use .env.development as default...

remove requirement to configure own .local env file

Author: NiloCK

packages/express/.env.development

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-COUCHDB_SERVER=fillthisin .env.development.local //localhost:5984/
-COUCHDB_PROTOCOL=fillthisin .env.develoment.local //http
-COUCHDB_ADMIN=admin .env.development.local //your couchdb admin username
-COUCHDB_PASSWORD=password .env.development.local //your couchdb admin pw
+# This config aligns with the `dev` script at the project root,
+# and assumes that the CouchDB backend is available
+
+COUCHDB_SERVER=localhost:5984
+COUCHDB_PROTOCOL=http
+COUCHDB_ADMIN=admin
+COUCHDB_PASSWORD=password
 
 VERSION=localdev

packages/express/src/utils/env.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import process from 'process';
+import fs from 'fs';
 
 dotenv.config({
-  path: process.argv && process.argv.length == 3 ? process.argv[2] : '.env.development.local',
+  path:
+    process.argv && process.argv.length == 3
+      ? process.argv[2]
+      : '.env.development',
 });
 
 type Env = {