fix: shared YAML encoder and journal directory, text cleanup

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/internal/persistence/txn.go b/internal/persistence/txn.go
index 988af23..1babfc5 100644
--- a/internal/persistence/txn.go
+++ b/internal/persistence/txn.go
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ import (
 // as a committed transaction that the next startup will roll back.
 const journalRemoveAttempts = 3
 
+// JournalDir returns the transaction journal directory under a data dir. Both
+// the game and the admin API must use this so a future rename cannot leave one
+// writer journaling to a directory startup recovery never scans.
+func JournalDir(dataDir string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(dataDir, ".journal")
+}
+
 // journalVersion is the current journal schema version. Recover refuses a
 // version it does not understand rather than misreading a newer journal.
 const journalVersion = 1