claudetools/session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-30-mike-discord-bot-venv-gitignore.md

User

• User: Mike Swanson (mike)
• Machine: GURU-BEAST-ROG
• Role: admin

Session Summary

Short maintenance span following the 2026-06-19 re-clone-recovery / VWP-time-sync session (logged in 2026-06-19-mike-reclone-recovery-and-vwp-time-sync.md). Across several routine /sync runs the projects/discord-bot submodule kept being reported by sync.sh as having uncommitted changes, which prompted a closer look.

Root cause: the recovered Python virtualenv lives at .venv/ (the leading-dot convention from python -m venv .venv), but the submodule's .gitignore only ignored venv/ — so .venv/ showed as untracked and every parent sync flagged the submodule dirty. There were no actual bot code changes; the prior code fix (0487b15) was already committed and pushed. Fixed by adding .venv/ to projects/discord-bot/.gitignore, committed in the submodule on main (2c91a2a) and pushed to the acg-discord-bot Gitea repo. Subsequent /sync confirmed the submodule is now reported clean ([branch main], not "uncommitted changes").

Also during this span, routine syncs pulled fleet work (gitea/synology/screenconnect/datto-edr skills, Bitdefender + GuruRMM buildout, Khalsa/Jimmy/Four Paws client work) and the vault picked up several new client/infra credentials. The vault repo's git identity was found set to Howard Enos on this machine and was auto-corrected to Mike Swanson by sync.sh's identity reconcile before committing a local Four Paws credential. The CRITICAL harness-guard macOS-bash-3.2 fix (4c51be5) was pulled and self-check confirmed GREEN (PASS 83/0/0); census published.

Key Decisions

• Fix the gitignore gap, never commit the venv. The "uncommitted changes" was an untracked .venv/, not real work. Correct fix is ignoring .venv/ (a venv must never be committed), not committing or force-cleaning it.
• Commit in the submodule's own history, not the parent. The .gitignore belongs to the discord-bot repo; committed there on main and pushed. Parent gitlink intentionally left unadvanced (sync's default; --with-submodules would be needed to bump the pin).

Configuration Changes

• Modified: projects/discord-bot/.gitignore — added .venv/ under the virtualenv block. Submodule commit 2c91a2a on main, pushed 0487b15..2c91a2a to acg-discord-bot.git.

Credentials & Secrets

• None created/discovered this span. Vault auto-committed a pre-existing local clients/four-paws/localadmin.sops.yaml and pulled new entries (cascades-tucson/meredith-kuhn, four-paws/staff-workgroup, infrastructure/windows-pro-mak) from the fleet — all via vault sync, none handled manually here.

Infrastructure & Servers

• discord-bot submodule origin: git.azcomputerguru.com/azcomputerguru/acg-discord-bot.git.
• Bot service: ClaudeToolsDiscordBot (nssm), runs from projects/discord-bot/.venv on GURU-BEAST-ROG.

Commands & Outputs

• git -C projects/discord-bot check-ignore .venv -> not ignored (before) / .venv (after fix).
• Submodule was detached HEAD at origin/main; git checkout -B main origin/main then commit/push.
• Post-fix /sync: sync: leaving submodule with local work untouched: projects/discord-bot [branch main] (previously reported [uncommitted changes]).

Pending / Incomplete Tasks

• ClaudeTools.old deletion still pending Mike's go (fully drained + verified in the 2026-06-19 session; ~30GB, irreversible).
• VWP member time-sync converged (verified 2026-06-19/20); 3 then-offline members (DESKTOP-S4GNL8O, VWP-ChrisG-L, VWP-JR-L) apply config on reconnect — no action unless a drive issue recurs.

Reference Information

• Submodule commit: 2c91a2a (gitignore .venv). Prior bot code fix: 0487b15.
• Harness-guard fix pulled: 4c51be5. Self-check: GREEN, census selfcheck_GURU-BEAST-ROG.
• Prior session log: session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-19-mike-reclone-recovery-and-vwp-time-sync.md.