improve .env and docker-reset

.env.example

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 DOMAIN=localhost
-DEMO=false
+DEMO=true
+# note that with DEBUG=true, logs are more verbose (include tracebacks)
+DEBUG=true
+ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,localhost:8000,127.0.0.1,
 
 STATIC_ROOT=/tmp/static/
 MEDIA_ROOT=/tmp/media/
-ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,localhost:8000,127.0.0.1,
-DOMAIN=localhost
-DEBUG=True
 EMAIL_HOST="mail.example.org"
 EMAIL_HOST_USER="fillme_noreply"
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD="fillme_passwd"
 EMAIL_PORT=587
-EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
+EMAIL_USE_TLS=true
 EMAIL_BACKEND="django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
 EMAIL_FILE_PATH="/tmp/app-messages"
 ENABLE_EMAIL=false

docker-reset.sh

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ main() {
         if [ "${DETACH:-}" ]; then
                 detach_arg='-d'
         fi
+
+        if [ ! -f .env ]; then
+                cp -v .env.example .env
+                echo "WARNING: .env was not there, .env.example was copied, this only happens once"
+        fi
         # remove old database
         sudo rm -vfr ./db/*
         docker compose down -v