chore: too much pain

post-install

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+
+# set some variables
+
+homeDir=$HOME 
+echo $homeDir
+
+hostname=$HOSTNAME 
+echo $hostname
+
+os=$(lsb_release -d| awk '{print $2}') # definitely works on Fedora
+echo $os
+
+# ensure some directories exist
+gitDir=$homeDir"/git"
+[ ! -d $gitDir ] && mkdir -p $gitDir || echo $gitDir" already exists"
+
+sshDir=$homeDir"/.ssh"
+[ ! -d $sshDir ] && mkdir -p $sshDir || echo $sshDir" already exists"
+
+configDir=$homeDir"/.config"
+[ ! -d $configDir ] && mkdir -p $configDir || echo $configDir" already exists"
+
+
+# create an ssh key, for use with git/github
+ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f $sshDir"/id_ed25519_git" -N ''

post-install.py

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+from pyinfra import host
+from pyinfra.facts.files import File
+from pyinfra.facts.server import LinuxName
+from pyinfra.operations import apt, server, dnf, files
+
+
+os = host.get_fact(LinuxName)
+print (os)
+
+
+# why does this not work????
+# username = host.get_fact(User)
+username = str(server.shell("whoami"))
+print(username)
+
+hostname = host.get_fact(server.Hostname)
+print(hostname)
+
+# why does this not work????
+# homeDir = host.get_fact(server.Home)
+
+homeDir = str(server.shell("echo $HOME"))
+print(homeDir)
+
+# files.directory(
+#     name="Ensure /home/username/git exists",
+#     path=str(homeDir)+"/git",
+#     user=username,
+#     group=username,
+# )
+
+# files.directory(
+#     name="Ensure /home/username/.config exists",
+#     path=str(homeDir)+"/.config",
+#     user=username,
+#     group=username,
+# )
+
+# files.directory(
+#     name="Ensure /home/username/.ssh exists",
+#     path=str(homeDir)+"/.ssh",
+#     user=username,
+#     group=username,
+# )

pyinfra-debug.log

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+  File "/home/ctome/.local/pipx/venvs/pyinfra/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pyinfra_cli/main.py", line 224, in cli
+    _main(*args, **kwargs)
+  File "/home/ctome/.local/pipx/venvs/pyinfra/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pyinfra_cli/main.py", line 355, in _main
+    state, config = _handle_commands(state, config, command, original_operations, operations, quiet)
+                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+  File "/home/ctome/.local/pipx/venvs/pyinfra/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pyinfra_cli/main.py", line 612, in _handle_commands
+    state, config, operations = _run_deploy_operations(state, config, operations, quiet)
+                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+  File "/home/ctome/.local/pipx/venvs/pyinfra/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pyinfra_cli/main.py", line 669, in _run_deploy_operations
+    load_deploy_file(state, filename)
+  File "/home/ctome/.local/pipx/venvs/pyinfra/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pyinfra_cli/util.py", line 247, in load_deploy_file
+    raise result
+  File "/home/ctome/.local/pipx/venvs/pyinfra/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pyinfra_cli/util.py", line 227, in load_file
+    exec_file(filename)
+  File "/home/ctome/.local/pipx/venvs/pyinfra/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pyinfra_cli/util.py", line 50, in exec_file
+    code = compile(code, filename, "exec")
+           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+  File "post-install.py", line 22
+    homeDir = str(server.shell(("echo $HOME"))
+                 ^
+SyntaxError: '(' was never closed