chore: Move .env.local read to base.py, Update README

Author: Janek Mangold

README.md

@@ -6,11 +6,21 @@
 
 ## Django template
 
-```shell
-# cd into the top-level directory where you want to create the project
-cd /path/to/your/top-level-directory
-cookiecutter https://github.com/singularit-de/cc-python.git --directory django
-```
+1. Go into the top-level directory where you want to create the project directory:
+
+    ```
+    cd /path/to/your/top-level-directory
+    ```
+
+2. Run the following command to create a new Django project using the newest template version:
+    ```shell
+    cookiecutter https://github.com/singularit-de/cc-python.git --directory django
+    ```
+
+   1. If you want to use a specific version/branch you can use the `--checkout <tag/branch>` option:
+   ```shell
+   cookiecutter https://github.com/singularit-de/cc-python.git --directory django --checkout v1.1.0
+   ```
 
 ## Why we are using templates
 

django/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.gitlab/ci/deploy.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ include:
       http: app
       auth: "*>public>*"
       compose-file: .gitlab/docker-compose.staging.yml
+      auto-stop-in: 6 months

django/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/settings/base.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 env = environ.Env()
 env.read_env(BASE_DIR / ".env")
+env.read_env(BASE_DIR / ".env.local", overwrite=True)
 
 
 TESTING = "test" in sys.argv

django/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/settings/local.py

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-from .base import *  # noqa: F403
-
-env = environ.Env()
-env.read_env(BASE_DIR / ".env.local")
+from .base import *
 
 FRONTEND_URL = "http://localhost:5173"