1 files changed, 112 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dot-backup.sh b/dot-backup.sh
index 701153f..892529c 100755
--- a/dot-backup.sh
+++ b/dot-backup.sh
@@ -46,12 +46,20 @@ if [[ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]]; then
     source "$CONFIG_FILE"
 fi
 
+# Basenames skipped by --suggest. User may override in config.
+if [[ -z "${SUGGEST_IGNORE+set}" ]]; then
+    SUGGEST_IGNORE=(.cache .local .git .ssh .gnupg .Trash .pki .nv \
+                    .mozilla .thunderbird .npm .cargo .rustup .java \
+                    .dbus .config)
+fi
+
 # Flags
 DRY_RUN=false
 VERBOSE=false
 RESTORE=false
 QUIET=false
 PUSH=false
+SUGGEST=false
 
 usage() {
     echo "Usage: $0 [options]"
@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "  -r, --restore    Restore dotfiles from backup to their original locations"
     echo "  -q, --quiet      Suppress stdout; write output to log instead"
     echo "  -p, --push       Push to remote after commit (requires GIT_REMOTE in config)"
+    echo "  -s, --suggest    List untracked config dirs/files new since last backup, then exit"
     echo "  -h, --help       Show this help"
     exit 0
 }
@@ -71,12 +80,13 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
         -r|--restore) RESTORE=true ;;
         -q|--quiet) QUIET=true ;;
         -p|--push) PUSH=true ;;
+        -s|--suggest) SUGGEST=true ;;
         -h|--help) usage ;;
         *) echo -e "${RED}Unknown option: $arg${NC}"; usage ;;
     esac
 done
 
-if [[ "$QUIET" == true ]]; then
+if [[ "$QUIET" == true && "$SUGGEST" == false ]]; then
     # save original stdout so we can notify user after redirect
     exec 3>&1
     # strip color codes and write to log
@@ -184,6 +194,7 @@ beginswith() { [[ "$2" == "$1"* ]]; }
 lastupdate() {
     D=$(date)
     echo "Last update: $D" > "${DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR}/lastupdate"
+    date +%s > "${DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR}/lastupdate.epoch"
 }
 
 log_verbose() {
@@ -215,6 +226,101 @@ do_rsync() {
     fi
 }
 
+# ── SUGGEST MODE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+# True if candidate path $1 is already covered by any DOTFILES entry
+# (exact match, parent of, or child of an existing entry).
+_suggest_covered() {
+    local c="$1" e
+    for e in "${DOTFILES[@]}"; do
+        # normalize trailing slash
+        e="${e%/}"
+        [[ "$c" == "$e" ]] && return 0
+        [[ "$c" == "$e"/* ]] && return 0
+        [[ "$e" == "$c"/* ]] && return 0
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+# True if basename $1 is in SUGGEST_IGNORE
+_suggest_ignored() {
+    local b="$1" ig
+    for ig in "${SUGGEST_IGNORE[@]}"; do
+        [[ "$b" == "$ig" ]] && return 0
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+# True if basename $1 looks like editor/temp junk (vim undo/swap, backups, etc.)
+_suggest_junk() {
+    local b="$1"
+    case "$b" in
+        *.un~|*~|*.swp|*.swo|*.tmp|.DS_Store) return 0 ;;
+        *) return 1 ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+do_suggest() {
+    local epoch_file="${DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR}/lastupdate.epoch"
+    local last_epoch=0
+    local last_human="never"
+    if [[ -r "$epoch_file" ]]; then
+        local raw
+        raw="$(cat "$epoch_file")"
+        if [[ "$raw" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            last_epoch="$raw"
+            last_human="$(date -d "@$last_epoch" 2>/dev/null || echo "$last_epoch")"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    local -a candidates=()
+    local path emit base mtime item
+
+    # Source 1: ~/.config/*  (children of .config)
+    for path in "${HOME}/.config/"*; do
+        [[ -e "$path" ]] || continue
+        base="$(basename "$path")"
+        emit=".config/${base}"
+        _suggest_junk "$base" && continue
+        _suggest_ignored "$base" && continue
+        _suggest_covered "$emit" && continue
+        mtime="$(stat -c %Y "$path" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
+        if (( mtime > last_epoch )); then candidates+=("$emit"); fi
+    done
+
+    # Source 2 + 3: ~/.*  (hidden dirs and files at home top level)
+    for path in "${HOME}/".*; do
+        base="$(basename "$path")"
+        [[ "$base" == "." || "$base" == ".." ]] && continue
+        [[ -d "$path" || -f "$path" ]] || continue
+        emit="${base}"
+        _suggest_junk "$base" && continue
+        _suggest_ignored "$base" && continue
+        _suggest_covered "$emit" && continue
+        mtime="$(stat -c %Y "$path" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
+        if (( mtime > last_epoch )); then candidates+=("$emit"); fi
+    done
+
+    if [[ ${#candidates[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}No new config dirs/files since last backup.${NC}"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # sort alphabetically, stable output
+    local -a sorted=()
+    while IFS= read -r line; do sorted+=("$line"); done < <(printf '%s\n' "${candidates[@]}" | sort -u)
+
+    echo -e "${GREEN}New since last backup (${last_human}):${NC}"
+    for item in "${sorted[@]}"; do
+        echo -e "  ${BLUE}${item}${NC}"
+    done
+    echo
+    echo "Paste into files.list:"
+    for item in "${sorted[@]}"; do
+        echo "$item"
+    done
+}
+
 # ── RESTORE MODE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 do_restore() {
@@ -308,6 +414,11 @@ if [[ "$FIRST_RUN" == true ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+if [[ "$SUGGEST" == true ]]; then
+    do_suggest
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
     echo -e "${YELLOW}*** DRY RUN — no files will be copied ***${NC}\n"
 fi