🔧(backend) allow overwriting the data directory

Deployments that don't rely on Docker should be given the option to use a
different data directory.

Signed-off-by: Martin Weinelt <[email protected]>

Author: mweinelt

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - 🚸(backend) make document search on title accent-insensitive #874
 - 🚩 add homepage feature flag #861
+- 🔧(backend) allow overwriting the data directory #893
 
 
 ## [3.1.0] - 2025-04-07

src/backend/impress/settings.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-DATA_DIR = os.path.join("/", "data")
+DATA_DIR = os.getenv("DATA_DIR", os.path.join("/", "data"))
 
 
 def get_release():