pipx_post_upgrade_re_symlink_python_executables.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Author: Teddy Xinyuan Chen
Date: 2020-08-17
"""

from functools import cache
from pathlib import Path
from subprocess import run
import re

PIPX_VIRTUALENV_DIR = Path('~/.local/pipx/venvs').expanduser()


@cache
def get_pipx_version() -> str:
    version = run(['pipx', '--version'], capture_output=True).stdout.decode().strip()
    return version


def re_symlink_python(src: Path) -> str:
    pipx_version = get_pipx_version()
    orig_target = str(src.readlink())
    new_target, subs_made = re.subn(
        r'/pipx/[^/]+/', f'/pipx/{pipx_version}/', orig_target, count=1
    )
    if subs_made == 1:
        src.unlink()
        src.symlink_to(new_target)
        return new_target
    else:
        return orig_target


def main() -> None:
    link_src = list(PIPX_VIRTUALENV_DIR.rglob('*/bin/python3.*'))
    for src in link_src:
        new_target = re_symlink_python(src)
        print(f'symlinked {str(src)} to {new_target}')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

My script to resolve pipx upgrade from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0 breaks python executable symlinks and breaks all installed apps issue by re-symlinking to the correct python executables, see pypa/pipx#886.