From f8685c04fedc314e1d60f66bfc489d004473e89a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "ahmed.mujtaba" <ahmed.mujtaba@utopiabrands.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:28:16 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add root .env.example Compose pointer (no secrets).

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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 .env.example | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .env.example

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e761bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Copy to `.env` at the repo root (gitignored) if you want plain
+# `docker compose up -d --build` to interpolate ${FRONTEND_PORT} etc.
+# from backend/.env. Secrets stay in backend/.env only — never commit .env.
+COMPOSE_ENV_FILES=./backend/.env