address code review feedback

Author: yedpodtrzitko

.github/workflows/cd.yml

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ jobs:
           tags: backblaze/b2:${{ steps.build.outputs.version }}
 
   debian-release:
+    if: ${{ vars.B2_DEBIAN_BUCKET_UPLOAD_MISSING }}
     name: Build Debian Package
     uses: ./.github/workflows/cd_debian.yml
     secrets: inherit

b2/arg_parser.py

@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@
     def rst2ansi(input_string, output_encoding='utf-8'):
         """Dummy replacement of rst2ansi which is not available in Debian."""
         if isinstance(input_string, bytes):
-            return input_string.decode(output_encoding)
-        return input_string
+            input_string = input_string.decode(output_encoding)
+
+        # remove double backticks
+        stripped = input_string.replace('``', '')
+        # remove code-block directive
+        stripped = stripped.replace('.. code-block::', '')
+
+        return stripped
 
 
 _arrow_version = tuple(int(p) for p in arrow.__version__.split("."))