2 files changed, 44 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/krino/sort.go b/cmd/krino/sort.go
index b516629..aeeb1d4 100644
--- a/cmd/krino/sort.go
+++ b/cmd/krino/sort.go
@@ -264,12 +264,26 @@ func cmdSort(g *globals, names []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 			}
 			res, aerr := e.Apply(ctx, toApply, approved, j, run)
 			if res != nil {
+				// Where files ended up: each copy, and the last place a
+				// move or rename put the file - not a path it passed
+				// through and left.
 				for _, fr := range res.Files {
+					final := ""
 					for _, sr := range fr.Steps {
-						if sr.Status == "ok" && sr.Dst != "" {
+						switch {
+						case sr.Status != "ok":
+						case sr.Step.Kind == plan.DeletePermanent:
+							final = "" // gone: nothing is left anywhere
+						case sr.Dst == "":
+						case sr.Step.Kind == plan.Copy:
 							applied = append(applied, sr.Dst)
+						default:
+							final = sr.Dst
 						}
 					}
+					if final != "" {
+						applied = append(applied, final)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			if aerr != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/krino/sort_test.go b/cmd/krino/sort_test.go
index 071a64d..4f3e29f 100644
--- a/cmd/krino/sort_test.go
+++ b/cmd/krino/sort_test.go
@@ -366,3 +366,32 @@ func TestLaterDirectoryNeverOverwritesAnEarlierOnesResult(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("the Trash holds %d entries; nothing should have been displaced", len(entries))
 	}
 }
+
+// TestOnlyWhereFilesEndedUpStaysClaimed: a path an earlier directory's file
+// passed through and left - renamed, then moved on - is free for a later
+// directory; only where files ended up stays claimed (plan 11 re-check).
+func TestOnlyWhereFilesEndedUpStaysClaimed(t *testing.T) {
+	h := home(t)
+	old := time.Date(2026, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	if code, _, errOut := runCLI(t, "init"); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errOut)
+	}
+	for _, n := range []string{"a", "b"} {
+		p := filepath.Join(h, n, "x.pdf")
+		os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(p), 0o755)
+		os.WriteFile(p, []byte("from "+n), 0o644)
+		os.Chtimes(p, old, old)
+		if code, _, errOut := runCLI(t, "new", n, filepath.Join(h, n)); code != 0 {
+			t.Fatal(errOut)
+		}
+	}
+	dirs := filepath.Join(h, ".config", "krino", "dirs")
+	os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dirs, "a.conf"), []byte("(path \"~/a\")\n(rule \"r\" (rename \"x-r.pdf\") (move \"~/Out\"))\n"), 0o644)
+	os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dirs, "b.conf"), []byte("(path \"~/b\")\n(rule \"r\" (rename \"x-r.pdf\") (move \"~/a\"))\n"), 0o644)
+	if code, out, errOut := runCLI(t, "-y", "a", "b"); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("exit %d\n%s\n%s", code, out, errOut)
+	}
+	if b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(h, "a", "x-r.pdf")); err != nil || string(b) != "from b" {
+		t.Errorf("a/x-r.pdf: %q, %v; want b's file under its planned name", b, err)
+	}
+}