{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/RetroArch/issues/2996","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/RetroArch","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/RetroArch/issues/2996/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/RetroArch/issues/2996/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/RetroArch/issues/2996/events","html_url":"https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/2996","id":154824272,"number":2996,"title":"Retroarch can accidentally overwrite saves","user":{"login":"orbea","id":4204285,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4204285?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea","html_url":"https://github.com/orbea","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-05-14T00:39:18Z","updated_at":"2016-05-19T05:51:04Z","closed_at":"2016-05-19T05:51:04Z","body":"`RetroArch-1.3.2-x86_64-2_SBo`\r\n`mupen64plus-libretro-14cc5a9_2016.05.13_master-x86_64-1_git`\r\n\r\nI alias my cores in ~/.bashrc for easy access.\r\n`alias mupen64plus='retroarch -L /usr/lib64/libretro/mupen64plus_libretro.so'`\r\n\r\nI found when I accidentally typed `retroarch game.v64` instead of `mupen64plus game.v64` the core fails to start which is not unexpected, but also it overwrites any existing `game.srm` files with a new blank srm file. This is a rather annoying mistake to make and perhaps should not be possible.\r\n\r\n I have only tested this with the mupen64plus core so far."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/RetroArch/issues/comments/220233591","html_url":"https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/2996#issuecomment-220233591","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libretro/RetroArch/issues/2996","id":220233591,"user":{"login":"orbea","id":4204285,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4204285?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea","html_url":"https://github.com/orbea","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/orbea/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-19T05:51:04Z","updated_at":"2016-05-19T05:51:04Z","body":"This no longer occurs with `RetroArch-1.3.4` so I will close this issue."}}