tooling: linux fixes, add nix flake and workflow

.github/workflows/sync.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: "sync from forge.joshwel.co"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 */6 * * *"
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v27
+        with:
+          nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable
+          github_access_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
+
+      - name: get the forge's repo
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${{ runner.temp }}/sota
+          git clone https://forge.joshwel.co/mark/sota ${{ runner.temp }}/sota
+
+      - name: restep
+        run: |
+          cd ${{ runner.temp }}/sota
+          nix develop --command python sync.py

flake.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1722062969,
+        "narHash": "sha256-QOS0ykELUmPbrrUGmegAUlpmUFznDQeR4q7rFhl8eQg=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "b73c2221a46c13557b1b3be9c2070cc42cf01eb3",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}

flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  description = "flake for running the sota staircase ReStepper";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+      in
+      with pkgs; {
+        devShells.default = mkShellNoCC {
+          buildInputs = [
+            git
+            git-lfs
+            git-filter-repo
+            (python312.withPackages (python-pkgs: [
+              python-pkgs.tqdm
+              python-pkgs.gitignore-parser
+            ]))
+          ];
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}

sidestepper.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def run(
     try:
         cp = _run(
             command,
-            shell=True if isinstance(command, list) else False,
+            shell=False if isinstance(command, list) else True,
             cwd=cwd,
             capture_output=capture_output,
             input=give_input.encode() if give_input else None,

sync.py

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def post_filter_repo_check(cp: CompletedProcess) -> CompletedProcess:
     # install git-filter-repo
     pip_invocation: list[str] = ["pipx"] if use_pipx else [executable, "-m", "pip"]
     print(
-        f"running '{' '.join([*pip_invocation, "install", "git-filter-repo"])}'... ",
+        f"running '{' '.join([*pip_invocation, 'install', 'git-filter-repo'])}'... ",
         end="",
         flush=True,
     )
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         )
 
         def add_and_commit() -> CompletedProcess:
-            cp = cmd("git add *")()
+            cp = cmd("git add -A")()
             if cp.returncode != 0:
                 return cp
             return cmd(