The automatic update's preflight ignored mode-only changes and anything whose status line contained plugins/ or plugin-repos/, then promised "Automatic updates will not stash your changes". perform_core_update used plain git status (modes count) and ignored only 'plugins/', then ran 'git stash push -- :!plugins', which nothing ever pops. So an edit to a bundled plugin under plugin-repos/, or the installer's chmods on tracked scripts, passed the preflight and was stashed away for good. - auto_update.local_changes() is the one predicate both use: core.fileMode=false, porcelain -z, and plugins/ and plugin-repos/ excluded by leading folder rather than substring (a core file under web_interface/static/v3/js/plugins/ now counts). - Update Code's explicit stash leaves out both plugin folders; the pull's --autostash carries their edits and mode changes across and reapplies them. - The automatic updater calls perform_core_update(stash_local_changes= False), which refuses instead of stashing edits that appeared after the preflight; update_core reports that as 'blocked'. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Utility Scripts
This directory contains utility scripts for maintenance and system operations.
Scripts
clear_cache.py- Clears LEDMatrix cache data (specific keys or all cache)start_web_conditionally.py- Conditionally starts the web interface based on config settingswifi_monitor_daemon.py- Background daemon that monitors WiFi/Ethernet connection and manages access point modecleanup_venv.sh- Cleans up Python virtual environment filesclear_python_cache.sh- Clears Python cache files (pycache, *.pyc, etc.)pixlet_config_editor.sh- Opens Pixlet's own config UI for one installed Starlark appapply_dns_single_request.sh- Addsoptions single-requestto the resolver (run byledmatrix-dns-fix.service)
Usage
Clear Cache
python3 scripts/utils/clear_cache.py --list # List cache keys
python3 scripts/utils/clear_cache.py --clear-all # Clear all cache
python3 scripts/utils/clear_cache.py --clear <key> # Clear specific key
Start Web Interface Conditionally
This script is typically called by the systemd service (ledmatrix-web.service) and checks the web_display_autostart setting in config/config.json before starting the web interface.
WiFi Monitor Daemon
This daemon is typically run as a systemd service (ledmatrix-wifi-monitor.service) and automatically manages WiFi access point mode based on network connectivity.
Pixlet Config Editor
Run it when you want Pixlet's own config form for a Starlark app -- live render preview, cascading dropdowns -- rather than the LEDMatrix one.
./scripts/utils/pixlet_config_editor.sh # list installed apps
./scripts/utils/pixlet_config_editor.sh penndot_signs # edit, on localhost:8080
Deliberately not a service. It stops the display for the length of the
session and pixlet serve listens with no authentication, so it should only
be running while you are actually editing. It backs the config up first and
restarts the display on exit, however it exits.
It binds loopback only, with no flag to change that: anything that can reach
pixlet serve can rewrite the app's config, and a printed warning is not
access control. To edit from another machine, forward the port -- SSH does the
authenticating and nothing is left listening on the LAN:
ssh -L 8080:localhost:8080 pi@ledpi.local
Apply DNS Single-Request Fix
Installed and run by ledmatrix-dns-fix.service; see systemd/README.md.
Safe to run by hand (sudo ./scripts/utils/apply_dns_single_request.sh) and
idempotent.