From 1f4691cb721ffe127662d97b17fcdf2a9da1fb17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niklas Kapelle <niklas@kapelle.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 16:16:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added create plugin txt to linker

---
 src/linker.rs | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/linker.rs b/src/linker.rs
index cb0c215..14183b2 100644
--- a/src/linker.rs
+++ b/src/linker.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-use std::{fs, io, os::unix, path::Path};
-
 use crate::{
     basic_types::{ModdedInstance, RootConfig},
     utils::walk_files_recursive,
 };
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::{fs, io, os::unix, path::Path};
 
 pub fn link_instance_to_target(
     root_config: &RootConfig,
@@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ fn link_file(target: &Path, link_name: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub fn create_plugins_txt(
+    instance: &ModdedInstance,
+    target: impl AsRef<Path>,
+) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    let mut file = fs::File::create(target.as_ref().join("plugins.txt"))?;
+
+    writeln!(file, "# Auto generated. DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY!")?;
+
+    for plugin in instance.load_order() {
+        writeln!(file, "*{}", plugin)?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn create_symlink_for_file(target: &Path, link_name: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     let absolute_path = fs::canonicalize(target)?;