From 9d620c9fb32f35be9c1d455ac4c4e378f1ebc0aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:04:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 01/33] switched to fpm for the linux builds and switched to
 use GH action for Poetry install

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 303 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 156 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index bcd3ca2..cfa130e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 name: Build Multi-Platform Binaries
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:  # Manual trigger only
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
 
 jobs:
   build-windows:
@@ -25,14 +28,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Ensure Poetry is on PATH (Windows)
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # Add the typical Poetry installer location to PATH for subsequent steps.
-          # This writes the directory to GITHUB_PATH so it is appended to PATH automatically.
           $poetryPath = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE ".local\bin"
-          Write-Output "Adding $poetryPath to PATH via GITHUB_PATH"
           Write-Output $poetryPath >> $Env:GITHUB_PATH
-          # Confirm it's on PATH for this step (diagnostics only)
-          Write-Output "PATH is now: $env:PATH"
-          Get-Command -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue poetry | ForEach-Object { Write-Output "poetry location: $($_.Source)" } || Write-Output "poetry not found yet (will be available in subsequent steps)"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -56,7 +53,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
           apt-get update
-          apt-get install -y curl git build-essential
+          apt-get install -y curl git build-essential ruby ruby-dev gcc make build-essential zlib1g-dev
+          gem install --no-document fpm
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -67,134 +65,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Install Poetry
-        run: |
-          curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python -
-          echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Configure Poetry
-        run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create true
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry env use python3.12 || true
-          poetry install
-
-      - name: Build Debian executable
-        run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
-
-      - name: Upload Debian artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: debian-binary
-          path: dist/android-file-handler
-
-  build-arch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: archlinux:latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: |
-          pacman -Syu --noconfirm
-          pacman -S --noconfirm python python-pip curl git base-devel
-
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Python 3.12
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
-
-      - name: Install Poetry
-        run: |
-          curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python -
-          echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Configure Poetry
-        run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create true
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry install
-
-      - name: Build Arch executable
-        run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
-
-      - name: Upload Arch artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: arch-binary
-          path: dist/android-file-handler
-
-  build-rocky:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: rockylinux:9
-    steps:
-      - name: Install system build dependencies for Python and pyenv (enable CRB for -devel packages)
-        run: |
-          # enable the CodeReady Builder (CRB) repository so -devel packages (like gdbm-devel) are available
-          dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
-          dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
-
-          # Refresh metadata and install the packages required to build CPython from source
-          dnf -y update
-          dnf -y install git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
-            readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch
-
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install pyenv and build Python 3.12.11 (native to Rocky) — idempotent
-        env:
-          PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv_temp
-        run: |
-          # Use $HOME/.pyenv for the pyenv installation (runtime only — this will NOT change your repo files)
-          export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
-          export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
-
-          # Clone or update pyenv (idempotent)
-          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
-            echo "pyenv already exists — updating"
-            cd "$PYENV_ROOT"
-            git fetch --all --prune
-            git reset --hard origin/master || true
-            cd -
-          else
-            echo "Cloning pyenv"
-            git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git "$PYENV_ROOT"
-          fi
-
-          # Persist pyenv environment for subsequent steps
-          echo "PYENV_ROOT=$PYENV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-          # Initialize pyenv for this step and ensure pyenv is usable immediately
-          export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
-          eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
-
-          # Install the specified Python version if not already installed (-s = skip if present)
-          $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv install -s 3.12.11
-          $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv global 3.12.11
-
-          # Verify installed python
-          python --version
-          pip --version
-
-      - name: Install Poetry (use action; Poetry will use the pyenv-built python)
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
         with:
           version: latest
@@ -208,23 +78,160 @@ jobs:
           poetry config virtualenvs.create true
           poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies & build executable
         run: |
           export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          # ensure poetry uses the pyenv python
-          poetry env use 3.12.11 || true
+          poetry env use python3.12 || true
           poetry install
-
-      - name: Build Rocky executable
-        run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
           poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
 
-      - name: Upload Rocky artifact
+      - name: Package .deb (fpm)
+        run: |
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+          VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
+          mkdir -p dist
+          chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
+          fpm -s dir -t deb -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture amd64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler_${VERSION}_amd64.deb" dist/android-file-handler
+
+      - name: Upload Debian .deb
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: rocky-binary
-          path: dist/android-file-handler
+          name: debian-package
+          path: dist/*.deb
+
+  build-arch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: archlinux:latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install system dependencies (Arch)
+        run: |
+          pacman -Syu --noconfirm
+          pacman -S --noconfirm python python-pip curl git base-devel ruby
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.12
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          virtualenvs-create: true
+          virtualenvs-in-project: true
+
+      - name: Configure Poetry
+        run: |
+          echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+          poetry config virtualenvs.create true
+          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies & build executable
+        run: |
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+          poetry install
+          poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
+
+      - name: Install fpm (gem) and package pacman
+        run: |
+          gem install --no-document fpm
+          VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
+          mkdir -p dist
+          chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
+          fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
+
+      - name: Upload Arch package
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: arch-package
+          path: dist/*.pkg.tar.*
+
+  build-rocky:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: rockylinux:9
+    steps:
+      - name: Install system build dependencies for Python and pyenv (enable CRB for -devel pkgs)
+        run: |
+          dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
+          dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
+          dnf -y update
+          dnf -y install git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
+            readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install pyenv and build Python 3.12.11 (idempotent)
+        env:
+          PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv_temp
+        run: |
+          export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
+          export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
+            cd "$PYENV_ROOT"
+            git fetch --all --prune
+            git reset --hard origin/master || true
+            cd -
+          else
+            git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git "$PYENV_ROOT"
+          fi
+          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build/.git" ]; then
+            cd "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+            git fetch --all --prune
+            git reset --hard origin/master || true
+            cd -
+          else
+            git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build.git "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+          fi
+          echo "PYENV_ROOT=$PYENV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+          eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
+          $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv install -s 3.12.11
+          $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv global 3.12.11
+          python --version
+          pip --version
+
+      - name: Install Poetry (use action)
+        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          virtualenvs-create: true
+          virtualenvs-in-project: true
+
+      - name: Configure Poetry
+        run: |
+          echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+          poetry config virtualenvs.create true
+          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies & build executable
+        run: |
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+          poetry env use 3.12.11 || true
+          poetry install
+          poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
+
+      - name: Install fpm (gem) and package .rpm
+        run: |
+          gem install --no-document fpm
+          VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
+          mkdir -p dist
+          chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
+          fpm -s dir -t rpm -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" dist/android-file-handler
+
+      - name: Upload Rocky RPM
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: rocky-package
+          path: dist/*.rpm
 
   create-release:
     needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rocky]
@@ -241,7 +248,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           files: |
             ./binaries/android-file-handler.exe
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler_*.deb
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*.rpm
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.*
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
         env:
-- 
2.47.3


From 4bfd9822ec9f91583a54ef92e5370e85e395478f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:26:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 02/33] correct fpm path issues for Arch

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index cfa130e..e317969 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install fpm (gem) and package pacman
         run: |
+          # install fpm (gem)
           gem install --no-document fpm
+
+          # compute user gem bin dir dynamically (avoids hardcoding ruby version)
+          GEM_BIN="$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')/bin"
+
+          echo "User gem bin: $GEM_BIN"
+
+          # add Poetry user bin (common) and Ruby gem bin to PATH for subsequent steps
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          echo "$GEM_BIN" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+          # make available immediately in this step too (optional)
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$GEM_BIN:$PATH"
           VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
           mkdir -p dist
           chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
-- 
2.47.3


From 7895b2dbcb026c3b123adcba0c3268e9faf71842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:52:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 03/33] fixed Ruby path and install issues

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 62 +++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index e317969..59d639a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -137,26 +137,38 @@ jobs:
           poetry install
           poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
 
