updated database path logic

2026-07-17 20:02:11 +02:00
parent d9325fce98
commit 2d48e1dace
4 changed files with 43 additions and 3 deletions
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ The app is served below `/fatima` by default. Configure the external path in
 flask:
  url_prefix: "/fatima"
  log_file: "/tmp/fatima.log"
+  database: "instance/calendar.sqlite"
 ```

 Set `URL_PREFIX` in the environment to override this value at deployment time.
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ For deployments, `APP_CONFIG` can point to a YAML file elsewhere. `SECRET_KEY`,
 override the corresponding values. `DATABASE` should be an absolute path to the
 SQLite file used in production.

+The YAML `flask.database` path is resolved relative to the directory containing
+the selected config file. If it is omitted, the app uses
+`instance/calendar.sqlite` beside `flask_fatima.py`; it no longer relies on
+Flask's environment-dependent inferred instance directory.
+
 At startup, the app prints a database summary to the Waitress log containing the
 resolved path, amount and status totals, distinct recorded-date total, and date
 range. Compare that path and those totals with the importer's output to confirm