Update .env approach

Author: faisal-fawad

.github/workflows/pipeline.yml

@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ jobs:
           pip install poetry
           pip install pytest
       - name: Create .env
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           touch .env
-          echo "${{ secrets.ENV_FILE }}" > .env
+          echo "${{ secrets.ENV_FILE }}" | base64 --decode > .env
       - name: Run tests
         run: poetry run pytest --doctest-modules --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml
   lint:

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .venv
 .env
+*.env
 **/__pycache__
 .pytest_cache
 .ruff_cache

README.md

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 - Leaving the environment: `exit`
 - Installing libraries in the environment: `make install`
 - Run the Flask application: `python imaginate_api/app.py`
+- Encode / Decode .env via Bash: `cat .env | base64 -w 0 > encoded.env` / `cat encoded.env | base64 --decode > decoded.env`