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authorGravatar Johannes Christ <[email protected]>2019-04-11 20:23:38 +0200
committerGravatar Johannes Christ <[email protected]>2019-04-11 20:23:38 +0200
commitaa8f0855e2a44566b79f178b489cf52239ad8b82 (patch)
tree880aeb085b7a0833eda18b97ee44698f91e757f0 /docs
parentRemove `ENGINE` variable export documentation. (diff)
Document `LOG_LEVEL` and `DEBUG` setup.
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diff --git a/docs/setup.md b/docs/setup.md
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+++ b/docs/setup.md
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ pip install -e .[lint,test]
to install base dependencies along with lint and test dependencies.
-You can either use `python manage.py` directly, or you can use the console
-entrypoint for it, `psmgr`. For example, to run tests, you could use either `python manage.py test` or `psmgr test`.
+To run tests, use `python manage.py test`.
## Hosts file
@@ -85,8 +84,10 @@ Make sure you add the following to your hosts file:
```
When trying to access the site, you'll be using the domains above instead of the usual `localhost:8000`.
-To run the server, run `DEBUG=1 python manage.py runserver`. If it gives you an error saying
+Finally, you will need to set the environment variable `DEBUG=1`. When using `pipenv`, you can
+set put this into an `.env` file to have it exported automatically. It's also recommended to
+export `LOG_LEVEL=INFO` when using `DEBUG=1` if you don't want super verbose logs.
+
+To run the server, run `python manage.py runserver`. If it gives you an error saying
`django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Set the DATABASE_URL environment variable` please make sure the server that your postgres database is located at is running
and run the command `$(export cat .env)`. Happy hacking!
-
-