-      - name: Install fpm (gem) and package pacman
+      - name: Install fpm (system ruby) and package pacman
         run: |
-          # install fpm (gem)
-          gem install --no-document fpm
+            set -euo pipefail
 
-          # compute user gem bin dir dynamically (avoids hardcoding ruby version)
-          GEM_BIN="$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')/bin"
+            # Update package DB and install ruby and build tools
+            pacman -Syu --noconfirm
+            pacman -S --noconfirm ruby base-devel
 
-          echo "User gem bin: $GEM_BIN"
+            # Install fpm system-wide (Actions container runs as root)
+            gem install --no-document fpm
 
-          # add Poetry user bin (common) and Ruby gem bin to PATH for subsequent steps
-          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          echo "$GEM_BIN" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+            # Sanity checks
+            echo "ruby version: $(ruby -v)"
+            echo "gem env:"
+            gem env
 
-          # make available immediately in this step too (optional)
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$GEM_BIN:$PATH"
-          VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
-          mkdir -p dist
-          chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
-          fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
+            # Ensure system gem bin dir is on PATH for subsequent steps (usually /usr/local/bin)
+            echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+            # Verify fpm is available
+            if ! command -v fpm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "fpm not found on PATH; gem installation may have gone to user dir. Diagnostics:"
+            ruby -e "puts Gem.user_dir"
+            ls -la "$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')/bin" || true
+            exit 1
+            fi
+
+            # Package with fpm
+            VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
+            mkdir -p dist
+            chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
+            fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
 
       - name: Upload Arch package
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -175,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
           dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
           dnf -y update
           dnf -y install git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
-            readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build
+              readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -186,21 +198,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
           export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
-          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
-            cd "$PYENV_ROOT"
-            git fetch --all --prune
-            git reset --hard origin/master || true
-            cd -
-          else
-            git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git "$PYENV_ROOT"
-          fi
           if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build/.git" ]; then
-            cd "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
-            git fetch --all --prune
-            git reset --hard origin/master || true
-            cd -
+              cd "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+              git fetch --all --prune
+              git reset --hard origin/master || true
+              cd -
           else
-            git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build.git "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+              git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build.git "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
           fi
           echo "PYENV_ROOT=$PYENV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-- 
2.47.3


From 41ab21412ffdc641d117a46145803a2232ab5708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:01:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 04/33] updated ruby install to system path

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 35 +++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 59d639a..555e2d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -139,36 +139,39 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install fpm (system ruby) and package pacman
         run: |
+            # Insert as the 'run:' body for the Arch job step that installs fpm and packages
             set -euo pipefail
 
-            # Update package DB and install ruby and build tools
+            # Update and install ruby + build tools
             pacman -Syu --noconfirm
             pacman -S --noconfirm ruby base-devel
 
-            # Install fpm system-wide (Actions container runs as root)
-            gem install --no-document fpm
+            # Install fpm to /usr/local/bin so the executable is in a system path
+            # Pin the version for reproducibility
+            gem install --no-document -v '1.16.0' fpm -n /usr/local/bin
 
-            # Sanity checks
-            echo "ruby version: $(ruby -v)"
-            echo "gem env:"
-            gem env
-
-            # Ensure system gem bin dir is on PATH for subsequent steps (usually /usr/local/bin)
+            # Ensure /usr/local/bin is available to subsequent workflow steps
             echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
-            # Verify fpm is available
+            # Immediate sanity checks
+            echo "ruby: $(ruby -v)"
+            echo "gem env:"
+            gem env
             if ! command -v fpm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "fpm not found on PATH; gem installation may have gone to user dir. Diagnostics:"
-            ruby -e "puts Gem.user_dir"
-            ls -la "$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')/bin" || true
-            exit 1
+              echo "fpm still not found on PATH; diagnostics:"
+              ruby -e "puts Gem.user_dir"
+              ls -la "$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')/bin" || true
+              exit 1
             fi
+            fpm --version
 
-            # Package with fpm
+            # Build package
             VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
             mkdir -p dist
             chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
-            fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
+            fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" \
+              --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin \
+              -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
 
       - name: Upload Arch package
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-- 
2.47.3


From f4333e99ee7a16a06b44682267d7d581176586ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:36:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 05/33] trying arch workflow again

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 49 ++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 555e2d2..10e943b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -137,41 +137,32 @@ jobs:
           poetry install
           poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
 
-      - name: Install fpm (system ruby) and package pacman
+      - name: Install system Ruby and fpm, then build pacman package
         run: |
-            # Insert as the 'run:' body for the Arch job step that installs fpm and packages
-            set -euo pipefail
+          set -euo pipefail
 
-            # Update and install ruby + build tools
-            pacman -Syu --noconfirm
-            pacman -S --noconfirm ruby base-devel
+          # Update DB and ensure full ruby stdlib is present
+          pacman -Syu --noconfirm
+          pacman -S --noconfirm ruby base-devel
 
-            # Install fpm to /usr/local/bin so the executable is in a system path
-            # Pin the version for reproducibility
-            gem install --no-document -v '1.16.0' fpm -n /usr/local/bin
+          # Install fpm system-wide and pin version for reproducibility
+          gem install --no-document -v '1.16.0' fpm --bindir /usr/local/bin --install-dir /usr/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0
 
-            # Ensure /usr/local/bin is available to subsequent workflow steps
-            echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          # Make sure /usr/local/bin is visible to later steps
+          echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
-            # Immediate sanity checks
-            echo "ruby: $(ruby -v)"
-            echo "gem env:"
-            gem env
-            if ! command -v fpm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-              echo "fpm still not found on PATH; diagnostics:"
-              ruby -e "puts Gem.user_dir"
-              ls -la "$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')/bin" || true
-              exit 1
-            fi
-            fpm --version
+          # Sanity checks
+          ruby -e "require 'erb'; puts 'erb OK'"
+          command -v fpm || { echo 'fpm not found on PATH after install'; exit 1; }
+          fpm --version
 
-            # Build package
-            VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
-            mkdir -p dist
-            chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
-            fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" \
-              --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin \
-              -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
+          # Build the package
+          VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
+          mkdir -p dist
+          chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
+          fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" \
+            --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin \
+            -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
 
       - name: Upload Arch package
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-- 
2.47.3


From 378e9ec03e7fecb17db3d8508e56c29c61d31a1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:00:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 06/33] added Ruby erb install to fix not found error

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 10e943b..4d6875f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Install fpm system-wide and pin version for reproducibility
           gem install --no-document -v '1.16.0' fpm --bindir /usr/local/bin --install-dir /usr/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0
+          gem install --no-document erb
 
           # Make sure /usr/local/bin is visible to later steps
           echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-- 
2.47.3


From 0b1d3123ba0c1d380a8ac5fc676bd558b67c3324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:13:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 07/33] changed to building pyenv from source

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 192 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 134 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 4d6875f..de061d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Multi-platform build + packaging workflow
+# - Builds a pyinstaller executable on Windows, Debian, Arch, Rocky.
+# - Packages using fpm into .deb, .rpm, and pacman (.pkg.tar.zst) files with explicit filenames.
+# - Creates a GitHub Release with the produced artifacts.
+#
+# Notes:
+# - Poetry is installed via snok/install-poetry@v1 in all jobs.
+# - fpm gem is pinned to 1.16.0 in the examples; change as needed.
+# - Rocky job uses tarball downloads for pyenv and python-build (non-interactive, CI-friendly).
 name: Build Multi-Platform Binaries
 
 on:
@@ -6,6 +15,10 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
+env:
+  # change this if you prefer a different pinned fpm version
+  FPM_VERSION: "1.16.0"
+
 jobs:
   build-windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
@@ -28,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Ensure Poetry is on PATH (Windows)
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
+          # Add Poetry user bin to PATH for subsequent steps in this job
           $poetryPath = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE ".local\bin"
           Write-Output $poetryPath >> $Env:GITHUB_PATH
 
