2 files changed, 111 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/gui/internal/model/plan.go b/gui/internal/model/plan.go
index 51a86d8..7c24991 100644
--- a/gui/internal/model/plan.go
+++ b/gui/internal/model/plan.go
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ import (
 // Row is one line of the Plan tab: a file krino would act on, or one it
 // could not decide about.
 type Row struct {
-	Rel      string // the file, relative to the directory's root
-	Size     int64
-	ModTime  time.Time
-	Steps    []plan.Step
-	Rule     string // the rule that matched first, for the Rule column
-	Warnings []string
+	Rel     string // the file, relative to the directory's root
+	Path    string // absolute, for acting on the file itself
+	Size    int64
+	ModTime time.Time
+	// DuplicateOf is the copy a (duplicate) test matched this file
+	// against, absolute; "" when none did.
+	DuplicateOf string
+	Steps       []plan.Step
+	Rule        string // the rule that matched first, for the Rule column
+	Warnings    []string
 	// Selected is the checkbox. A row that cannot be applied - every step
 	// skipped, or nothing but warnings - is never selected and has no box.
 	Selected bool
@@ -109,9 +113,13 @@ func (t *PlanTab) fill() {
 	t.Warnings = append([]string(nil), r.Warnings...)
 	warnings := map[string][]string{}
 	files := map[string]scan.File{}
+	dupes := map[string]string{}
 	for _, fms := range [][]engine.FileMatch{r.Matched, r.Unmatched} {
 		for _, fm := range fms {
 			files[fm.File.Rel] = fm.File
+			if fm.DuplicateOf != "" {
+				dupes[fm.File.Rel] = fm.DuplicateOf
+			}
 			if len(fm.Warnings) > 0 {
 				warnings[fm.File.Rel] = fm.Warnings
 			}
@@ -125,7 +133,8 @@ func (t *PlanTab) fill() {
 	}
 	t.Rows = nil
 	for _, c := range t.dp.Chains {
-		row := Row{Rel: c.File.Rel, Size: c.File.Size, ModTime: c.File.ModTime,
+		row := Row{Rel: c.File.Rel, Path: c.File.Path, Size: c.File.Size,
+			ModTime: c.File.ModTime, DuplicateOf: dupes[c.File.Rel],
 			Steps: c.Steps, Warnings: warnings[c.File.Rel]}
 		for _, s := range c.Steps {
 			if s.Skip == "" {
@@ -150,8 +159,8 @@ func (t *PlanTab) fill() {
 	sort.Strings(rest)
 	for _, rel := range rest {
 		f := files[rel]
-		t.Rows = append(t.Rows, Row{Rel: rel, Size: f.Size, ModTime: f.ModTime,
-			Warnings: warnings[rel]})
+		t.Rows = append(t.Rows, Row{Rel: rel, Path: f.Path, Size: f.Size,
+			ModTime: f.ModTime, DuplicateOf: dupes[rel], Warnings: warnings[rel]})
 	}
 	t.Counts = Counts{
 		Scanned:   len(r.Matched) + len(r.Unmatched) + len(r.Skipped),
@@ -247,6 +256,44 @@ func (t *PlanTab) ReplaceSelected(kind plan.Kind) (int, error) {
 	return n, nil
 }
 
+// KeepThisCopy is the answer to "I want this one, not the one already
+// filed": the file takes the other copy's place, and the other copy goes to
+// the Trash, where krino undo can still reach it. It is a review decision,
+// like trashing a file by hand, so the rule that a duplicate is never
+// deleted - which binds rules, not the person reading the plan - does not
+// stand in its way (his request, 2026-09-17).
+func (t *PlanTab) KeepThisCopy(i int) error {
+	if i < 0 || i >= len(t.Rows) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("model: no row %d", i)
+	}
+	row := t.Rows[i]
+	if row.DuplicateOf == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("model: %s is not a duplicate of anything krino looked at", row.Rel)
+	}
+	if row.Path == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("model: %s has no path", row.Rel)
+	}
+	for j, c := range t.dp.Chains {
+		if c.File.Rel != row.Rel {
+			continue
+		}
+		t.dp.Chains[j].Steps = []plan.Step{{
+			Kind:      plan.Move,
+			Rule:      "(review)",
+			Src:       row.Path,
+			Dst:       row.DuplicateOf,
+			Displaces: row.DuplicateOf,
+			Reason:    "chosen in review: this copy replaces the one already there",
+		}}
+		t.Rows[i].Steps = t.dp.Chains[j].Steps
+		t.Rows[i].Rule = "(review)"
+		t.Rows[i].Actable = true
+		t.Rows[i].Selected = true
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("model: %s is not in this plan", row.Rel)
+}
+
 // Apply acts on the selected files and logs the rest as declined, exactly
 // as choosing per file in the terminal does. Each row then carries its
 // outcome.
diff --git a/gui/internal/model/plan_test.go b/gui/internal/model/plan_test.go
index a54768c..0aa0361 100644
--- a/gui/internal/model/plan_test.go
+++ b/gui/internal/model/plan_test.go
@@ -408,3 +408,58 @@ func TestAgeText(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("a file from the future = %q, want 0m", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestKeepThisCopy: choosing the downloaded copy over the filed one puts it
+// in the other's place and sends the other to the Trash, where undo can
+// still reach it (his request, 2026-09-17).
+func TestKeepThisCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := "(path \"~/dl\")\n(rule \"dupes\" (when (duplicate \"~/docs\")) (move \"Dupes\"))\n"
+	e, h := sandboxDir(t, conf, map[string]string{"report.pdf": "the same bytes"})
+	filed := filepath.Join(h, "docs", "work", "report.pdf")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(filed), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filed, []byte("the same bytes"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	tab := planTab(t, e)
+	if len(tab.Rows) != 1 || tab.Rows[0].DuplicateOf != filed {
+		t.Fatalf("row = %+v, want it a duplicate of %s", tab.Rows[0], filed)
+	}
+	if err := tab.KeepThisCopy(0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	step := tab.Rows[0].Steps[0]
+	if step.Kind != plan.Move || step.Dst != filed || step.Displaces != filed {
+		t.Fatalf("step = %+v", step)
+	}
+	if _, err := tab.Apply(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// The download is now the filed copy, with its own bytes.
+	if body, err := os.ReadFile(filed); err != nil || string(body) != "the same bytes" {
+		t.Errorf("the kept copy is not in place: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(h, "dl", "report.pdf")); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Errorf("the download is still where it was: %v", err)
+	}
+	// The copy it replaced went to the Trash, not to oblivion.
+	entries, _ := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(h, ".local", "share", "Trash", "files"))
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("the Trash holds %d files, want the replaced one", len(entries))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestKeepThisCopyRefusesANonDuplicate: the choice only means something for
+// a file krino found another copy of.
+func TestKeepThisCopyRefusesANonDuplicate(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := "(path \"~/dl\")\n(rule \"all\" (move \"Out\"))\n"
+	e, _ := sandboxDir(t, conf, map[string]string{"a.pdf": "one"})
+	tab := planTab(t, e)
+	if err := tab.KeepThisCopy(0); err == nil {
+		t.Error("a file that duplicates nothing was accepted")
+	}
+	if err := tab.KeepThisCopy(9); err == nil {
+		t.Error("a row that does not exist was accepted")
+	}
+}