ansible-pull failed with "Could not match supplied host pattern"

Let's see if this fixes anything

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 At present this playbook supports only Ubuntu. Please help me extend support to
 other Debian and Linux flavours by contributing issues or pull requests.
 
-Start by flashing Ubuntu Server 24.04.4 Live ISO image to a USB stick
+Start by flashing Ubuntu Server 22.04.4 Live ISO image to a USB stick
 (for example, using balenaEtcher) and use the installer to install the default
 Ubuntu Server OS on your computer (setup the disk however you like).
 
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ Ubuntu Server OS on your computer (setup the disk however you like).
 
 
 
+## Getting started
+
+You have a freshly installed OS. Now we will install and configure our desktop
+using Ansible *in pull mode* from this repo.
+
+First, install Ansible on your machine (to do that we first install `pip`, then
+use that to install `ansible`):
+```
+$ sudo apt install python3-pip
+$ sudo python3 -m pip install ansible
+```
+
+Note that this installs `ansible` and its related binaries in `/usr/local/bin/`.
+We do it this way to avoid messing with `PATH` or virtual environments at this point.
+
+`ansible-pull` pulls a playbook from a remote repo and executes it on the host.
+```
+$ ansible-pull -U https://codeberg.org/ansible/playbook-workstation
+```
+
+
+
+
+
+
 Why `zhutop`? The reason is not very creative, it is simply a portmanteau of
 the name of my academic advisor (whose desktop was the first host configured
 using this playbook), and desk`top`.
@@ -35,10 +60,19 @@ $ git submodule foreach git pull origin main
 ```
 
 + https://stackoverflow.com/a/1032863
++ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10906554/how-do-i-revert-my-changes-to-a-git-submodule
 
 
+### Installing Ansible from pip
 
++ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-and-upgrading-ansible-with-pip
++ https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-ansible-on-ubuntu-22-04
 
 
+### Ansible pull
+
++ https://medium.com/splunkuserdeveloperadministrator/using-ansible-pull-in-ansible-projects-ac04466643e8
++ https://medium.com/@emilfabrice/configure-your-linux-machines-with-ansible-pull-4cbca69613fa
++ https://www.devopsschool.com/blog/what-is-ansible-pull-and-how-can-we-use-it
+
 
-+ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10906554/how-do-i-revert-my-changes-to-a-git-submodule

ansible.cfg

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [defaults]
-# inventory = ./hosts.yml
+inventory = ./hosts.yml
 nocows = 1
-log_path = ./ansible.log
-# roles_path = {{ playbook_dir }}/roles:
+# remains to be seen where logs end up when using ansible-pull
+# log_path = ./ansible.log
 stdout_callback = yaml
 timeout = 30