FIX: partialy revert "check for software updates on the github server"

The GitPython dependency causes too many issues

.github/workflows/pylint.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       # these extra packages are required by pylint to validate the python imports
       run: |
-        uv pip install 'pylint>=3.3.2' defusedxml requests pymavlink pillow numpy matplotlib pyserial setuptools pytest GitPython
+        uv pip install 'pylint>=3.3.2' defusedxml requests pymavlink pillow numpy matplotlib pyserial setuptools pytest
 
     - name: Analysing the code with pylint
       run: |

ardupilot_methodic_configurator/backend_filesystem.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 """
 
 # from sys import exit as sys_exit
-import hashlib
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from logging import debug as logging_debug
 from logging import error as logging_error
@@ -19,22 +18,21 @@
 from os import listdir as os_listdir
 from os import path as os_path
 from os import rename as os_rename
-from pathlib import Path
 from platform import system as platform_system
 from re import compile as re_compile
 from shutil import copy2 as shutil_copy2
 from shutil import copytree as shutil_copytree
 from typing import Any, Optional
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
-from git import Repo
-from git.exc import InvalidGitRepositoryError
+from requests import get as requests_get
 
 from ardupilot_methodic_configurator import _
 from ardupilot_methodic_configurator.annotate_params import (
     PARAM_DEFINITION_XML_FILE,
     Par,
     format_columns,
+    get_env_proxies,
     get_xml_dir,
     get_xml_url,
     load_default_param_file,
@@ -641,25 +639,20 @@ def get_upload_local_and_remote_filenames(self, selected_file: str) -> tuple[str
         return "", ""
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_git_commit_hash() -> str:
-        try:
-            repo = Repo(search_parent_directories=True)
-            return str(repo.head.object.hexsha[:7])
-        except InvalidGitRepositoryError:
-            # Fallback to reading the git_hash.txt file
-            git_hash_file = os_path.join(os_path.dirname(__file__), "git_hash.txt")
-            if os_path.exists(git_hash_file):
-                with open(git_hash_file, encoding="utf-8") as file:
-                    return file.read().strip()
-        return ""
+    def download_file_from_url(url: str, local_filename: str, timeout: int = 5) -> bool:
+        if not url or not local_filename:
+            logging_error(_("URL or local filename not provided."))
+            return False
+        logging_info(_("Downloading %s from %s"), local_filename, url)
+        response = requests_get(url, timeout=timeout, proxies=get_env_proxies())
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def verify_file_hash(file_path: Path, expected_hash: str) -> bool:
-        sha256_hash = hashlib.sha256()
-        with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
-            for byte_block in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b""):
-                sha256_hash.update(byte_block)
-        return sha256_hash.hexdigest() == expected_hash
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            with open(local_filename, "wb") as file:
+                file.write(response.content)
+            return True
+
+        logging_error(_("Failed to download the file"))
+        return False
 
     @staticmethod
     def add_argparse_arguments(parser: ArgumentParser) -> ArgumentParser:

pyproject.toml

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "pillow",
     "setuptools",
     "requests",
-    "GitPython",
 ]
 
 dynamic = ["version"]