Optimize multi-ROM exclusion matching pass

Co-authored-by: gantoine <3247106+gantoine@users.noreply.github.com>

backend/handler/filesystem/roms_handler.py

@@ -374,20 +374,36 @@ class FSRomsHandler(FSHandler):
 
     def exclude_multi_roms(self, roms: list[str]) -> list[str]:
         excluded_names = cm.get_config().EXCLUDED_MULTI_FILES
-        normalized_excluded = {
-            excluded_name.strip().lower() for excluded_name in excluded_names
-        }
-        excluded_files: set[str] = set()
+        normalized_patterns = [
+            excluded_name.strip().lower()
+            for excluded_name in excluded_names
+            if excluded_name.strip()
+        ]
 
+        def has_wildcard(pattern: str) -> bool:
+            return any(char in pattern for char in ("*", "?", "["))
+
+        exact_matches = {
+            pattern for pattern in normalized_patterns if not has_wildcard(pattern)
+        }
+        wildcard_patterns = [
+            pattern for pattern in normalized_patterns if has_wildcard(pattern)
+        ]
+
+        kept_roms: list[str] = []
         for rom in roms:
             normalized_rom_name = rom.strip().lower()
-            if normalized_rom_name in normalized_excluded or any(
-                fnmatch.fnmatch(normalized_rom_name, exc_name)
-                for exc_name in normalized_excluded
+            if normalized_rom_name in exact_matches:
+                continue
+            if any(
+                fnmatch.fnmatch(normalized_rom_name, pattern)
+                for pattern in wildcard_patterns
             ):
-                excluded_files.add(rom)
+                continue
 
-        return [f for f in roms if f not in excluded_files]
+            kept_roms.append(rom)
+
+        return kept_roms
 
     def _build_rom_file(
         self, rom: Rom, rom_path: Path, file_name: str, file_hash: FileHash

backend/tests/handler/filesystem/test_roms_handler.py

@@ -273,6 +273,19 @@ class TestFSRomsHandler:
             result = handler.exclude_multi_roms(roms)
             assert result == ["Game1", "Game2"]
 
+    def test_exclude_multi_roms_wildcard_patterns(
+        self, handler: FSRomsHandler, config
+    ):
+        """Test exclude_multi_roms keeps wildcard matching with normalized config"""
+        roms = ["Game1", "Manuals", "manuals-fr", "Game2"]
+        config.EXCLUDED_MULTI_FILES = ["  manuals* "]
+
+        with pytest.MonkeyPatch.context() as m:
+            m.setattr("handler.filesystem.roms_handler.cm.get_config", lambda: config)
+
+            result = handler.exclude_multi_roms(roms)
+            assert result == ["Game1", "Game2"]
+
     def test_build_rom_file_single_file(self, rom_single: Rom, handler: FSRomsHandler):
         """Test _build_rom_file with actual single ROM file"""
         rom_path = Path(rom_single.fs_path)