From 7942083cd0c8187529e3b78355145b8141c418af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Hamlet <git@ortham.net>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 18:38:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow loaded plugins to be retrieved using a .ghost extension

libloot trims any .ghost extension from plugins it loads, so be consistent with that behaviour when getting or sorting plugins.
---
 .../tests/api/interface/game_interface_test.h | 28 +++++++++++++++++--
 src/game.rs                                   | 22 +++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cpp/src/tests/api/interface/game_interface_test.h b/cpp/src/tests/api/interface/game_interface_test.h
index 83dbcf6d..9f3efe7a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/tests/api/interface/game_interface_test.h
+++ b/cpp/src/tests/api/interface/game_interface_test.h
@@ -580,6 +580,23 @@ TEST_P(GameInterfaceTest,
   EXPECT_NE(pointer1, pointer2);
 }
 
+TEST_P(GameInterfaceTest, getPluginShouldStripGhostExtension) {
+  if (GetParam() == GameType::openmw) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const auto ghostedName = std::string(BLANK_ESP) + ".ghost";
+  copyPlugin(BLANK_ESP, ghostedName);
+
+  handle_->LoadPlugins({BLANK_ESP}, true);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, handle_->GetLoadedPlugins().size());
+
+  const auto plugin = handle_->GetPlugin(ghostedName);
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, plugin);
+  EXPECT_EQ(BLANK_ESP, plugin->GetName());
+}
+
 TEST_P(GameInterfaceTest,
        getLoadedPluginsShouldReturnAnEmptySetIfNoneHaveBeenLoaded) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(handle_->GetLoadedPlugins().empty());
@@ -666,14 +683,19 @@ TEST_P(GameInterfaceTest, sortPluginsShouldSupportGhostedPlugins) {
     return;
   }
 
+  const auto pluginName =
+      GetParam() == GameType::starfield ? BLANK_FULL_ESM : BLANK_ESM;
+
+  copyPlugin(pluginName);
   copyPlugin(BLANK_ESP, "Blank.esp.ghost");
 
-  handle_->LoadPlugins({BLANK_ESP}, false);
+  handle_->LoadPlugins({pluginName, BLANK_ESP}, false);
 
   const auto sortedOrder = handle_->SortPlugins(
-      {std::string(BLANK_ESP)});
+      {std::string(pluginName) + ".ghost", std::string(BLANK_ESP)});
 
-  std::vector<std::string> expectedOrder{std::string(BLANK_ESP)};
+  std::vector<std::string> expectedOrder{std::string(pluginName),
+                                         std::string(BLANK_ESP)};
 
   EXPECT_EQ(expectedOrder, sortedOrder);
 }
diff --git a/src/game.rs b/src/game.rs
index 13cf9c4d..cc058837 100644
--- a/src/game.rs
+++ b/src/game.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use crate::{
     logging::{self, format_details, is_log_enabled},
     metadata::{
         Filename,
-        plugin_metadata::{GHOST_FILE_EXTENSION, iends_with_ascii},
+        plugin_metadata::{GHOST_FILE_EXTENSION, iends_with_ascii, trim_dot_ghost},
     },
     plugin::{
         LoadScope, Plugin,
@@ -821,7 +821,8 @@ impl GameCache {
     }
 
     fn plugin(&self, plugin_name: &str) -> Option<&Arc<Plugin>> {
-        self.plugins.get(&Filename::new(plugin_name.to_owned()))
+        self.plugins
+            .get(&Filename::new(trim_dot_ghost(plugin_name).to_owned()))
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn archives_iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &PathBuf> {
@@ -2274,6 +2275,23 @@ mod tests {
                 assert_eq!("Blank.esm", cache.plugin("blank.esm").unwrap().name());
             }
 
+            #[test]
+            fn should_trim_dot_ghost_extension() {
+                let mut cache = GameCache::default();
+
+                cache.insert_plugins(vec![
+                    Plugin::new(
+                        GameType::Oblivion,
+                        &cache,
+                        &source_plugins_path(GameType::Oblivion).join(BLANK_ESM),
+                        LoadScope::HeaderOnly,
+                    )
+                    .unwrap(),
+                ]);
+
+                assert_eq!("Blank.esm", cache.plugin("blank.esm.ghost").unwrap().name());
+            }
+
             #[test]
             fn should_return_none_if_the_plugin_is_not_cached() {
                 let cache = GameCache::default();