fix #529 by updating the docs to remove dependency of in-repo db

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "storage": "32gb"
 },
   "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
-  "postCreateCommand": "make install &&  make frontend && cp cres/db.sqlite standards_cache.sqlite",
+  "postCreateCommand": "make install &&  make frontend && python cre.py --upstream_sync",
      "extensions": [
 		"ms-python.vscode-pylance",
 		"visualstudioexptteam.vscodeintellicode",

Makefile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .PHONY: run test covers install-deps dev docker lint frontend clean all
 
 prod-run:
-	cp cres/db.sqlite standards_cache.sqlite; gunicorn cre:app --log-file=-
+	gunicorn cre:app --log-file=-
 
 docker-neo4j-rm:
 	docker stop cre-neo4j
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ clean:
 	find . -type f -name '*.log' -delete
 	find . -type f -name '*.orig' -delete
 
-migrate-restore:
-	if ! [ -f "standards_cache.sqlite" ]; then cp cres/db.sqlite standards_cache.sqlite; fi
-	[ -d "./venv" ] && . ./venv/bin/activate &&\
-	export FLASK_APP=$(CURDIR)/cre.py 
-	flask db upgrade  
-
 migrate-upgrade:
 	[ -d "./venv" ] && . ./venv/bin/activate &&\
 	export FLASK_APP=$(CURDIR)/cre.py 

README.md

@@ -31,20 +31,6 @@ Example: the session time-out topic will take the user to relevant criteria in s
 
 Some of the data has been kindly contributed by the SKF and ASVS projects
 
-# Installing
-
-
-To install this application you need python3, yarn and virtualenv.
-Clone the repository:
-<pre>git clone https://github.com/OWASP/common-requirement-enumeration </pre>
-
-Copy sqlite database to required location
-<pre>cp cres/db.sqlite standards_cache.sqlite</pre>
-
-Install dependencies
-<pre> make install </pre>
-
-
 # Running
 
 ### Locally
@@ -56,6 +42,19 @@ You can do so by running:
 After the container has finished downloading the remote information you can access it in [localhost](http://127.0.0.1:5000)
 
 #### Command Line
+
+To run outside of Docker you need to install OpenCRE.
+To install this application you need python3, yarn and virtualenv.
+* Clone the repository:
+<pre>git clone https://github.com/OWASP/common-requirement-enumeration </pre>
+
+* Install dependencies
+<pre> make install </pre>
+
+* Download the latest CRE graph from upstream by running
+<pre>python cre.py --upstream_sync</pre>
+Keep in mind that until [Issue #534](https://github.com/OWASP/OpenCRE/issues/534) is fixed you won't have access to gap analysis results locally
+
 To run the CLI application, you can run
 <pre>python cre.py --help</pre>