Automatically generate the .env file if it is not there

starter/env/environment.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	EnvKeyRepositoryType       = "REPOSITORY_TYPE"
 	EnvKeyDatabaseURL          = "DATABASE_URL"
 	EnvKeySessionSecret        = "SESSION_SECRET"
 	EnvKeyBaseURL              = "BASE_URL"
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ type Environment struct {
 	DatabaseUrl           string
 	MistralApiKey         string
 	IsDev                 bool
-	RepositoryType        string
 	GoogleSheetsCredPath  string
 	GoogleSheetsSpreadId  string
 	GoogleSheetsSheetName string
@@ -54,21 +52,21 @@ type KeycloakConfig struct {
 }
 
 func LoadEnvironment() Environment {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(".env"); err != nil {
+		err = GenerateEnvFile("", false)
+		if err != nil {
+			Error("error generating the environment file", err)
+		}
+	}
 	err := godotenv.Load()
 	if err != nil {
 		LogError("Error loading .env file: %v", err)
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	// Default repository type is postgres if not specified
-	repoType := os.Getenv(EnvKeyRepositoryType)
-	if repoType == "" {
-		repoType = "postgres"
-	}
 
 	return Environment{
 		DatabaseUrl:        os.Getenv(EnvKeyDatabaseURL),
 		IsDev:              os.Getenv(EnvKeyIsDev) == "true" || os.Getenv(EnvKeyIsLocal) == "true",
-		RepositoryType:     repoType,
 		GoogleClientId:     os.Getenv(EnvKeyGoogleClientID),
 		GoogleClientSecret: os.Getenv(EnvKeyGoogleClientSecret),
 		GoogleRedirectUrl:  os.Getenv(EnvKeyGoogleRedirectURL),
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@ func LoadEnvironment() Environment {
 // without duplicating or hard-coding the list elsewhere.
 func EnvKeys() []string {
 	return []string{
-		EnvKeyRepositoryType,
 		EnvKeyDatabaseURL,
 		EnvKeySessionSecret,
 		EnvKeyBaseURL,
@@ -136,13 +133,11 @@ func GenerateEnvFile(rootPath string, overwrite bool) error {
 
 	// Define default values and comments for specific keys
 	defaults := map[string]string{
-		EnvKeyRepositoryType: "postgres",
-		EnvKeyIsLocal:        "false",
-		EnvKeyIsDev:          "false",
+		EnvKeyIsLocal: "true",
+		EnvKeyIsDev:   "true",
 	}
 
 	comments := map[string]string{
-		EnvKeyRepositoryType:       "# Repository type (postgres, sqlite, etc.)",
 		EnvKeyDatabaseURL:          "# Database connection URL",
 		EnvKeySessionSecret:        "# Secret key for session management",
 		EnvKeyBaseURL:              "# Base URL of the application",