development documentation is unclear on whether or not i need a .env or not, just to put env vars there if it do
but do i?????
ok i followed all steps and db:setup fails to connect to postrgresql
yes it's running
@squirrelbutt how will your app know how to connect to the DB without a .env file?
@datn it uses a local socket apparently??
this documentation is confusing ok
i'm just tryin to set up local development
@squirrelbutt huh! okay, 'twas just an honest question meant to help. I will thrill to your solution when you find it and cheer you on to further victories!
@datn i'm just trying to make sense of the dev docs and it's just really not making any :( help is appreciated
https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Running-Mastodon/Development-guide.md
@squirrelbutt I see that the docs say the connection is a network (not socket) connection, localhost to DB using ident. but I would guess you still need the default .env file.
@datn using .env with the production db settings does the same thing, i'm at a loss
@squirrelbutt I think I have a dev env working on my laptop, will check for you soon
@datn i already got mine working, it's ok c:
@squirrelbutt hmm, I thought there was a .env.dev(elopment) file.
sorry for delay, it's night here and I've been staring at this about ready for bed: https://spanner.works/media/H-M8IcULH0Nw9a76fuM