docs: Use directory for mounting

.gitignore

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 actix/target
 resources-final
 
-# Ignore SQLite file
-*.sqlite
-*.sqlite-wal
-*.sqlite-shm
-
 # Ignore irrelevant dotfiles
 .vscode/
 **/.directory
@@ -17,3 +12,4 @@ cookie*
 
 # Testing related
 custom_dir
+testing-data

INSTALLATION.md

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ You can use the provided compose file as a base, modifying it as needed. Run it
 docker compose up -d
 ```
 
-If you're using a custom location for the `db_url`, make sure to make that file
-before running the docker image, as otherwise a directory will be created in its
-place, resulting in possibly unwanted behavior.
+If you're using a custom location for the `db_url`, make sure to mount a whole
+directory instead of a folder. Chhoto URL uses WAL journaling mode, so if this is
+not done, there will be a low, but non-zero chance of data corruption.
 
 ## Building and running with docker
 

Makefile

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ audit:
 	cargo audit --file actix/Cargo.lock
 
 docker-test: docker-local docker-stop test
-	docker run -t -p ${port}:${port} --name chhoto-url --env-file ./.env -v "${db_file}:${db_url}" -d chhoto-url
+	docker run -t -p ${port}:${port} --name chhoto-url --env-file ./.env -v "${db_dir}:/data" -d chhoto-url
 	docker logs chhoto-url -f 
 
 docker-dev: test build-dev

compose.yaml

@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ services:
       # Change if you want to mount the database somewhere else.
       # In this case, you can get rid of the db volume below
       # and instead do a mount manually by specifying the location.
-      # Make sure that you create an empty file with the correct name
-      # before starting the container if you do make any changes.
+      # Make sure that you mount a directory instead of a bare file
+      # since that might have a (low, but non-zero) possibility of
+      # corrupting your db since we use WAL journaling mode
       # (In fact, I'd suggest that you do that so that you can keep
       # a copy of your database.)
       - db_url=/db/urls.sqlite