@@ -50,11 +64,13 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: python:3.12-slim
     steps:
-      - name: Install system dependencies
+      - name: Install system dependencies & gem fpm
         run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
           apt-get update
-          apt-get install -y curl git build-essential ruby ruby-dev gcc make build-essential zlib1g-dev
-          gem install --no-document fpm
+          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl git build-essential ruby ruby-dev gcc make zlib1g-dev ca-certificates
+          # install pinned fpm to the system gem dir (will be available under gem env's EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY or /usr/local/bin)
+          gem install --no-document -v "${FPM_VERSION}" fpm
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -87,27 +103,34 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Package .deb (fpm)
         run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
           export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
           VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
           mkdir -p dist
           chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
+          # explicit filename into dist/
           fpm -s dir -t deb -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture amd64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler_${VERSION}_amd64.deb" dist/android-file-handler
 
       - name: Upload Debian .deb
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: debian-package
-          path: dist/*.deb
+          path: dist/android-file-handler_*.deb
 
   build-arch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: archlinux:latest
     steps:
-      - name: Install system dependencies (Arch)
+      - name: Install system dependencies (Arch) and system Ruby
         run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
           pacman -Syu --noconfirm
-          pacman -S --noconfirm python python-pip curl git base-devel ruby
+          pacman -S --noconfirm ruby base-devel curl git tar ca-certificates
+          # Install fpm system-wide and pin version so fpm will be in /usr/local/bin
+          gem install --no-document -v "${FPM_VERSION}" fpm --bindir /usr/local/bin
+          # persist system bindir to subsequent steps (usually already on PATH)
+          echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -128,42 +151,22 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
           export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create true
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
 
       - name: Install dependencies & build executable
         run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
           poetry install
           poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
 
-      - name: Install system Ruby and fpm, then build pacman package
+      - name: Package pacman (fpm)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-
-          # Update DB and ensure full ruby stdlib is present
-          pacman -Syu --noconfirm
-          pacman -S --noconfirm ruby base-devel
-
-          # Install fpm system-wide and pin version for reproducibility
-          gem install --no-document -v '1.16.0' fpm --bindir /usr/local/bin --install-dir /usr/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0
-          gem install --no-document erb
-
-          # Make sure /usr/local/bin is visible to later steps
-          echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-          # Sanity checks
-          ruby -e "require 'erb'; puts 'erb OK'"
-          command -v fpm || { echo 'fpm not found on PATH after install'; exit 1; }
-          fpm --version
-
-          # Build the package
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
           VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
           mkdir -p dist
           chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
-          fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" \
-            --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin \
-            -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
+          # explicit filename into dist/
+          fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
 
       - name: Upload Arch package
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -176,41 +179,103 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: rockylinux:9
     steps:
-      - name: Install system build dependencies for Python and pyenv (enable CRB for -devel pkgs)
+      - name: Robust dnf setup and install build deps (retry-clean-refresh)
         run: |
-          dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
-          dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
-          dnf -y update
-          dnf -y install git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
-              readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build
+          set -euo pipefail
+          retry() {
+            local max_tries=5
+            local sleep_base=3
+            local n=1
+            until "$@"; do
+              if [ $n -ge $max_tries ]; then
+                echo "Command failed after $n attempts: $*"
+                return 1
+              fi
+              echo "Command failed: $*. Retrying ($n/$max_tries) after $((sleep_base * n))s..."
+              sleep $((sleep_base * n))
+              n=$((n + 1))
+            done
+            return 0
+          }
 
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          # Ensure plugin and enable CRB
+          retry dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
+          retry dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb || true
 
-      - name: Install pyenv and build Python 3.12.11 (idempotent)
-        env:
-          PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv_temp
+          # Clean caches and refresh metadata
+          retry dnf -y clean all
+          rm -rf /var/cache/dnf || true
+          retry dnf -y makecache --refresh
+
+          # Install build-time deps including ruby so gem stdlib is present
+          retry dnf -y install -y \
+            git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
+            readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch \
+            ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build curl tar ca-certificates
+
+      - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
+        id: pyenv_tarball
         run: |
-          export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
-          export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
-          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build/.git" ]; then
-              cd "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
-              git fetch --all --prune
-              git reset --hard origin/master || true
-              cd -
-          else
-              git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build.git "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
-          fi
-          echo "PYENV_ROOT=$PYENV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          set -euo pipefail
+          retry() {
+            local max=5 n=1
+            until "$@"; do
+              if [ $n -ge $max ]; then
+                echo "Command failed after $n attempts: $*"
+                return 1
+              fi
+              echo "Command failed: $*. Retrying ($n/$max) after $((n * 2))s..."
+              sleep $((n * 2))
+              n=$((n + 1))
+            done
+            return 0
+          }
+
+          echo "Ensure curl/tar/ca-certificates present (dnf already installed them above)"
+          # Place pyenv inside workspace
+          export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
+          mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
+          mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins"
+
+          # Pin refs (replace master with tags/commits for reproducible runs)
+          PYENV_PYENV_REF="${PYENV_PYENV_REF:-master}"
+          PYENV_BUILD_REF="${PYENV_BUILD_REF:-master}"
+
+          echo "Downloading pyenv (${PYENV_PYENV_REF}) and python-build (${PYENV_BUILD_REF}) tarballs..."
+          retry curl -fsSL "https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/archive/refs/heads/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}.tar.gz" \
+            | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT"
+
+          retry curl -fsSL "https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build/archive/refs/heads/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}.tar.gz" \
+            | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+
+          # Initialize pyenv environment for this job
           export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
           eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
+
+          # Persist environment variables for subsequent steps
+          echo "PYENV_ROOT=$PYENV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          echo "pyenv version:"
+          "$PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv" --version || true
+          echo "python-build plugin at: $PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+          ls -la "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || true
+
+      - name: Build Python with pyenv (3.12.11) and set global
+        env:
+          PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          export PYENV_ROOT="${PYENV_ROOT}"
+          export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+          eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
+          # Install python (idempotent)
           $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv install -s 3.12.11
           $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv global 3.12.11
           python --version
           pip --version
 
-      - name: Install Poetry (use action)
+      - name: Install Poetry
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
         with:
           version: latest
@@ -226,14 +291,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies & build executable
         run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+          set -euo pipefail
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
           poetry env use 3.12.11 || true
           poetry install
           poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
 
-      - name: Install fpm (gem) and package .rpm
+      - name: Install fpm and package .rpm
         run: |
-          gem install --no-document fpm
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # install pinned fpm and ensure binary is in system bindir
+          gem install --no-document -v "${FPM_VERSION}" fpm --bindir /usr/local/bin
+          echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+          # Build rpm with explicit filename
           VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
           mkdir -p dist
           chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
@@ -255,6 +326,11 @@ jobs:
           merge-multiple: true
           path: ./binaries
 
+      - name: List downloaded binaries (debug)
+        run: |
+          echo "Downloaded files:"
+          ls -la ./binaries || true
+
       - name: Create Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-- 
2.47.3


From 30e4244d200a42627f1e5c7748822dbd750c9b09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:23:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 08/33] readded Ruby ERB gem install and changed from curl to
 git for Rocky

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index de061d0..3c21e09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ jobs:
           pacman -Syu --noconfirm
           pacman -S --noconfirm ruby base-devel curl git tar ca-certificates
           # Install fpm system-wide and pin version so fpm will be in /usr/local/bin
+          gem install --no-document erb
           gem install --no-document -v "${FPM_VERSION}" fpm --bindir /usr/local/bin
           # persist system bindir to subsequent steps (usually already on PATH)
           echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ jobs:
           retry dnf -y install -y \
             git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
             readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch \
-            ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build curl tar ca-certificates
+            ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build tar ca-certificates
 
       - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
         id: pyenv_tarball
@@ -241,12 +242,33 @@ jobs:
           PYENV_PYENV_REF="${PYENV_PYENV_REF:-master}"
           PYENV_BUILD_REF="${PYENV_BUILD_REF:-master}"
 
-          echo "Downloading pyenv (${PYENV_PYENV_REF}) and python-build (${PYENV_BUILD_REF}) tarballs..."
-          retry curl -fsSL "https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/archive/refs/heads/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}.tar.gz" \
-            | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT"
+          echo "Cloning pyenv (${PYENV_PYENV_REF}) and python-build (${PYENV_BUILD_REF}) via git (shallow)"
 
-          retry curl -fsSL "https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build/archive/refs/heads/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}.tar.gz" \
-            | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+          REPO_PYENV="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git"
+          REPO_BUILD="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build.git"
+
+          # pyenv: shallow clone the requested ref if possible, otherwise fall back to default shallow clone
+          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
+            retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
+            retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" || true
+          else
+            if ! retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; then
+              echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"
+              retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          # python-build plugin: place under plugins/python-build
+          mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins"
+          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build/.git" ]; then
+            retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
+            retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" || true
+          else
+            if ! retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; then
+              echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"
+              retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+            fi
+          fi
 
           # Initialize pyenv environment for this job
           export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
-- 
2.47.3


From 80f5ff8888b3e76279c5425b7ccfc3c23f7240fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:31:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 09/33] added fallback behavior for when ~/.pyenv is not empty
 on Rocky

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 3c21e09..61bcfe7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -251,11 +251,19 @@ jobs:
           if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
             retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
             retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" || true
+          elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT")" ]; then
+            # directory exists but empty -> safe to clone into
+            retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT" || \
+              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; }
           else
-            if ! retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; then
-              echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"
-              retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"
+            # directory exists and is not a git repo (or contains leftover files) -> move aside then clone
+            if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then
+              backup_dest="${PYENV_ROOT}.bak.$(date +%s)"
+              echo "Found existing non-git pyenv directory; moving aside to ${backup_dest}"
+              mv "$PYENV_ROOT" "$backup_dest"
             fi
+            retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT" || \
+              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; }
           fi
 
           # python-build plugin: place under plugins/python-build
@@ -263,11 +271,17 @@ jobs:
           if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build/.git" ]; then
             retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
             retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" || true
+          elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build")" ]; then
+            retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || \
+              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; }
           else
-            if ! retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; then
-              echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"
-              retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+            if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ]; then
+              pb_backup="${PYENV_ROOT}/plugins/python-build.bak.$(date +%s)"
+              echo "Found existing non-git python-build dir; moving aside to ${pb_backup}"
+              mv "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" "$pb_backup"
             fi
+            retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || \
+              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; }
           fi
 
           # Initialize pyenv environment for this job
-- 
2.47.3


From bc06bc9200ef03eacf43fd34e9f0f9b191e7a437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:57:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 10/33] changing auth to use ssh key

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 61bcfe7..0410a45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ permissions:
 env:
   # change this if you prefer a different pinned fpm version
   FPM_VERSION: "1.16.0"
+  # SSH private key for GitHub operations (populate in repository secrets)
+  CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY }}
 
 jobs:
   build-windows:
@@ -244,8 +246,22 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Cloning pyenv (${PYENV_PYENV_REF}) and python-build (${PYENV_BUILD_REF}) via git (shallow)"
 
-          REPO_PYENV="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git"
-          REPO_BUILD="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build.git"
+          # Prefer SSH clones so CI can authenticate using a private key
+          REPO_PYENV="git@github.com:pyenv/pyenv.git"
+          REPO_BUILD="git@github.com:pyenv/pyenv-build.git"
+
+          # If a CI SSH key is provided, configure SSH for git operations
+          if [ -n "${CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY:-}" ]; then
+            echo "Configuring SSH for GitHub using CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY"
+            mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+            # write key and restrict permissions
+            printf '%s' "${CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY}" > ~/.ssh/ci_cd_afh_adb
+            chmod 600 ~/.ssh/ci_cd_afh_adb
+            eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
+            ssh-add ~/.ssh/ci_cd_afh_adb
+            # ensure GitHub's host key is known to avoid interactive prompt
+            ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          fi
 
           # pyenv: shallow clone the requested ref if possible, otherwise fall back to default shallow clone
           if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
-- 
2.47.3


From 439216d52c3ee507d5e000d4c44971386a1b72b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:15:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 11/33] adding PAT authentication approach for clone

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 32 ++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 0410a45..e43a00e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ env:
   FPM_VERSION: "1.16.0"
   # SSH private key for GitHub operations (populate in repository secrets)
   CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY }}
+  # Personal Access Token for HTTPS git operations (populate in repository secrets)
+  CI_CD_PAT: ${{ secrets.CI_CD_PAT }}
 
 jobs:
   build-windows:
@@ -246,23 +248,25 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Cloning pyenv (${PYENV_PYENV_REF}) and python-build (${PYENV_BUILD_REF}) via git (shallow)"
 
-          # Prefer SSH clones so CI can authenticate using a private key
-          REPO_PYENV="git@github.com:pyenv/pyenv.git"
-          REPO_BUILD="git@github.com:pyenv/pyenv-build.git"
+          # Use HTTPS clones and a repository PAT when available
+          REPO_PYENV="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git"
+          REPO_BUILD="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build.git"
 
-          # If a CI SSH key is provided, configure SSH for git operations
-          if [ -n "${CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY:-}" ]; then
-            echo "Configuring SSH for GitHub using CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY"
-            mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-            # write key and restrict permissions
-            printf '%s' "${CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY}" > ~/.ssh/ci_cd_afh_adb
-            chmod 600 ~/.ssh/ci_cd_afh_adb
-            eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
-            ssh-add ~/.ssh/ci_cd_afh_adb
-            # ensure GitHub's host key is known to avoid interactive prompt
-            ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          EXTRA_HEADER=""
+          if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
+            echo "Configuring git to use CI_CD_PAT for HTTPS operations"
+            # Create Authorization header: Basic base64(:PAT)
+            EXTRA_HEADER="AUTHORIZATION: basic $(printf ':%s' "${CI_CD_PAT}" | base64)"
           fi
 
+          gitx() {
+            if [ -n "${EXTRA_HEADER}" ]; then
+              git -c http.extraHeader="${EXTRA_HEADER}" "$@"
+            else
+              git "$@"
+            fi
+          }
+
           # pyenv: shallow clone the requested ref if possible, otherwise fall back to default shallow clone
           if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
             retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
-- 
2.47.3


From f5288ade6df1008b4b347ee66a48ba9eaf80b952 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:20:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 12/33] troubleshooting GH auth

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 31 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index e43a00e..1027e56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -267,14 +267,21 @@ jobs:
             fi
           }
 
+          # Masked diagnostic: confirm whether CI_CD_PAT/EXTRA_HEADER is present (do NOT print secrets)
+          if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
+            echo "DEBUG: CI_CD_PAT is present -> git operations will use http.extraHeader (masked)"
+          else
+            echo "DEBUG: CI_CD_PAT is NOT present -> git operations will run unauthenticated"
+          fi
+
           # pyenv: shallow clone the requested ref if possible, otherwise fall back to default shallow clone
           if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
-            retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
-            retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" || true
+            retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
+            retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" || true
           elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT")" ]; then
             # directory exists but empty -> safe to clone into
-            retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT" || \
-              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; }
+            retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT" || \
+              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry gitx clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; }
           else
             # directory exists and is not a git repo (or contains leftover files) -> move aside then clone
             if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then
@@ -282,26 +289,26 @@ jobs:
               echo "Found existing non-git pyenv directory; moving aside to ${backup_dest}"
               mv "$PYENV_ROOT" "$backup_dest"
             fi
-            retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT" || \
-              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; }
+            retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT" || \
+              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry gitx clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; }
           fi
 
