Reduce entry of four passwords > one password for deploy task

.vscode/deploy.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# ./.vscode/deploy.sh (Single Login Version)
+
+# Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+set -e
+
+# --- Configuration Variables (7 total arguments) ---
+DECK_IP="$1"
+DECK_PORT="$2"
+DECK_USER="$3"
+DECK_PASS="$4"
+DECK_DIR="$5"
+PLUGIN_NAME="$6"
+PLUGIN_ZIP_PATH="$7" # Local path: e.g., "out/Example Plugin.zip"
+
+# --- Remote Path Setup ---
+REMOTE_PLUGINS_DIR="${DECK_DIR}/homebrew/plugins"
+# The folder name needs spaces replaced with hyphens
+REMOTE_PLUGIN_FOLDER_NAME="$(echo "${PLUGIN_NAME}" | sed 's/ /-/g')"
+REMOTE_PLUGIN_PATH="${REMOTE_PLUGINS_DIR}/${REMOTE_PLUGIN_FOLDER_NAME}"
+REMOTE_ZIP_FILE="${REMOTE_PLUGINS_DIR}/${PLUGIN_NAME}.zip"
+
+echo "Deploying to ${DECK_IP} (One SSH login required)..."
+
+# --- VALIDATION ---
+if [ ! -e "${PLUGIN_ZIP_PATH}" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Source ZIP file not found locally! Expected path: [${PLUGIN_ZIP_PATH}]"
+    echo "Please ensure your build task ran successfully."
+    exit 1
+fi
+# ------------------
+
+# 1. Execute all steps in ONE single SSH connection:
+#    a) Pipe the ZIP file content over the SSH connection (cat ...)
+#    b) On the remote side, use 'tee' to save the stream to the final zip location.
+#    c) Immediately after the transfer (in the same SSH session), execute the sudo commands.
+echo "--- Transferring file and executing extraction (Enter SSH password once)..."
+
+ssh -p "${DECK_PORT}" "${DECK_USER}@${DECK_IP}" "
+    # 1. Pass the password to sudo and cache it for the entire session.
+    # 2. Use 'tee' to write the incoming stream (the zip file) to its final location.
+    # 3. Chain the subsequent extraction/permissions commands with the cached sudo password.
+    
+    echo \"${DECK_PASS}\" | sudo -S sh -c '
+        # The transfer destination needs write permissions first
+        echo \"Applying write permissions to ${REMOTE_PLUGINS_DIR}/...\"
+        chmod ug+w \"${REMOTE_PLUGINS_DIR}\"
+        
+        # 'cat' on the local machine pipes the ZIP contents to this remote shell.
+        # This remote shell uses 'tee' to write the contents to the zip file.
+        # This MUST be the first command after sudo -S setup.
+        tee \"${REMOTE_ZIP_FILE}\" > /dev/null
+        
+        # Now run the rest of the steps using the cached sudo privilege:
+        echo \"Creating and extracting ${REMOTE_PLUGIN_PATH}...\"
+        
+        # Create target dir, change ownership, and extract
+        mkdir -m 755 -p \"${REMOTE_PLUGIN_PATH}\" &&
+        chown ${DECK_USER}:${DECK_USER} \"${REMOTE_PLUGIN_PATH}\" &&
+        bsdtar -xzpf \"${REMOTE_ZIP_FILE}\" -C \"${REMOTE_PLUGIN_PATH}\" --strip-components=1 --fflags &&
+        
+        # OPTIONAL: Remove the temporary ZIP file
+        rm \"${REMOTE_ZIP_FILE}\"
+    '
+" < "${PLUGIN_ZIP_PATH}" # <--- This redirects the local file into the SSH process's standard input.
+
+echo "--- Deployment Complete! ---"

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -74,37 +74,13 @@
             ],
             "problemMatcher": []
         },
-        //DEPLOY TASKS
-        //Copies the zip file of the built plugin to the plugins folder
-        {
-            "label": "copyzip",
-            "detail": "Deploy plugin zip to deck",
-            "type": "shell",
-            "group": "none",
-            "dependsOn": [
-                "chmodplugins"
-            ],
-            "command": "rsync -azp --chmod=D0755,F0755 --rsh='ssh -p ${config:deckport} ${config:deckkey}' out/ ${config:deckuser}@${config:deckip}:${config:deckdir}/homebrew/plugins",
-            "problemMatcher": []
-        },
-        //
-        {
-            "label": "extractzip",
-            "detail": "",
-            "type": "shell",
-            "group": "none",
-            "command": "echo '${config:deckdir}/homebrew/plugins/${config:pluginname}.zip' && ssh ${config:deckuser}@${config:deckip} -p ${config:deckport} ${config:deckkey} 'echo ${config:deckpass} | sudo -S mkdir -m 755 -p \"$(echo \"${config:deckdir}/homebrew/plugins/${config:pluginname}\" | sed \"s| |-|g\")\" && echo ${config:deckpass} | sudo -S chown ${config:deckuser}:${config:deckuser} \"$(echo \"${config:deckdir}/homebrew/plugins/${config:pluginname}\" | sed \"s| |-|g\")\" && echo ${config:deckpass} | sudo -S bsdtar -xzpf \"${config:deckdir}/homebrew/plugins/${config:pluginname}.zip\" -C \"$(echo \"${config:deckdir}/homebrew/plugins/${config:pluginname}\" | sed \"s| |-|g\")\" --strip-components=1 --fflags '",
-            "problemMatcher": []
-        },
         //"All-in-one" deploy task
         {
             "label": "deploy",
-            "dependsOrder": "sequence",
+            "type": "shell",
             "group": "none",
-            "dependsOn": [
-                "copyzip",
-                "extractzip"
-            ],
+            "detail": "Deploy plugin zip to deck",
+            "command": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/deploy.sh \"${config:deckip}\" \"${config:deckport}\" \"${config:deckuser}\" \"${config:deckpass}\" \"${config:deckdir}\" \"${config:pluginname}\" \"out/${config:pluginname}.zip\"",
             "problemMatcher": []
         },
         //"All-in-on" build & deploy task