[Feature] Better Backup Handling

[steviegt6]

Operating System(s)

• [ ] Windows
• [ ] MacOS
• [ ] Linux
• [X] Indiscriminate (OS unrelated to the proposal)

Applicable Projects

• [] HoloCure.API
• [ ] HoloCure.ModLoader.API
• [X] HoloCure.ModLoader.Logging
• [ ] HoloCure.ModLoader.Updater
• [ ] HoloCure.ModLoader
• [ ] CodeChicken.DiffPatch
• [ ] UndertaleModLib

Description

Currently, backups are created at every launch and preserved indefinitely. Ideally, backups should be deleted when the program prepares to close itself, after replacing the main data file.

What does this proposal attempt to solve or improve?

This helps reduce launch speeds among other things.

What (other) solutions may be considered?

N/A: Open-ended discussion.

[steviegt6]

My current wanted approach would be:

• Begin running.
• Check for the existence of a backup file.
  • If it exists, replace the data file with it. Don't delete the backup file since it's still useful to us.
• Patch the main data file and do everything else like normal.
• Wait for the game to exit. Once it does, replace the patched data file with the backup file.
• Delete the backup file.

This lets us reliably replace the data file with a backup. The backup file only gets left over if the entire program for some reason crashes.