small cleanups

.gitattributes

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-documents/*.pdf filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

src/compassia.py

@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ import pytesseract
 from FlagEmbedding import BGEM3FlagModel
 import chromadb
 
+from dotenv import load_dotenv # Import load_dotenv for local execution
+# CRITICAL FIX: Load environment variables for local testing
+load_dotenv(dotenv_path=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), '.env.local'))
+
+# Retrieve FIREBASE_CONFIG_BASE64 after loading dotenv (for local testing only)
+# This value is read from config.py, which in turn reads from .env.local
+
 # Import configurations and prompt from local modules
 from config import (
     DEEPSEEK_API_URL, DEEPSEEK_HEADERS,
@@ -57,12 +64,11 @@ def initialize_firebase_client():
     if not firebase_admin._apps: # Check if Firebase Admin SDK is already initialized
         # Determine Firebase config. In deployment, it comes from env vars.
         # For local __main__ testing, it also uses env vars.
-        firebase_config_b64 = os.getenv("FIREBASE_CONFIG_BASE64") # Get from env for both cases
 
-        if firebase_config_b64:
+        if FIREBASE_CONFIG_BASE64:
             try:
                 # Decode the Base64-encoded Firebase Service Account JSON
-                cred_json = base64.b64decode(firebase_config_b64).decode('utf-8')
+                cred_json = base64.b64decode(FIREBASE_CONFIG_BASE64).decode('utf-8')
                 cred_dict = json.loads(cred_json)
                 cred = credentials.Certificate(cred_dict)
                 firebase_admin.initialize_app(cred)
@@ -410,13 +416,6 @@ class DocumentRAG:
 
 # --- Main execution logic for local testing (only runs when script is executed directly) ---
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    from dotenv import load_dotenv # Import load_dotenv for local execution
-    # CRITICAL FIX: Load environment variables for local testing
-    load_dotenv(dotenv_path=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), '.env.local'))
-
-    # Retrieve FIREBASE_CONFIG_BASE64 after loading dotenv (for local testing only)
-    # This value is read from config.py, which in turn reads from .env.local
-    from config import FIREBASE_CONFIG_BASE64 
 
     # For local testing, initialize Firebase and capture the instance
     local_firestore_instance = initialize_firebase_client()