stop print msgs in utils and models

core/utils.py

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def parse_aliases(aliasfile):
     filepath = Path(settings.EXPOWEB) / "cave_data" / aliasfile
     if not filepath.is_file():
         message = f' ** {filepath} is not a file.'
-        print(message)
+        # print(message)
         return [(None, None)]
     try:
         with open(filepath, "r") as aliasfile:
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ def parse_aliases(aliasfile):
                 key, sep, target = l.partition(' ')
                 if len(key) == 0 or len(target) == 0:
                     message = f' ** Parsing failure for {line}'
-                    print(message)
+                    # print(message)
                     continue
                 
                 # print(f"{key} => {target}")
                 aliases.append((key,target))
     except:
         message = f' ** Cannot open {filepath} for text file reading even though it is a file.'
-        print(message)
+        # print(message)
         return [(None, None)], "Fail on file reading"
     return aliases, report
 
@@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ def shared_use_machine(request):
     if not (cookie_txt := request.COOKIES.get(PUBLIC_LAPTOP_COOKIE_NAME, "")):
         return False
     elif cookie_txt == PUBLIC_LAPTOP_COOKIE_TEXT:        
-        print(f" -  shared use cookie exists, and has expected value: '{cookie_txt}'")
+        # print(f" -  shared use cookie exists, and has expected value: '{cookie_txt}'")
         return True
     else:
-        print(f" -  shared use cookie exists, but has wrong value: '{cookie_txt}' not '{PUBLIC_LAPTOP_COOKIE_TEXT}'")
+        # print(f" -  shared use cookie exists, but has wrong value: '{cookie_txt}' not '{PUBLIC_LAPTOP_COOKIE_TEXT}'")
         return True
     
 def get_cookie(request):
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def git_string(author_string):
         if editor.startswith("_"):
             editor = "X" + editor
         editor += f" <{editor}@potatohut.expo>"
-        print(f"++ Not git-compatible author string '{author_string}', replacing as '{editor}'")
+        # print(f"++ Not git-compatible author string '{author_string}', replacing as '{editor}'")
         return editor
         
 def git_add(filename, cwd, commands=[]):
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ def git_add(filename, cwd, commands=[]):
     
     # what is the purpose of this 'git diff' ? Assumed to be a fossil.
     # it sometimes crashes with return code 129: wrong arguments.
-    print(f"git diff {filename} in {cwd}")
+    # print(f"git diff {filename} in {cwd}")
     cmd_diff = [git, "diff"]
     commands.append(cmd_diff)
     cp_diff = subprocess.run(cmd_diff, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, text=True)
@@ -396,20 +396,21 @@ def git_commit(cwd, message, editor, commands=[]):
     """Commits whatever has been Staged by git in this directory 'cwd'
     """
     git = settings.GIT    
-    print(f"git commit in {cwd}")
+    # print(f"git commit in {cwd}")
     
     if socket.gethostname() != EXPOSERVER:
         message += f" - on dev machine '{socket.gethostname()}'"          
     elif settings.DEVSERVER:
         message += " - on a dev machine using 'runserver'" 
-    print(f"..{message=}\n..{editor=}")
+    # print(f"..{message=}\n..{editor=}")
     cmd_commit = [git, "commit", "-m", message, "--author", f"{editor}"]
     commands.append(cmd_commit)
-    print(commands)
+    # print(commands)
     try:
         cp_commit = subprocess.run(cmd_commit, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, text=True)
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        pass
+        # print(e)
     # This produces return code = 1 if it commits OK, but when the local repo still needs to be pushed to origin/repo
     # which will be the case when running a test troggle system on a development machine
     
@@ -421,7 +422,7 @@ def git_commit(cwd, message, editor, commands=[]):
         "nothing to commit, working tree clean"
     ):
         msgdata = f'--Ask a nerd to fix this problem in git_commit().\n--{cp_commit.stderr}\n--"{cp_commit.stdout}"\n--return code:{str(cp_commit.returncode)}'
-        print(msgdata)
+        # print(msgdata)
         raise WriteAndCommitError(
             f"Error code with git on server in this directory: {cwd}. Edits saved, added to git, but NOT committed.\n\n"
             + msgdata
@@ -450,11 +451,11 @@ def add_commit(fname, message, editor):
  
     except subprocess.SubprocessError:
         msg =  f"CANNOT git ADD or COMMIT on server for this file {filename}.\nSubprocess error: {commands}\nEdits probably not saved.\nAsk a nerd to fix this."
-        print(msg)
+        # print(msg)
         raise WriteAndCommitError(msg)
 
 def write_binary_file(filepath, content):
-    print(f"write_binary_file: {filepath}")
+    # print(f"write_binary_file: {filepath}")
     write_files([(filepath, content, "")]) # null encoding does "wb"
 
 def ensure_dir_exists(filepath):