From 64d02cb08fc8f67611240dc9912c29b2eb03c68e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matti Eiden <matti.eiden@anders.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:24:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: remove obsolete .django_secret

The removed code is unreachable due to SECRET_KEY being always defined
in settings.py
---
 linkedevents/settings.py | 31 -------------------------------
 1 file changed, 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/linkedevents/settings.py b/linkedevents/settings.py
index 12a094090..3c7c3b2e5 100644
--- a/linkedevents/settings.py
+++ b/linkedevents/settings.py
@@ -586,37 +586,6 @@ def dummy_haystack_connection_for_lang(language_code):
 # shown in the browsable API
 INSTANCE_NAME = env("INSTANCE_NAME")
 
-# We generate a persistent SECRET_KEY if it is not defined. Note that
-# setting SECRET_KEY will override the persisted key
-if "SECRET_KEY" not in locals():
-    secret_file = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ".django_secret")
-    try:
-        SECRET_KEY = open(secret_file).read().strip()
-    except IOError:
-        import random
-
-        system_random = random.SystemRandom()
-        try:
-            SECRET_KEY = "".join(
-                [
-                    system_random.choice(
-                        "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*(-_=+)"
-                    )
-                    for i in range(64)
-                ]
-            )
-            secret = open(secret_file, "w")
-            import os
-
-            os.chmod(secret_file, 0o0600)
-            secret.write(SECRET_KEY)
-            secret.close()
-        except IOError:
-            raise Exception(
-                "Please create a %s file with random characters to generate your secret key!"  # noqa: E501
-                % secret_file
-            )
-
 # Email configuration
 EMAIL_HOST = env("EMAIL_HOST")
 EMAIL_PORT = env("EMAIL_PORT")