From b19dd94bccf17f0bf762208b988d9037c800d2ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frazer Smith <frazer.dev@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:11:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(.env.template): change `NODE_ENV` default to
 "production"

---
 .env.template             | 5 +++--
 src/config/config.test.js | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 7931dd8b..465d7a6a 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 ### STANDARD ENV VARIABLES ################################
 ###########################################################
 
-# Set to "production" for live system
-NODE_ENV="development"
+# This should always be set to "production".
+# See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMM7GJC5E2o
+NODE_ENV="production"
 
 # NOTE: Needs to be set to "0.0.0.0" if using Docker.
 # Ignored if deployed with included Docker Compose file.
diff --git a/src/config/config.test.js b/src/config/config.test.js
index 05f16adc..9677aff1 100644
--- a/src/config/config.test.js
+++ b/src/config/config.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const { glob } = require("glob");
 const { joinSafe } = require("upath");
 const getConfig = require(".");
 
-const originalEnv = { ...process.env, NODE_ENV: "development" };
+const originalEnv = { ...process.env, NODE_ENV: "production" };
 const tempDir = joinSafe(__dirname, "../../temp");
 
 describe("Configuration", () => {