main Feb 10, 2026
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