Work on updating protobufs and .gitignore

.gitignore

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ env/*
 __pycache__/*
 meshview/__pycache__/*
 alembic/__pycache__/*
-meshtastic/protobuf/*
 
 # Database files
 packets.db

meshtastic/protobuf/UPSTREAM_REV.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e1a6b3a868d735da72cd6c94c574d655129d390a

pyproject.toml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dev = [
 # Linting
 target-version = "py313"
 line-length = 100
-extend-exclude = ["build", "dist", ".venv"]
+extend-exclude = ["build", "dist", ".venv", "meshtastic/protobuf", "nanopb_pb2.py"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP", "B"]     # pick your rulesets
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ ignore = ["E501"]                       # example; let formatter handle line len
 
 [tool.ruff.format]
 quote-style = "preserve"
-indent-style = "space"
+indent-style = "space"

scripts/update_meshtastic_protobufs.py

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def run(cmd, cwd=None):
+    subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=cwd, check=True)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Update Meshtastic protobufs")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repo",
+        default="https://github.com/meshtastic/protobufs.git",
+        help="Meshtastic protobufs repo URL",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ref",
+        default="master",
+        help="Git ref to fetch (branch, tag, or commit)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--check",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Only check if protobufs are up to date for the given ref",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+    out_root = repo_root
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="meshtastic-protobufs-") as tmp:
+        tmp_path = Path(tmp)
+        print(f"Cloning {args.repo} ({args.ref}) into {tmp_path}...")
+        run(["git", "clone", "--depth", "1", "--branch", args.ref, args.repo, str(tmp_path)])
+        upstream_rev = (
+            subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], cwd=tmp_path).decode().strip()
+        )
+
+        rev_file = out_root / "meshtastic" / "protobuf" / "UPSTREAM_REV.txt"
+        current_rev = None
+        if rev_file.exists():
+            current_rev = rev_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
+
+        if args.check:
+            if current_rev == upstream_rev:
+                print(f"Up to date: {current_rev}")
+                return 0
+            print(f"Out of date. Local: {current_rev or 'unknown'} / Upstream: {upstream_rev}")
+            return 1
+
+        proto_root = None
+        # Common locations in the meshtastic/protobufs repo
+        candidates = [
+            tmp_path / "meshtastic" / "protobuf",
+            tmp_path / "protobufs",
+            tmp_path / "protobuf",
+            tmp_path / "proto",
+        ]
+        for candidate in candidates:
+            if candidate.exists() and list(candidate.glob("*.proto")):
+                proto_root = candidate
+                break
+
+        if proto_root is None:
+            # Fallback: search for any directory containing .proto files
+            for candidate in tmp_path.rglob("*.proto"):
+                proto_root = candidate.parent
+                break
+
+        if proto_root is None:
+            print("Proto root not found in cloned repo.", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 1
+
+        protos = sorted(proto_root.glob("*.proto"))
+        if not protos:
+            print(f"No .proto files found in {proto_root}", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 1
+
+        rel_protos = [str(p.relative_to(tmp_path)) for p in protos]
+
+        protoc = shutil.which("protoc")
+        if protoc:
+            cmd = [
+                protoc,
+                f"-I{tmp_path}",
+                f"--python_out={out_root}",
+                *rel_protos,
+            ]
+            print("Running protoc...")
+            run(cmd, cwd=tmp_path)
+        else:
+            try:
+                import grpc_tools.protoc  # noqa: F401
+            except Exception:
+                print(
+                    "protoc not found. Install it with your package manager, "
+                    "or install grpcio-tools and re-run.",
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+                return 1
+            cmd = [
+                sys.executable,
+                "-m",
+                "grpc_tools.protoc",
+                f"-I{tmp_path}",
+                f"--python_out={out_root}",
+                *rel_protos,
+            ]
+            print("Running grpc_tools.protoc...")
+            run(cmd, cwd=tmp_path)
+
+        rev_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        rev_file.write_text(upstream_rev + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    print("Protobufs updated in meshtastic/protobuf/.")
+    print("Review changes and commit them if desired.")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())