           # python-build plugin: place under plugins/python-build
           mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins"
           if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build/.git" ]; then
-            retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
-            retry git -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" || true
+            retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
+            retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" || true
           elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build")" ]; then
-            retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || \
-              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; }
+            retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || \
+              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry gitx clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; }
           else
             if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ]; then
               pb_backup="${PYENV_ROOT}/plugins/python-build.bak.$(date +%s)"
               echo "Found existing non-git python-build dir; moving aside to ${pb_backup}"
               mv "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" "$pb_backup"
             fi
-            retry git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || \
-              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; }
+            retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || \
+              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry gitx clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; }
           fi
 
           # Initialize pyenv environment for this job
-- 
2.47.3


From 025687f9ba26b8c42123356ff87202659922a796 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:28:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 13/33] TS GH access

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 1027e56..ecd8c35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ permissions:
 env:
   # change this if you prefer a different pinned fpm version
   FPM_VERSION: "1.16.0"
-  # SSH private key for GitHub operations (populate in repository secrets)
-  CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_CD_GH_SSH_KEY }}
   # Personal Access Token for HTTPS git operations (populate in repository secrets)
   CI_CD_PAT: ${{ secrets.CI_CD_PAT }}
 
@@ -256,7 +254,11 @@ jobs:
           if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
             echo "Configuring git to use CI_CD_PAT for HTTPS operations"
             # Create Authorization header: Basic base64(:PAT)
-            EXTRA_HEADER="AUTHORIZATION: basic $(printf ':%s' "${CI_CD_PAT}" | base64)"
+            EXTRA_HEADER="Authorization: Basic $(printf ':%s' "${CI_CD_PAT}" | base64)"
+            # set globally so git (and subprocesses) honor it for the duration of the job
+            git config --global http.extraHeader "${EXTRA_HEADER}"
+            # Prevent git from trying to prompt for credentials interactively
+            export GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0
           fi
 
           gitx() {
-- 
2.47.3


From 40384842d0b9feed14b266870d2fe5ad7ad9a7f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:41:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 14/33] added GH API fallback

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index ecd8c35..913ad71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -262,11 +262,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           gitx() {
-            if [ -n "${EXTRA_HEADER}" ]; then
-              git -c http.extraHeader="${EXTRA_HEADER}" "$@"
-            else
-              git "$@"
-            fi
+            # http.extraHeader is configured globally when CI_CD_PAT exists; just run git
+            git "$@"
           }
 
           # Masked diagnostic: confirm whether CI_CD_PAT/EXTRA_HEADER is present (do NOT print secrets)
@@ -282,8 +279,15 @@ jobs:
             retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" || true
           elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT")" ]; then
             # directory exists but empty -> safe to clone into
-            retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT" || \
-              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry gitx clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; }
+            if ! retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; then
+              echo "git clone failed; attempting GitHub API tarball fallback using PAT"
+              if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
+                retry curl -fSL -H "Authorization: token ${CI_CD_PAT}" "https://api.github.com/repos/pyenv/pyenv/tarball/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT"
+              else
+                echo "No CI_CD_PAT provided; cannot use tarball fallback"
+                exit 1
+              fi
+            fi
           else
             # directory exists and is not a git repo (or contains leftover files) -> move aside then clone
             if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then
@@ -301,8 +305,15 @@ jobs:
             retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
             retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" || true
           elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build")" ]; then
-            retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || \
-              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry gitx clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; }
+            if ! retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; then
+              echo "git clone for python-build failed; attempting GitHub API tarball fallback using PAT"
+              if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
+                retry curl -fSL -H "Authorization: token ${CI_CD_PAT}" "https://api.github.com/repos/pyenv/pyenv-build/tarball/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+              else
+                echo "No CI_CD_PAT provided; cannot use tarball fallback"
+                exit 1
+              fi
+            fi
           else
             if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ]; then
               pb_backup="${PYENV_ROOT}/plugins/python-build.bak.$(date +%s)"
-- 
2.47.3


From 9fa7628e4221f27afc31ddb41ac3cd74ae9ff702 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:57:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 15/33] Trying again

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 31 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 913ad71..92565c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ jobs:
             readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch \
             ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build tar ca-certificates
 
+      - name: Configure Git credentials
+        run: |
+          # Configure git to use repository PAT for HTTPS operations to avoid interactive prompts
+          git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.CI_CD_PAT }}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
+      
+      
+
       - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
         id: pyenv_tarball
         run: |
@@ -279,12 +286,12 @@ jobs:
             retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" || true
           elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT")" ]; then
             # directory exists but empty -> safe to clone into
-            if ! retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; then
-              echo "git clone failed; attempting GitHub API tarball fallback using PAT"
-              if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
-                retry curl -fSL -H "Authorization: token ${CI_CD_PAT}" "https://api.github.com/repos/pyenv/pyenv/tarball/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT"
-              else
-                echo "No CI_CD_PAT provided; cannot use tarball fallback"
+            if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
+              echo "CI_CD_PAT present; using GitHub API tarball for pyenv"
+              retry curl -fSL -H "Authorization: token ${CI_CD_PAT}" "https://api.github.com/repos/pyenv/pyenv/tarball/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT"
+            else
+              if ! retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; then
+                echo "git clone failed and no CI_CD_PAT; aborting"
                 exit 1
               fi
             fi
@@ -305,12 +312,12 @@ jobs:
             retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
             retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" || true
           elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build")" ]; then
-            if ! retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; then
-              echo "git clone for python-build failed; attempting GitHub API tarball fallback using PAT"
-              if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
-                retry curl -fSL -H "Authorization: token ${CI_CD_PAT}" "https://api.github.com/repos/pyenv/pyenv-build/tarball/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
-              else
-                echo "No CI_CD_PAT provided; cannot use tarball fallback"
+            if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
+              echo "CI_CD_PAT present; using GitHub API tarball for python-build"
+              retry curl -fSL -H "Authorization: token ${CI_CD_PAT}" "https://api.github.com/repos/pyenv/pyenv-build/tarball/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
+            else
+              if ! retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; then
+                echo "git clone for python-build failed and no CI_CD_PAT; aborting"
                 exit 1
               fi
             fi
-- 
2.47.3


From 41d21f23b4f07efc6f799e9fce39a452ee140ef5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:04:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 16/33] one more time

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 92565c1..b359ce4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure Git credentials
         run: |
           # Configure git to use repository PAT for HTTPS operations to avoid interactive prompts
-          git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.CI_CD_PAT }}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
+          git config --global url."https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.CI_CD_PAT }}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
       
       
 
-- 
2.47.3


From dca971093ebfba46e1f82a2f50b55f0cdb0c2177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:13:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 17/33] correcting python-build URL

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index b359ce4..774a5ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Use HTTPS clones and a repository PAT when available
           REPO_PYENV="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git"
-          REPO_BUILD="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-build.git"
+          REPO_BUILD="https://github.com/pyenv/python-build.git"
 
           EXTRA_HEADER=""
           if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
-- 
2.47.3


From 3a3b42486f801a63e726630dbd39221e188d1eb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:34:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 18/33] trying alternate way for pyenv installation

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 106 +++------------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 774a5ae..13e72dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -227,108 +227,18 @@ jobs:
         id: pyenv_tarball
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          retry() {
-            local max=5 n=1
-            until "$@"; do
-              if [ $n -ge $max ]; then
-                echo "Command failed after $n attempts: $*"
-                return 1
-              fi
-              echo "Command failed: $*. Retrying ($n/$max) after $((n * 2))s..."
-              sleep $((n * 2))
-              n=$((n + 1))
-            done
-            return 0
-          }
 
