Add announcements for guests

.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copy to .env and fill in what you need. Not required for basic local dev.
+# See README.md for what's required in production.
+
+# SECRET_KEY_BASE=
+# PRIMARY_DATABASE_URL=   # not needed if deploying from the Rails 8 Railway template
+# CACHE_DATABASE_URL=     # not needed if deploying from the Rails 8 Railway template
+# QUEUE_DATABASE_URL=     # not needed if deploying from the Rails 8 Railway template
+# CABLE_DATABASE_URL=     # not needed if deploying from the Rails 8 Railway template
+# APP_HOST=
+# POSTMARK_API_TOKEN=
+# MAIL_PROVIDER=            # "postmark" (default) or "brevo" (backup)
+# BREVO_API_KEY=
+# MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=       # defaults to noreply@rockymtnruby.dev; must be a sender verified with whichever MAIL_PROVIDER is active
+# MISSION_CONTROL_USER=
+# MISSION_CONTROL_PASSWORD=
+# TITO_API_TOKEN=
+# TITO_ACCOUNT_SLUG=
+# TITO_EVENT_SLUG=

.gitignore

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 # Ignore bundler config.
 /.bundle
 
-# Ignore all environment files.
+# Ignore all environment files, except the example.
 /.env*
+!/.env.example
 
 # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
 /log/*

Gemfile

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main"
 gem "rails", "~> 8.1.2"
+# Pin below the 3.x major bump until app/test compatibility with it is verified
+gem "json", "~> 2.19"
 # The modern asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/propshaft]
 gem "propshaft"
 # Use postgresql as the database for Active Record
@@ -47,11 +49,17 @@ gem "tito_ruby"
 # Postmark for transactional email in production
 gem "postmark-rails"
 
+# Brevo for backup transactional email. Its API client is used instead of an
+# SMTP delivery method because Brevo's SMTP relay requires a separate,
+# support-activated gate on new accounts that the API doesn't have.
+gem "brevo"
+
 # PDF generation for the passport application form
 gem "prawn"
 gem "prawn-table"
 
 group :development, :test do
+  gem "dotenv-rails"
   # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem
   gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri windows ], require: "debug/prelude"