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stale-pipx-install-test-failure

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pipx upgrade gitreins # sync global to 0.12.0

Answer 1

I've produced a self-contained diagnostic and solution: ~/stale-pipx-install-test-failure.md.

What I found in this environment

The problem's state is present here and confirms the diagnosis: - <tool> is a dangling symlink → ~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/gitreins/bin/gitreins - The pipx venv it points to is gone/empty (pipx list → "nothing has been installed with pipx") - which -a gitreins returns nothing because which skips non-executable (dangling) entries, so with the venv removed the shadow is already lifted.

The doc covers the full cycle: how shutil.which picks the first PATH hit, why ~/.local/bin precedes the project .venv, the 0.11.0→0.12.0 gap (_resolve_gitreins_invocation, causing AttributeError), why CI is green, and the fixes + verification.

Key takeaways from the doc

Root cause: A global pipx-installed gitreins 0.11.0 sits ahead of the project .venv (0.12.0) on PATH, so shutil.which("gitreins") selects the stale binary, which lacks the _resolve_gitreins_invocation symbol added in 0.12.0 → AttributeError.

Fixes (pick one):

pipx uninstall gitreins        # preferred — remove the shadowing binary
# or
pipx upgrade gitreins          # sync global to 0.12.0
# or, if the venv is already gone, remove the orphaned symlink:
rm -f &lt;tool&gt;

Verification: confirm shutil.which("gitreins") no longer returns the pipx path, confirm gitreins --version shows 0.12.0 and hasattr(gitreins, '_resolve_gitreins_invocation') is True, then re-run the previously failing test to green.

I also included an optional PATH=".../.venv/bin:$PATH" hardening so the test is robust against any stray global install.

Evidence & signatures

# Evidence
- Problem class: stale-pipx-install-test-failure
- Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731
- Solved: 2026-08-27T21:50:58.582Z
- Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json

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Answer 2