From 92b447b8ebab632321733d51aa191deaca8dada1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Vladu <avladu@cloudbasesolutions.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:39:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] python: remove the pycs and pycaches

Signed-off-by: Adrian Vladu <avladu@cloudbasesolutions.com>
---
 .github/workflows/build_test_cbsinit.yml    | 8 +++++---
 BuildAutomation/BuildCloudbaseInitSetup.ps1 | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_cbsinit.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_cbsinit.yml
index 882f3bd3..2cfa3ddd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_cbsinit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_cbsinit.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 100
       matrix:
         os: ['windows-2022']
-        download_official_python_msi: ["true", "false"]
+        download_official_python_msi: ["true"]
+        remove_python_pycs: ["true"]
         cbsinit_repo: ['https://github.com/cloudbase/cloudbase-init']
         cbsinit_branch: ['master']
         python_version: ['3.14_4']
@@ -32,10 +33,11 @@ jobs:
             -CloudbaseInitRepoUrl ${{ matrix.cbsinit_repo }} ^
             -CloudbaseInitRepoBranch ${{ matrix.cbsinit_branch }} ^
             -InstallOfficialPythonMsi:$${{ matrix.download_official_python_msi }} ^
-            -OfficialPythonMsiChecksum "C10234D0D9BD89F6F6DD55BAE28EDE0F97EE0DF4"
+            -OfficialPythonMsiChecksum "C10234D0D9BD89F6F6DD55BAE28EDE0F97EE0DF4" ^
+            -RemovePythonPycs:$${{ matrix.remove_python_pycs }}
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
-        name: "CloudbaseInit_${{ matrix.platform }}_${{ matrix.os }}_MSI_${{ matrix.cbsinit_branch }}"
+        name: "CloudbaseInit_platform-${{ matrix.platform }}_build-env-os-${{ matrix.os }}_download-official-msi-${{ matrix.download_official_python_msi }}_remove-pycs-${{ matrix.remove_python_pycs }}_cbs-init-branch-${{ matrix.cbsinit_branch }}_MSI"
         path: 'CloudbaseInitSetup/bin/release/${{ matrix.platform }}/CloudbaseInitSetup.msi'
     - name: Download external dependencies
       shell: powershell
diff --git a/BuildAutomation/BuildCloudbaseInitSetup.ps1 b/BuildAutomation/BuildCloudbaseInitSetup.ps1
index da5579f2..1ad9a7c1 100644
--- a/BuildAutomation/BuildCloudbaseInitSetup.ps1
+++ b/BuildAutomation/BuildCloudbaseInitSetup.ps1
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Param(
   [string]$SignTimestampUrl = "http://timestamp.digicert.com?alg=sha256",
   [string]$VCVars = "2019",
   [switch]$InstallOfficialPythonMsi = $false,
-  [string]$OfficialPythonMsiChecksum = "C10234D0D9BD89F6F6DD55BAE28EDE0F97EE0DF4"
+  [string]$OfficialPythonMsiChecksum = "C10234D0D9BD89F6F6DD55BAE28EDE0F97EE0DF4",
+  [switch]$RemovePythonPycs = $false
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
@@ -128,6 +129,12 @@ try
         ExecRetry { PullInstall "cloudbase-init" $CloudbaseInitRepoUrl $CloudbaseInitRepoBranch }
     }
 
+    if ($RemovePythonPycs) {
+        pushd $python_dir
+            Get-ChildItem -Path .\ -Recurse -Include *__pycache__ | foreach ($_) { Remove-Item $_.FullName -Force -Recurse}
+            Get-ChildItem -Path .\ -Recurse -Include *.pyc | foreach ($_) { Remove-Item $_.FullName -Force -Recurse}
+        popd
+    }
     $release_dir = join-path $cloudbaseInitInstallerDir "CloudbaseInitSetup\bin\Release\$platform"
     $bin_dir = join-path $cloudbaseInitInstallerDir "CloudbaseInitSetup\Binaries\$platform"