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update_immich.yml

@@ -41,14 +41,18 @@
     docker_prefix: "unalias docker 2>/dev/null || true; DOCKER_CLI_HINTS=0; command docker"
 
     # Commands to run on the target VM (quiet outputs)
-    # 1) Ensure compose dir exists
+    # 1) Check directory exists (we do NOT create anything, to stay safe)
     # 2) Safely download latest docker-compose.yml from GitHub (with backup)
     # 3) Pull images according to compose
     # 4) Start / update stack
     immich_commands:
-      - "mkdir -p {{ immich_compose_dir }}"
       - >-
-        cd {{ immich_compose_dir }} &&
+        if [ ! -d '{{ immich_compose_dir }}' ]; then
+          echo 'ERROR: Directory {{ immich_compose_dir }} does not exist on VM; not touching anything.' >&2;
+          exit 1;
+        fi
+      - >-
+        cd '{{ immich_compose_dir }}' &&
         wget -qO docker-compose.yml.new "{{ immich_compose_url }}" || true;
         if [ -s docker-compose.yml.new ]; then
           echo 'Downloaded new docker-compose.yml from GitHub (Immich latest).';
@@ -61,9 +65,9 @@
           echo 'WARNING: Failed to download a valid docker-compose.yml, keeping existing one.' >&2;
           rm -f docker-compose.yml.new 2>/dev/null || true;
         fi
-      - "{{ docker_prefix }} compose -p {{ immich_project }} -f {{ immich_compose_file }} pull >/dev/null"
-      - "{{ docker_prefix }} compose -p {{ immich_project }} -f {{ immich_compose_file }} up -d --remove-orphans >/dev/null"
+      - "{{ docker_prefix }} compose -p_
 
+    
   tasks:
     - name: Ensure sshpass is installed (for password-based SSH)  # English comments
       ansible.builtin.apt: