Make evennia doc-build not require gamedir

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -176,28 +176,18 @@ ansi_clean = None
 if not _no_autodoc:
     # we must set up Evennia and its paths for autodocs to work
 
-    EV_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))  # os.environ.get("EVDIR")
+    EV_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-    GAME_DIR = os.environ.get("EVGAMEDIR")
 
-    if not (EV_ROOT and GAME_DIR):
+    print(f"Evennia root: {EV_ROOT}, branch:")
-        err = (
-            "The EVDIR and EVGAMEDIR environment variables must be set to "
-            "the absolute paths to the evennia/ repo and an initialized "
-            "evennia gamedir respectively."
-        )
-        raise RuntimeError(err)
-
-    print("Evennia root: {}, Game dir: {}, branch:".format(EV_ROOT, GAME_DIR)),
     import subprocess
     subprocess.call(["git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"])
     subprocess.call("pwd")
 
     sys.path.insert(1, EV_ROOT)
-    sys.path.insert(1, GAME_DIR)
 
-    with cd(GAME_DIR):
+    with cd(EV_ROOT):
         # set up Evennia so its sources can be parsed
-        os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "server.conf.settings"
+        os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "evennia.settings_default"
 
         import django  # noqa
 

evennia/server/server.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import importlib
 evennia._init()
 
 from django.db import connection
+from django.db.utils import OperationalError
 from django.conf import settings
 
 from evennia.accounts.models import AccountDB
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ def _server_maintenance():
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class Evennia(object):
+class Evennia:
 
     """
     The main Evennia server handler. This object sets up the database and
@@ -205,7 +206,10 @@ class Evennia(object):
         self.start_time = time.time()
 
         # initialize channelhandler
+        try:
             channelhandler.CHANNELHANDLER.update()
+        except OperationalError:
+            print("channelhandler couldn't update - db not set up")
 
         # wrap the SIGINT handler to make sure we empty the threadpool
         # even when we reload and we have long-running requests in queue.
@@ -616,7 +620,11 @@ class Evennia(object):
 
 
 # Tell the system the server is starting up; some things are not available yet
+try:
     ServerConfig.objects.conf("server_starting_mode", True)
+except OperationalError:
+    print("Server server_starting_mode couldn't be set - database not set up.")
+
 
 # twistd requires us to define the variable 'application' so it knows
 # what to execute from.
@@ -728,4 +736,7 @@ for plugin_module in SERVER_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES:
         print(f"Could not load plugin module {plugin_module}")
 
 # clear server startup mode
+try:
     ServerConfig.objects.conf("server_starting_mode", delete=True)
+except OperationalError:
+    print("Server server_starting_mode couldn't unset - db not set up.")

evennia/utils/gametime.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import time
 from calendar import monthrange
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
+from django.db.utils import OperationalError
 from django.conf import settings
 from evennia import DefaultScript
 from evennia.server.models import ServerConfig
@@ -23,7 +24,12 @@ IGNORE_DOWNTIMES = settings.TIME_IGNORE_DOWNTIMES
 
 
 # Only set if gametime_reset was called at some point.
+try:
     GAME_TIME_OFFSET = ServerConfig.objects.conf("gametime_offset", default=0)
+except OperationalError:
+    # the db is not initialized
+    print("Gametime offset could not load - db not set up.")
+    GAME_TIME_OFFSET = 0
 
 # Common real-life time measure, in seconds.
 # You should not change this.

evennia/utils/search.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Example: To reach the search method 'get_object_with_account'
 
 # Import the manager methods to be wrapped
 
+from django.db.utils import OperationalError
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 
 # limit symbol import from API
@@ -44,13 +45,23 @@ __all__ = (
 
 
 # import objects this way to avoid circular import problems
+try:
     ObjectDB = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="objects", model="objectdb").model_class()
     AccountDB = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="accounts", model="accountdb").model_class()
     ScriptDB = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="scripts", model="scriptdb").model_class()
     Msg = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="comms", model="msg").model_class()
-Channel = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="comms", model="channeldb").model_class()
+    ChannelDB = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="comms", model="channeldb").model_class()
     HelpEntry = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="help", model="helpentry").model_class()
     Tag = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="typeclasses", model="tag").model_class()
+except OperationalError:
+    # this is a fallback used during tests/doc building
+    print("Couldn't initialize search managers - db not set up.")
+    from evennia.objects.models import ObjectDB
+    from evennia.accounts.models import AccountDB
+    from evennia.scripts.models import ScriptDB
+    from evennia.comms.models import Msg, ChannelDB
+    from evennia.help.models import HelpEntry
+    from evennia.typeclasses.tags import Tag
 
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -171,7 +182,7 @@ messages = search_messages
 #     exact -  requires an exact ostring match (not case sensitive)
 #
 
-search_channel = Channel.objects.channel_search
+search_channel = ChannelDB.objects.channel_search
 search_channels = search_channel
 channel_search = search_channel
 channels = search_channels
@@ -347,7 +358,7 @@ def search_channel_tag(key=None, category=None, tagtype=None, **kwargs):
             matches were found.
 
     """
-    return Channel.objects.get_by_tag(key=key, category=category, tagtype=tagtype, **kwargs)
+    return ChannelDB.objects.get_by_tag(key=key, category=category, tagtype=tagtype, **kwargs)
 
 
 # search for tag objects (not the objects they are attached to