-          echo "Ensure curl/tar/ca-certificates present (dnf already installed them above)"
-          # Place pyenv inside workspace
           export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
           mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
-          mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins"
 
-          # Pin refs (replace master with tags/commits for reproducible runs)
-          PYENV_PYENV_REF="${PYENV_PYENV_REF:-master}"
-          PYENV_BUILD_REF="${PYENV_BUILD_REF:-master}"
+          echo "Downloading pyenv installer and running it"
+          wget -qO /tmp/pyenv_install.sh https://pyenv.run
+          chmod +x /tmp/pyenv_install.sh
+          bash /tmp/pyenv_install.sh
 
-          echo "Cloning pyenv (${PYENV_PYENV_REF}) and python-build (${PYENV_BUILD_REF}) via git (shallow)"
-
-          # Use HTTPS clones and a repository PAT when available
-          REPO_PYENV="https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git"
-          REPO_BUILD="https://github.com/pyenv/python-build.git"
-
-          EXTRA_HEADER=""
-          if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
-            echo "Configuring git to use CI_CD_PAT for HTTPS operations"
-            # Create Authorization header: Basic base64(:PAT)
-            EXTRA_HEADER="Authorization: Basic $(printf ':%s' "${CI_CD_PAT}" | base64)"
-            # set globally so git (and subprocesses) honor it for the duration of the job
-            git config --global http.extraHeader "${EXTRA_HEADER}"
-            # Prevent git from trying to prompt for credentials interactively
-            export GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0
-          fi
-
-          gitx() {
-            # http.extraHeader is configured globally when CI_CD_PAT exists; just run git
-            git "$@"
-          }
-
-          # Masked diagnostic: confirm whether CI_CD_PAT/EXTRA_HEADER is present (do NOT print secrets)
-          if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
-            echo "DEBUG: CI_CD_PAT is present -> git operations will use http.extraHeader (masked)"
-          else
-            echo "DEBUG: CI_CD_PAT is NOT present -> git operations will run unauthenticated"
-          fi
-
-          # pyenv: shallow clone the requested ref if possible, otherwise fall back to default shallow clone
-          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/.git" ]; then
-            retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
-            retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" || true
-          elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT")" ]; then
-            # directory exists but empty -> safe to clone into
-            if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
-              echo "CI_CD_PAT present; using GitHub API tarball for pyenv"
-              retry curl -fSL -H "Authorization: token ${CI_CD_PAT}" "https://api.github.com/repos/pyenv/pyenv/tarball/${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT"
-            else
-              if ! retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; then
-                echo "git clone failed and no CI_CD_PAT; aborting"
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            fi
-          else
-            # directory exists and is not a git repo (or contains leftover files) -> move aside then clone
-            if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then
-              backup_dest="${PYENV_ROOT}.bak.$(date +%s)"
-              echo "Found existing non-git pyenv directory; moving aside to ${backup_dest}"
-              mv "$PYENV_ROOT" "$backup_dest"
-            fi
-            retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_PYENV_REF}" "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT" || \
-              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_PYENV_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry gitx clone --depth 1 "$REPO_PYENV" "$PYENV_ROOT"; }
-          fi
-
-          # python-build plugin: place under plugins/python-build
-          mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins"
-          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build/.git" ]; then
-            retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" fetch --all --prune --depth=1 || true
-            retry gitx -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" reset --hard "origin/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" || true
-          elif [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ] && [ -z "$(ls -A "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build")" ]; then
-            if [ -n "${CI_CD_PAT:-}" ]; then
-              echo "CI_CD_PAT present; using GitHub API tarball for python-build"
-              retry curl -fSL -H "Authorization: token ${CI_CD_PAT}" "https://api.github.com/repos/pyenv/pyenv-build/tarball/${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
-            else
-              if ! retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; then
-                echo "git clone for python-build failed and no CI_CD_PAT; aborting"
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            fi
-          else
-            if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" ]; then
-              pb_backup="${PYENV_ROOT}/plugins/python-build.bak.$(date +%s)"
-              echo "Found existing non-git python-build dir; moving aside to ${pb_backup}"
-              mv "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" "$pb_backup"
-            fi
-            retry gitx clone --depth 1 --branch "${PYENV_BUILD_REF}" "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || \
-              { echo "Branch/ref ${PYENV_BUILD_REF} not available for shallow clone; falling back to default branch"; retry gitx clone --depth 1 "$REPO_BUILD" "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"; }
+          # If installer wrote to $HOME/.pyenv, move it into the workspace
+          if [ -d "$HOME/.pyenv" ] && [ ! -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then
+            mv "$HOME/.pyenv" "$PYENV_ROOT"
           fi
 
           # Initialize pyenv environment for this job
@@ -341,6 +251,8 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "pyenv version:"
           "$PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv" --version || true
+          # Verify pyenv can list installed/available versions (small, non-fatal smoke test)
+          "$PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv" versions --bare | head -n 5 || true
           echo "python-build plugin at: $PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
           ls -la "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || true
 
-- 
2.47.3


From adad7e450946320678d2368823b7cb15e1ccb131 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:37:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 19/33] trying alternate way for pyenv installation - added
 wget

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 13e72dc..060901c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
           retry dnf -y install -y \
             git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
             readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch \
-            ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build tar ca-certificates
+            ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build tar ca-certificates wget
 
       - name: Configure Git credentials
         run: |
-- 
2.47.3


From af86f52dc591a9691dfd5e2fcb6e0f4504ce1a0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:43:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 20/33] trying to remove blocking directory

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 060901c..2b1a686 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -229,9 +229,22 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
 
           export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
+
+           # Remove any leftover pyenv directories that block installation
+          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then
+            echo "Removing existing workspace pyenv: $PYENV_ROOT"
+            rm -rf "$PYENV_ROOT"
+          fi
+
+          if [ -d "$HOME/.pyenv" ]; then
+            echo "Removing existing home pyenv: $HOME/.pyenv"
+            rm -rf "$HOME/.pyenv"
+          fi
+
           mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
 
           echo "Downloading pyenv installer and running it"
+
           wget -qO /tmp/pyenv_install.sh https://pyenv.run
           chmod +x /tmp/pyenv_install.sh
           bash /tmp/pyenv_install.sh
-- 
2.47.3


From 734f9cb9b1ca5618e4a9cfa51fba46f4bcc66555 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:49:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 21/33] trying to remove blocking directory again

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 14 +++-----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 2b1a686..7666f49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -229,17 +229,9 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
 
           export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
-
-           # Remove any leftover pyenv directories that block installation
-          if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then
-            echo "Removing existing workspace pyenv: $PYENV_ROOT"
-            rm -rf "$PYENV_ROOT"
-          fi
-
-          if [ -d "$HOME/.pyenv" ]; then
-            echo "Removing existing home pyenv: $HOME/.pyenv"
-            rm -rf "$HOME/.pyenv"
-          fi
+          
+          echo "Removing existing home pyenv: $HOME/.pyenv"
+          rm -rf ~/.pyenv"
 
           mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
 
-- 
2.47.3


From edf03f7efb2c1b6cf17d088af4601632503029aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:51:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 22/33] fixed syntax error

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 7666f49..43308d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
           export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
           
           echo "Removing existing home pyenv: $HOME/.pyenv"
-          rm -rf ~/.pyenv"
+          rm -rf ~/.pyenv
 
           mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
 
-- 
2.47.3


From dcddf312241dc2d447bcaca6a403a0b9e73c4b65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:01:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 23/33] removed unecessary git config step

