working base site setup with gatekeeping working

run_dev.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Development startup script
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+DJANGO_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/nonpacks"
+PYTHON_BIN="$SCRIPT_DIR/venv/bin/python"
+
+FLAG_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/.migrations_done"
+FORCE_SETUP=0
+
+# Check for --force-setup argument
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    if [ "$arg" = "--force-setup" ]; then
+        FORCE_SETUP=1
+    fi
+done
+
+cd "$DJANGO_DIR"
+
+# Run migrations once, flag it, skip next time
+if [ ! -f "$FLAG_FILE" ] || [ $FORCE_SETUP -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "Running database migrations..."
+    "$PYTHON_BIN" manage.py migrate
+    touch "$FLAG_FILE"
+    echo "Migrations applied. Flag file created: $FLAG_FILE"
+else
+    echo "Database already migrated (found $FLAG_FILE). Skipping."
+    echo "To force re-run, use: $0 --force-setup"
+fi
+
+echo "Starting Django development server on 0.0.0.0:8000..."
+exec "$PYTHON_BIN" manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000