Remove placeholder defaults from env templates#82
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Change VAR_NAME=$VAR_NAME pattern to VAR_NAME= in all sample app environment templates. The old pattern was a legacy from Docker deployments and caused literal $VAR_NAME strings to be populated at runtime when variables were not set.
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I'm concerned if we leave comments on the same line we can run into the same problem. Can we move all comments to new lines?
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Should be # instead of //?
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I think we can actually remove this comment now
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Can we move these comments to new lines too?
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https://pingidentity.atlassian.net/browse/SDKS-4446
Summary
VAR_NAME=$VAR_NAMEpattern from all sample app environment templatesVAR_NAME=) to prevent literal$VAR_NAMEstrings from being populated at runtimeBackground
The old pattern was a legacy from when sample apps were deployed through Docker. This is no longer the case, and the placeholders caused issues when users didn't want to use a variable - the literal string
$VAR_NAMEwould be populated at runtime instead of an empty value.Changes
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.env.examplefiles:angular-todo/.env.exampleangular-todo-davinci/.env.examplecentral-login-oidc/.env.exampleembedded-login/.env.exampleembedded-login-davinci/.env.examplereactjs-todo/.env.examplereactjs-todo-davinci/.env.exampletodo-api/.env.exampleTest plan
=$VAR_NAMEpatterns remain in codebaseNotes
External documentation that references the old
VAR_NAME=$VAR_NAMEpattern will need to be updated separately.