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 43308d0..51852c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -216,13 +216,6 @@ jobs:
             readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch \
             ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build tar ca-certificates wget
 
-      - name: Configure Git credentials
-        run: |
-          # Configure git to use repository PAT for HTTPS operations to avoid interactive prompts
-          git config --global url."https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.CI_CD_PAT }}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
-      
-      
-
       - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
         id: pyenv_tarball
         run: |
-- 
2.47.3


From 0e884a5c13562754b857496e6ee85325f23b7001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:05:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 24/33] trying to remove path from prior step

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 51852c3..7188243 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
           
           echo "Removing existing home pyenv: $HOME/.pyenv"
-          rm -rf ~/.pyenv
-
+          rm -rf /__w/android_file_handler_adb/android_file_handler_adb/.pyenv
+          
+          export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
           mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
 
           echo "Downloading pyenv installer and running it"
-- 
2.47.3


From 6994d6a16e3f55f91e21a9890a2fd0c09da9900c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:10:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 25/33] work please

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 7188243..da392fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -216,14 +216,17 @@ jobs:
             readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch \
             ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build tar ca-certificates wget
 
+      - name: Clean up pyenv
+        run: |
+              echo "Removing existing home pyenv"
+              rm -rf /__w/android_file_handler_adb/android_file_handler_adb/.pyenv
+            
       - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
         id: pyenv_tarball
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
           
-          echo "Removing existing home pyenv: $HOME/.pyenv"
-          rm -rf /__w/android_file_handler_adb/android_file_handler_adb/.pyenv
           
           export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
           mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
-- 
2.47.3


From eebbe8fae35c76306169991d62d80dc977fd99c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:14:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 26/33] work please 1

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index da392fd..5400655 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -218,9 +218,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clean up pyenv
         run: |
-              echo "Removing existing home pyenv"
-              rm -rf /__w/android_file_handler_adb/android_file_handler_adb/.pyenv
-            
+                echo "Removing existing pyenv installations"
+                rm -rf "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
+                rm -rf "${HOME}/.pyenv"
+                        
       - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
         id: pyenv_tarball
         run: |
-- 
2.47.3


From 61fd01be92c5bc5f2b1a7460d924bbe36dcb82f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:20:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 27/33] work please 2

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 37 +++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 5400655..949d039 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -218,45 +218,32 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clean up pyenv
         run: |
-                echo "Removing existing pyenv installations"
-                rm -rf "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
-                rm -rf "${HOME}/.pyenv"
-                        
+          echo "Removing existing pyenv installations"
+          rm -rf "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
+          rm -rf "${HOME}/.pyenv"
+
       - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
-        id: pyenv_tarball
+        env:
+          PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv  # Set this BEFORE running installer
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-
           
-          
-          export PYENV_ROOT="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
+          echo "PYENV_ROOT is set to: $PYENV_ROOT"
           mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
-
+          
           echo "Downloading pyenv installer and running it"
-
-          wget -qO /tmp/pyenv_install.sh https://pyenv.run
-          chmod +x /tmp/pyenv_install.sh
-          bash /tmp/pyenv_install.sh
-
-          # If installer wrote to $HOME/.pyenv, move it into the workspace
-          if [ -d "$HOME/.pyenv" ] && [ ! -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then
-            mv "$HOME/.pyenv" "$PYENV_ROOT"
-          fi
-
+          wget -qO- https://pyenv.run | bash
+          
           # Initialize pyenv environment for this job
           export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
           eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
-
+          
           # Persist environment variables for subsequent steps
           echo "PYENV_ROOT=$PYENV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
+          
           echo "pyenv version:"
           "$PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv" --version || true
-          # Verify pyenv can list installed/available versions (small, non-fatal smoke test)
-          "$PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv" versions --bare | head -n 5 || true
-          echo "python-build plugin at: $PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build"
-          ls -la "$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/python-build" || true
 
       - name: Build Python with pyenv (3.12.11) and set global
         env:
-- 
2.47.3


From bf985a502d79b5e23823007c8f6b44e8bb796de2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:25:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 28/33] commenting out Rocky workflow for the moment

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 260 +++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 130 insertions(+), 130 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 949d039..cbec090 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -177,153 +177,153 @@ jobs:
           name: arch-package
           path: dist/*.pkg.tar.*
 
-  build-rocky:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: rockylinux:9
-    steps:
-      - name: Robust dnf setup and install build deps (retry-clean-refresh)
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          retry() {
-            local max_tries=5
-            local sleep_base=3
-            local n=1
-            until "$@"; do
-              if [ $n -ge $max_tries ]; then
-                echo "Command failed after $n attempts: $*"
-                return 1
-              fi
-              echo "Command failed: $*. Retrying ($n/$max_tries) after $((sleep_base * n))s..."
-              sleep $((sleep_base * n))
-              n=$((n + 1))
-            done
-            return 0
-          }
+  # build-rocky:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   container:
+  #     image: rockylinux:9
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Robust dnf setup and install build deps (retry-clean-refresh)
+  #       run: |
+  #         set -euo pipefail
+  #         retry() {
+  #           local max_tries=5
+  #           local sleep_base=3
+  #           local n=1
+  #           until "$@"; do
+  #             if [ $n -ge $max_tries ]; then
+  #               echo "Command failed after $n attempts: $*"
+  #               return 1
+  #             fi
+  #             echo "Command failed: $*. Retrying ($n/$max_tries) after $((sleep_base * n))s..."
+  #             sleep $((sleep_base * n))
+  #             n=$((n + 1))
+  #           done
+  #           return 0
+  #         }
 
-          # Ensure plugin and enable CRB
-          retry dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
-          retry dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb || true
+  #         # Ensure plugin and enable CRB
+  #         retry dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
+  #         retry dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb || true
 
-          # Clean caches and refresh metadata
-          retry dnf -y clean all
-          rm -rf /var/cache/dnf || true
-          retry dnf -y makecache --refresh
+  #         # Clean caches and refresh metadata
+  #         retry dnf -y clean all
+  #         rm -rf /var/cache/dnf || true
+  #         retry dnf -y makecache --refresh
 
-          # Install build-time deps including ruby so gem stdlib is present
-          retry dnf -y install -y \
-            git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
-            readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch \
-            ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build tar ca-certificates wget
+  #         # Install build-time deps including ruby so gem stdlib is present
+  #         retry dnf -y install -y \
+  #           git gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel \
+  #           readline-devel sqlite-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel libuuid-devel patch \
+  #           ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build tar ca-certificates wget
 
-      - name: Clean up pyenv
-        run: |
-          echo "Removing existing pyenv installations"
-          rm -rf "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
-          rm -rf "${HOME}/.pyenv"
+  #     - name: Clean up pyenv
+  #       run: |
+  #         echo "Removing existing pyenv installations"
+  #         rm -rf "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.pyenv"
+  #         rm -rf "${HOME}/.pyenv"
 
-      - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
-        env:
-          PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv  # Set this BEFORE running installer
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
+  #     - name: Tarball-based pyenv + python-build (non-interactive)
+  #       env:
+  #         PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv  # Set this BEFORE running installer
+  #       run: |
+  #         set -euo pipefail
           
-          echo "PYENV_ROOT is set to: $PYENV_ROOT"
-          mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
+  #         echo "PYENV_ROOT is set to: $PYENV_ROOT"
+  #         mkdir -p "$PYENV_ROOT"
           
-          echo "Downloading pyenv installer and running it"
-          wget -qO- https://pyenv.run | bash
+  #         echo "Downloading pyenv installer and running it"
+  #         wget -qO- https://pyenv.run | bash
           
-          # Initialize pyenv environment for this job
-          export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
-          eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
+  #         # Initialize pyenv environment for this job
+  #         export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+  #         eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
           
-          # Persist environment variables for subsequent steps
-          echo "PYENV_ROOT=$PYENV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+  #         # Persist environment variables for subsequent steps
+  #         echo "PYENV_ROOT=$PYENV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+  #         echo "PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           
-          echo "pyenv version:"
-          "$PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv" --version || true
+  #         echo "pyenv version:"
+  #         "$PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv" --version || true
 
-      - name: Build Python with pyenv (3.12.11) and set global
-        env:
-          PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          export PYENV_ROOT="${PYENV_ROOT}"
-          export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
-          eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
-          # Install python (idempotent)
-          $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv install -s 3.12.11
-          $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv global 3.12.11
-          python --version
-          pip --version
+  #     - name: Build Python with pyenv (3.12.11) and set global
+  #       env:
+  #         PYENV_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pyenv
+  #       run: |
+  #         set -euo pipefail
+  #         export PYENV_ROOT="${PYENV_ROOT}"
+  #         export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+  #         eval "$($PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv init -)"
+  #         # Install python (idempotent)
+  #         $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv install -s 3.12.11
+  #         $PYENV_ROOT/bin/pyenv global 3.12.11
+  #         python --version
+  #         pip --version
 
-      - name: Install Poetry
-        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
-        with:
-          version: latest
-          virtualenvs-create: true
-          virtualenvs-in-project: true
+  #     - name: Install Poetry
+  #       uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+  #       with:
+  #         version: latest
+  #         virtualenvs-create: true
+  #         virtualenvs-in-project: true
 
-      - name: Configure Poetry
-        run: |
-          echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create true
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
+  #     - name: Configure Poetry
+  #       run: |
+  #         echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+  #         export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+  #         poetry config virtualenvs.create true
+  #         poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
 
-      - name: Install dependencies & build executable
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
-          poetry env use 3.12.11 || true
-          poetry install
-          poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
+  #     - name: Install dependencies & build executable
+  #       run: |
+  #         set -euo pipefail
+  #         export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+  #         poetry env use 3.12.11 || true
+  #         poetry install
+  #         poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --icon=icon_media/robot_files_256.png --name android-file-handler src/main.py
 
-      - name: Install fpm and package .rpm
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          # install pinned fpm and ensure binary is in system bindir
-          gem install --no-document -v "${FPM_VERSION}" fpm --bindir /usr/local/bin
-          echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+  #     - name: Install fpm and package .rpm
+  #       run: |
+  #         set -euo pipefail
+  #         # install pinned fpm and ensure binary is in system bindir
+  #         gem install --no-document -v "${FPM_VERSION}" fpm --bindir /usr/local/bin
+  #         echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
-          # Build rpm with explicit filename
-          VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
-          mkdir -p dist
-          chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
-          fpm -s dir -t rpm -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" dist/android-file-handler
+  #         # Build rpm with explicit filename
+  #         VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
+  #         mkdir -p dist
+  #         chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
+  #         fpm -s dir -t rpm -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" dist/android-file-handler
 
-      - name: Upload Rocky RPM
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: rocky-package
-          path: dist/*.rpm
+  #     - name: Upload Rocky RPM
+  #       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+  #       with:
+  #         name: rocky-package
+  #         path: dist/*.rpm
 
-  create-release:
-    needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rocky]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Download all artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          merge-multiple: true
-          path: ./binaries
+  # create-release:
+  #   needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rocky]
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Download all artifacts
+  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+  #       with:
+  #         merge-multiple: true
+  #         path: ./binaries
 
-      - name: List downloaded binaries (debug)
-        run: |
-          echo "Downloaded files:"
-          ls -la ./binaries || true
+  #     - name: List downloaded binaries (debug)
+  #       run: |
+  #         echo "Downloaded files:"
+  #         ls -la ./binaries || true
 
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          files: |
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler.exe
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler_*.deb
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*.rpm
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.*
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+  #     - name: Create Release
+  #       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+  #       with:
+  #         files: |
+  #           ./binaries/android-file-handler.exe
+  #           ./binaries/android-file-handler_*.deb
+  #           ./binaries/android-file-handler-*.rpm
+  #           ./binaries/android-file-handler-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.*
+  #         draft: false
+  #         prerelease: false
+  #       env:
+  #         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
-- 
2.47.3


From d8a7096e9059f0dccb3f1a627edbbe741b81c89c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:27:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 29/33] uncommented releases

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index cbec090..b9c535b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -315,15 +315,15 @@ jobs:
   #         echo "Downloaded files:"
   #         ls -la ./binaries || true
 
-  #     - name: Create Release
-  #       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-  #       with:
-  #         files: |
-  #           ./binaries/android-file-handler.exe
-  #           ./binaries/android-file-handler_*.deb
-  #           ./binaries/android-file-handler-*.rpm
-  #           ./binaries/android-file-handler-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.*
-  #         draft: false
-  #         prerelease: false
-  #       env:
-  #         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler.exe
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler_*.deb
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*.rpm
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.*
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
-- 
2.47.3


From f1b69d6fb51dae93a2163f1501a54b60ea7c5b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:31:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 30/33] fixed release step

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 65 ++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index b9c535b..c3fecd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -170,13 +170,42 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
           # explicit filename into dist/
           fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
+          
+          - name: Upload Arch package
+          uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+          with:
+            name: arch-package
+            path: dist/*.pkg.tar.*
 
-      - name: Upload Arch package
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+
+    
+  create-release:
+    needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rocky]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: arch-package
-          path: dist/*.pkg.tar.*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: ./binaries
 
+      - name: List downloaded binaries (debug)
+        run: |
+          echo "Downloaded files:"
+          ls -la ./binaries || true        
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler.exe
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler_*.deb
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*.rpm
+            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.*
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          
   # build-rocky:
   #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   #   container:
@@ -299,31 +328,3 @@ jobs:
   #       with:
   #         name: rocky-package
   #         path: dist/*.rpm
-
-  # create-release:
-  #   needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rocky]
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Download all artifacts
-  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-  #       with:
-  #         merge-multiple: true
-  #         path: ./binaries
-
-  #     - name: List downloaded binaries (debug)
-  #       run: |
-  #         echo "Downloaded files:"
-  #         ls -la ./binaries || true
-
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          files: |
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler.exe
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler_*.deb
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*.rpm
-            ./binaries/android-file-handler-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.*
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
-- 
2.47.3


From d8c4282cdff1c7157dda2b807b9bfda00a6e2fa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:32:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 31/33] fixed release step 1

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index c3fecd5..00b87a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
 
     
   create-release:
-    needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rocky]
+    needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download all artifacts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
           prerelease: false
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          
+
   # build-rocky:
   #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   #   container:
-- 
2.47.3


From 55b41d8a69c259ed0a2b752e4443bfd233dad805 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:41:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 32/33] fixed formatting

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 00b87a5..6917fc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -170,12 +170,12 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x dist/android-file-handler
           # explicit filename into dist/
           fpm -s dir -t pacman -n android-file-handler -v "$VERSION" --architecture x86_64 --prefix /usr/local/bin -p "dist/android-file-handler-${VERSION}-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" dist/android-file-handler
-          
-          - name: Upload Arch package
-          uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-          with:
-            name: arch-package
-            path: dist/*.pkg.tar.*
+
+      - name: Upload Arch package
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: arch-package
+          path: dist/*.pkg.tar.*
 
 
     
-- 
2.47.3


From f0353d9e924d83d13b9c0b3ad5a7c9db5cad8f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Ross <jason.ross841@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:50:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 33/33] added tags and version name to release step

---
 .github/workflows/simple-release.yml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
index 6917fc7..b46473f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-release.yml
@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+        
+      - name: Get version
+        id: version
+        run: echo "version=$(poetry version -s)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Download all artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -196,6 +206,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          name: Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
           files: |
             ./binaries/android-file-handler.exe
             ./binaries/android-file-handler_*.deb
-- 
2.47.3