[FEATURE REQUEST] Delete files on disk that are not in manifest

[nutterthanos]

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Every time i go to use steamctl depot download command, it dosen't seem to delete any files that are not in the manifest that are already on disk unnecessarily taking up disk space.
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steamctl actually deleting files on disk that are not in manifest.
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manually deleting all files and redownloading the manifest i want from scratch.

[rossengeorgiev]

Yes, I agree. The download command simply downloads the files. It doesn't really work as an update.

If we were to delete any files not in the manifests then we might delete files unintentionally. That could be really bad, just like running rm -rf / (DO NOT DO THAT). We could keep a record of the manifest used in the initial download, and then use those to delete any extra files that are no longer present. That would avoid deleting files that are not manifests. However, that will not be compatible with steamcmd or steam client or depotdownloader or any other tool.

A workaround right now is getting a list of extra files with steamctl depot diff --show-extra ... and deleting those files after a download.

[nutterthanos]

i mean one day we will have a launcher for steam games like legendary.

[rossengeorgiev]

Seems unlikely since it would require reimplementing Steam's API, integrations, features, and everything. I don't see the point to that. Steam already runs everywhere and has a ton of features.

Legendary makes and similar, simply consolidate a number of smaller stores into one place. EGS client is slow and buggy, barely has any features, games have no integrations, so another client works and makes sense.

[nutterthanos]

Yes, I agree. The download command simply downloads the files. It doesn't really work as an update.

If we were to delete any files not in the manifests then we might delete files unintentionally. That could be really bad, just like running rm -rf / (DO NOT DO THAT). We could keep a record of the manifest used in the initial download, and then use those to delete any extra files that are no longer present. That would avoid deleting files that are not manifests. However, that will not be compatible with steamcmd or steam client or depotdownloader or any other tool.

A workaround right now is getting a list of extra files with steamctl depot diff --show-extra ... and deleting those files after a download.

Yes, I agree. The download command simply downloads the files. It doesn't really work as an update.

If we were to delete any files not in the manifests then we might delete files unintentionally. That could be really bad, just like running rm -rf / (DO NOT DO THAT). We could keep a record of the manifest used in the initial download, and then use those to delete any extra files that are no longer present. That would avoid deleting files that are not manifests. However, that will not be compatible with steamcmd or steam client or depotdownloader or any other tool.

A workaround right now is getting a list of extra files with steamctl depot diff --show-extra ... and deleting those files after a download.

makes it longer to change to a different version tho