From 6a063bfe89e5c34f69f54776652dfad734962ad9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yves Gugger <guggeryves@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:04:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Deploy script: protect .env and .db files from being
 overwritten

---
 deploy.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 477aad4..1990b43 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -48,13 +48,15 @@ sshpass -p "$SERVER_PASS" rsync -avz --delete \
     --exclude '.git' \
     frontend/ $SERVER_USER@$SERVER_HOST:$SERVER_PATH/frontend/
 
-# Sync backend
+# Sync backend (exclude .env to preserve server config!)
 sshpass -p "$SERVER_PASS" rsync -avz --delete \
     --exclude '__pycache__' \
     --exclude '.pytest_cache' \
     --exclude 'venv' \
     --exclude '.git' \
     --exclude '*.pyc' \
+    --exclude '.env' \
+    --exclude '*.db' \
     backend/ $SERVER_USER@$SERVER_HOST:$SERVER_PATH/backend/
 
 echo -e "\n${YELLOW}[5/5] Building and restarting on server...${NC}"