Merge pull request #14 from techstartucalgary/Aarsh/Quick-Script-Addi…

…tion

updated script to allow for skipping of the init

.gitignore

@@ -47,5 +47,7 @@ backend/dist
 backend/coverage
 backend/coverage/*
 
+frontend/%ProgramData%
+
 
 

start.sh

@@ -1,32 +1,45 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-cd scripts || exit
+# Check if --skip flag is passed
+SKIP=false
+for arg in "$@"
+do
+    if [ "$arg" == "--skip" ]; then
+        SKIP=true
+        break
+    fi
+done
 
-# Call the installation script
-./install.sh
+if [ "$SKIP" = false ]; then
+    cd scripts || exit
 
-# Determine the OS type and call the appropriate IP script
-OS_TYPE=$(uname -s)
-case "$OS_TYPE" in
-    Linux*|Darwin*)
-        # This is for Unix-like systems
-        ./ipscriptUNIX.sh ../backend/.env
-        ./ipscriptUNIX.sh ../frontend/.env
-        ;;
-    MINGW*|CYGWIN*|MSYS*)
-        # This is for Windows Git Bash
-        ./ipscript.sh ../backend/.env
-        ./ipscript.sh ../frontend/.env
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Unknown operating system."
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-esac
+    # Call the installation script
+    ./install.sh
 
-cd .. || exit
+    # Determine the OS type and call the appropriate IP script
+    OS_TYPE=$(uname -s)
+    case "$OS_TYPE" in
+        Linux*|Darwin*)
+            # This is for Unix-like systems
+            ./ipscriptUNIX.sh ../backend/.env
+            ./ipscriptUNIX.sh ../frontend/.env
+            ;;
+        MINGW*|CYGWIN*|MSYS*)
+            # This is for Windows Git Bash
+            ./ipscript.sh ../backend/.env
+            ./ipscript.sh ../frontend/.env
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown operating system."
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    cd .. || exit
 
 # Use nvm to switch to the specified version of Node.js, install dependencies, and start the application
 nvm use 18.13.0 || :
 npm install
+fi
+
 npm run start