Release version 1.9.5

Show the working directory and captured git output when `git pull`
fails via pull_args(). This makes debugging repository-specific
failures (missing upstream, auth issues, detached HEAD, etc.)
significantly easier, especially when pulling multiple repositories.

https://chatgpt.com/share/6969ff2c-ed2c-800f-b506-5834b6b81141

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+## [1.9.5] - 2026-01-16
+
+* Release patch: improve git pull error diagnostics
+
+
+## [1.9.4] - 2026-01-13
+
+* fix(ci): replace sudo with su for user switching to avoid PAM failures in minimal container images
+
+
+## [1.9.3] - 2026-01-07
+
+* Made the Nix dependency optional on non-x86_64 architectures to avoid broken Arch Linux ARM repository packages.
+
+
 ## [1.9.2] - 2025-12-21
 
 * Default configuration files are now packaged and loaded correctly when no user config exists, while fully preserving custom user configurations.

flake.nix

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         rec {
           pkgmgr = pyPkgs.buildPythonApplication {
             pname   = "package-manager";
-            version = "1.9.2";
+            version = "1.9.5";
 
             # Use the git repo as source
             src = ./.;

packaging/arch/PKGBUILD

@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 # Maintainer: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <info@veen.world>
 
 pkgname=package-manager
-pkgver=1.9.2
+pkgver=1.9.5
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Local-flake wrapper for Kevin's package-manager (Nix-based)."
 arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/package-manager"
 license=('MIT')
 
-# Nix is the only runtime dependency; Python is provided by the Nix closure.
-depends=('nix')
+# Nix is required at runtime to run pkgmgr via the flake.
+# On Arch x86_64 we can depend on the distro package.
+# On other arches (e.g. ARM) we only declare it as optional because the
+# repo package may be broken/out-of-sync; installation can be done via the official installer.
+depends=()
+optdepends=('nix: required to run pkgmgr via flake')
+
+if [[ "${CARCH}" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+  depends=('nix')
+  optdepends=()
+fi
+
 makedepends=('rsync')
 
 install=${pkgname}.install

packaging/debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+package-manager (1.9.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Release patch: improve git pull error diagnostics
+
+ -- Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world>  Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:09:43 +0100
+
+package-manager (1.9.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * fix(ci): replace sudo with su for user switching to avoid PAM failures in minimal container images
+
+ -- Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world>  Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:48:50 +0100
+
+package-manager (1.9.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Made the Nix dependency optional on non-x86_64 architectures to avoid broken Arch Linux ARM repository packages.
+
+ -- Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world>  Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:44:40 +0100
+
 package-manager (1.9.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Default configuration files are now packaged and loaded correctly when no user config exists, while fully preserving custom user configurations.

packaging/fedora/package-manager.spec

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           package-manager
-Version:        1.9.2
+Version:        1.9.5
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wrapper that runs Kevin's package-manager via Nix flake
 
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ echo ">>> package-manager removed. Nix itself was not removed."
 /usr/lib/package-manager/
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 16 2026 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 1.9.5-1
+- Release patch: improve git pull error diagnostics
+
+* Tue Jan 13 2026 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 1.9.4-1
+- fix(ci): replace sudo with su for user switching to avoid PAM failures in minimal container images
+
+* Wed Jan 07 2026 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 1.9.3-1
+- Made the Nix dependency optional on non-x86_64 architectures to avoid broken Arch Linux ARM repository packages.
+
 * Sun Dec 21 2025 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 1.9.2-1
 - Default configuration files are now packaged and loaded correctly when no user config exists, while fully preserving custom user configurations.
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "kpmx"
-version = "1.9.2"
+version = "1.9.5"
 description = "Kevin's package-manager tool (pkgmgr)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"

scripts/installation/arch/aur-builder-setup.sh

@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ echo "[aur-builder-setup] Configuring sudoers for aur_builder..."
 ${ROOT_CMD} bash -c "echo '%aur_builder ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman' > /etc/sudoers.d/aur_builder"
 ${ROOT_CMD} chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/aur_builder
 
-if command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  RUN_AS_AUR=(sudo -u aur_builder bash -lc)
-else
-  RUN_AS_AUR=(su - aur_builder -c)
-fi
+RUN_AS_AUR=(su - aur_builder -s /bin/bash -c)
 
 echo "[aur-builder-setup] Ensuring yay is installed for aur_builder..."
 

scripts/nix/lib/install.sh

@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@ install_nix_with_retry() {
   if [[ -n "$run_as" ]]; then
     chown "$run_as:$run_as" "$installer" 2>/dev/null || true
     echo "[init-nix] Running installer as user '$run_as' ($mode_flag)..."
-    if command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      sudo -u "$run_as" bash -lc "sh '$installer' $mode_flag"
-    else
-      su - "$run_as" -c "sh '$installer' $mode_flag"
-    fi
+    su - "$run_as" -s /bin/bash -c "bash -lc \"sh '$installer' $mode_flag\""
   else
     echo "[init-nix] Running installer as current user ($mode_flag)..."
     sh "$installer" "$mode_flag"

src/pkgmgr/core/git/commands/pull_args.py

@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ def pull_args(
     try:
         run(["pull", *extra], cwd=cwd, preview=preview)
     except GitRunError as exc:
+        details = getattr(exc, "output", None) or getattr(exc, "stderr", None) or ""
         raise GitPullArgsError(
-            f"Failed to run `git pull` with args={extra!r}.",
+            (
+                f"Failed to run `git pull` with args={extra!r} "
+                f"in cwd={cwd!r}.\n{details}"
+            ).rstrip(),
             cwd=cwd,
         ) from exc