chore: rearrange .env files

[devonzara]

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Description

We were operating under the understanding that the .env.<environment> files set the defaults for each environment and the .env file would override. Based on dotenv-flow's documentation, that is the opposite of how it works.

This change introduces a .env.defaults to initialize default values, users are still instructed to create a .env for configuring secrets, and the environment-specific .env.<environment> files will have the highest priority and overwrite all other files.

Testing

Ensure that the project starts and the tests still pass.

Type of change

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

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Checklist:

• Changes have new/updated automated tests, if applicable
• Changes have new/updated docs, if applicable
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have added comments on any new, hard-to-understand code
• Changes have been manually tested
• Changes generate no new errors or warnings

[timmyichen]

Thanks for making this change!

[MainlyColors]

LGTM

Documenting Thoughts:
Thought we needed docker-compose.test.yml file but looks like when no -f option is given to docker-compose then docker will look for the default docker-compose.yml file and we were already creating a new test DB with the createDb() method in server/test/server.ts TestServer class so there is no reason to have separate docker-compose.test.yml file as it wasn't being used

[timmyichen]

Documenting Thoughts: Thought we needed docker-compose.test.yml file but looks like when no -f option is given to docker-compose then docker will look for the default docker-compose.yml file and we were already creating a new test DB with the createDb() method in server/test/server.ts TestServer class so there is no reason to have separate docker-compose.test.yml file as it wasn't being used

ah it's being used in the github action here

I think @MatthewBozin might remember better why exactly it was needed but I remember it breaking with the default docker-compose

[Caleb-Cohen]

LGTM, Devon never does wrong.