From 867591f3e2ed6546081a9d57716bb1bab2fa0843 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: leoca <leo.camus23@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:05:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: normalize playlist:validate file arguments

playlist:validate decides which streams belong to the selected files by
comparing the raw command-line arguments with the paths returned by
Storage.list(). A path such as ./streams/us.m3u never matches
streams/us.m3u, so the file's own streams are put in the duplicate buffer
and every link is reported as already being in that same file.

Resolve the arguments with getStoragePath(), as playlist:format does.
---
 scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts                     | 4 ++--
 .../input/playlist_validate_paths/streams/example.m3u     | 3 +++
 tests/commands/playlist/validate.test.ts                  | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/__data__/input/playlist_validate_paths/streams/example.m3u

diff --git a/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts b/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts
index 7e5d0599e5..42a61b9265 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts
+++ b/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Storage } from '@freearhey/storage-js'
 import { PlaylistParser } from '../../core'
 import { data, loadData } from '../../api'
 import { ROOT_DIR } from '../../constants'
-import { isURI } from '../../utils.js'
+import { getStoragePath, isURI } from '../../utils.js'
 import { Stream } from '../../models'
 import * as sdk from '@iptv-org/sdk'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   logger.info('loading streams...')
   const selectedFiles = program.args.length
-    ? program.args
+    ? program.args.map((filepath: string) => getStoragePath(filepath, ROOT_DIR))
     : await rootStorage.list('streams/**/*.m3u')
   const selectedStreams = await parser.parse(selectedFiles)
   logger.info(`found ${selectedStreams.count()} streams`)
diff --git a/tests/__data__/input/playlist_validate_paths/streams/example.m3u b/tests/__data__/input/playlist_validate_paths/streams/example.m3u
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..192c54ddfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__data__/input/playlist_validate_paths/streams/example.m3u
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#EXTM3U
+#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="",Example (720p)
+https://example.com/playlist.m3u8
diff --git a/tests/commands/playlist/validate.test.ts b/tests/commands/playlist/validate.test.ts
index 29595ad853..5d105524d5 100644
--- a/tests/commands/playlist/validate.test.ts
+++ b/tests/commands/playlist/validate.test.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ describe('playlist:validate', () => {
     expect(stdout).toContain('is missing a channel ID')
   })
 
+  it('does not report a playlist as a duplicate of itself', () => {
+    const cmd =
+      'cross-env DATA_DIR=tests/__data__/input/data ROOT_DIR=tests/__data__/input/playlist_validate_paths npm run playlist:validate -- ./streams/example.m3u'
+    const stdout = execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+    if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') console.log(cmd, stdout)
+    expect(stdout).not.toContain('is already in')
+  })
+
   it('shows only errors if log level is error', () => {
     const cmd = `${ENV_VAR} npm run playlist:validate -- --log-level=error log_level.m3u`
     try {