improve docs on e2e

superdesk · Nov 7, 2024 · b131793 · b131793
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@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ To run e2e tests locally:
 2. edit Procfile, remove the web task (it is for serving a static bundle which we don't want in order not to lose live-reload support)
 3. start mongo, redis, elastic services
 4. create a virtual environment in e2e/server, install dependencies and start honcho
-5. run `TZ="Australia/Sydney" npm run cypress-ui` in `e2e` folder. Notice we set a timezone environment variable before launching cypress. Some tests depend on a timezone and would fail it timezone wasn't set.
+5. run `E2E="true" TZ="Australia/Sydney" npm run cypress-ui` in `e2e` folder. Notice we set a timezone environment variable before launching cypress. Some tests depend on a timezone and would fail it timezone wasn't set. E2E environment variable needs to be set to a dedicated database for e2e is used instead of overwriting your local database.