From: Sarah Hoffmann <lonvia@denofr.de>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:53:19 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: adapt instructions for creating the test db to dotenv
X-Git-Tag: v3.7.0~66^2~1
X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org/nominatim.git/commitdiff_plain/3c7519444867cd9c6b3003c4c88729df21b8c265

adapt instructions for creating the test db to dotenv
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diff --git a/docs/develop/Development-Environment.md b/docs/develop/Development-Environment.md
index 2f6f54ce..f0c36ba3 100644
--- a/docs/develop/Development-Environment.md
+++ b/docs/develop/Development-Environment.md
@@ -102,13 +102,20 @@ cmake $USERNAME/Nominatim
 make
 ```
 
-Copy the test settings:
+Create a minimal test settings file:
 
 ```
-cp $USERNAME/Nominatim/test/testdb/local.php settings/
+tee .env << EOF
+NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN="pgsql:dbname=test_api_nominatim"
+NOMINATIM_USE_US_TIGER_DATA=yes
+NOMINATIM_TIGER_DATA_PATH=tiger
+NOMINATIM_WIKIPEDIA_DATA_PATH=$USERNAME/Nominatim/test/testdb
+EOF
 ```
 
 Inspect the file to check that all settings are correct for your local setup.
+In particular, the wikipedia path should point to the test directory in your
+Nominatim source directory.
 
 Now you can import the test database: