# TimeTracker Project Structure

This document provides an overview of the cleaned up TimeTracker project structure after removing unnecessary files and consolidating the codebase.

## 📁 Root Directory Structure

```
TimeTracker/
├── 📁 app/                    # Main Flask application
│   ├── blueprint_registry.py  # Centralized blueprint registration
│   ├── routes/                # Route blueprints (auth, api, tasks, workforce, etc.)
│   ├── templates/            # Jinja2 HTML templates
│   ├── models/                # SQLAlchemy models
│   ├── services/              # Business logic layer
│   └── utils/                 # Utilities (timezone, validation, etc.)
├── 📁 desktop/                # Desktop app (Electron/Tauri-style wrapper, esbuild bundle)
├── 📁 mobile/                 # Flutter mobile app
├── 📁 assets/                 # Static assets (images, screenshots)
├── 📁 docker/                 # Docker configuration files
├── 📁 tests/                  # Test suite
├── 📁 .github/                # GitHub workflows and configurations
├── 📁 logs/                   # Application logs (with .gitkeep)
├── 🐳 Dockerfile              # Main Dockerfile
├── 📄 docker-compose.yml          # Default stack (HTTPS via nginx)
├── 📄 docker-compose.example.yml # HTTP on port 8080 (no nginx)
├── 📄 docker/docker-compose.local-test.yml # SQLite, HTTP 8080 (quick test)
├── 📄 docker/docker-compose.remote.yml   # Remote/production compose (ghcr.io)
├── 📄 docker/docker-compose.remote-dev.yml # Remote dev/testing compose (ghcr.io)
├── 📄 requirements.txt         # Python dependencies
├── 📄 app.py                  # Application entry point
├── 📄 env.example             # Environment variables template
├── 📄 README.md               # Main project documentation
├── 📄 CONTRIBUTING.md         # Contribution guidelines
├── 📄 CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md      # Community code of conduct
├── 📄 LICENSE                 # GPL v3 license
├── 📄 GITHUB_WORKFLOW_IMAGES.md  # Docker image workflow docs
├── 📄 DOCKER_PUBLIC_SETUP.md     # Public container setup docs
├── 📄 REQUIREMENTS.md         # Detailed requirements documentation
├── 📄 deploy-public.bat       # Windows deployment script
└── 📄 deploy-public.sh        # Linux/Mac deployment script
```

## 🧹 Cleanup Summary

### Files Removed
- `DATABASE_INIT_FIX_FINAL_README.md` - Database fix documentation (resolved)
- `DATABASE_INIT_FIX_README.md` - Database fix documentation (resolved)
- `TIMEZONE_FIX_README.md` - Timezone fix documentation (resolved)
- `Dockerfile.test` - Test Dockerfile (not needed)
- `Dockerfile.combined` - Combined Dockerfile (consolidated)
- `docker-compose.yml` - Old compose file (replaced)
- `deploy.sh` - Old deployment script (replaced)
- `index.html` - Unused HTML file
- `_config.yml` - Unused config file
- `logs/timetracker.log` - Large log file (not in version control)
- `.pytest_cache/` - Python test cache directory

### Files Consolidated
- **Dockerfiles**: Primary `Dockerfile` at repo root; additional Dockerfiles in `docker/` as needed
- **Docker Compose**: `docker-compose.yml` (local), `docker/docker-compose.remote.yml`, `docker/docker-compose.remote-dev.yml`
- **Deployment**: `deploy-public.bat`, `deploy-public.sh`

## 🏗️ Core Components

### Application (`app/`)
- **blueprint_registry.py**: Centralized registration of all route blueprints (reduces `__init__.py` size). Optional blueprints log `logger.exception` on failure; in local development (`FLASK_ENV=development` or `DEBUG`) failures re-raise; production and tests continue without that blueprint.
- **Models**: Database models for users, projects, time entries, tasks, and settings
- **Routes**: API endpoints and web routes (auth, api, api_v1, tasks, admin, etc.)
- **Templates**: Jinja2 HTML templates under `app/templates/` (task management, reports, timer, etc.)
- **Utils**: Utility functions including timezone management, validation, cache
- **Config**: Application configuration (`app/config.py`)

### Docker Configuration (`docker/`)
- **Startup scripts**: Container initialization and database setup
- **Database scripts**: SQL-based database initialization
- **Configuration files**: Docker-specific configurations

### Templates (`app/templates/`)
- All Jinja2 templates live under `app/templates/` (admin, main, projects, reports, tasks, timer, workforce, mileage, etc.)

### Assets (`assets/`)
- **Screenshots**: Application screenshots for documentation
- **Images**: Logo and other static images

## 🚀 Deployment Options

### 1. Default stack (HTTPS)
- **File**: `docker-compose.yml`
- **Image**: Built from local source
- **Use case**: Quick start and production; serves **https://localhost** (nginx + self-signed cert).

### 2. HTTP (no HTTPS)
- **File**: `docker-compose.example.yml` — app on **http://localhost:8080** (published image or build).
- **File**: `docker/docker-compose.local-test.yml` — SQLite, **http://localhost:8080** (no PostgreSQL).

### 3. Remote/Production
- **File**: `docker/docker-compose.remote.yml`
- **Image**: `ghcr.io/drytrix/timetracker:latest` (or versioned tag)
- **Use case**: Production deployment

### 4. Remote Dev/Testing
- **File**: `docker/docker-compose.remote-dev.yml`
- **Image**: `ghcr.io/drytrix/timetracker:development`
- **Use case**: Pre-release testing

## 📚 Documentation Files

- **README.md** (root): Main project documentation and quick start guide
- **CONTRIBUTING.md** (root): [Contributing](../../CONTRIBUTING.md) — quick overview; full guidelines in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) (this folder)
- **CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md** (this folder): [CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) — community guidelines
- **ARCHITECTURE.md**: [Architecture overview](../ARCHITECTURE.md)
- **INSTALLATION.md** (root): [Installation guide](../../INSTALLATION.md)
- **DEVELOPMENT.md**: [Development guide](../DEVELOPMENT.md)
- **API.md**: [API quick reference](../API.md)
- **PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md** (this folder): Project structure overview
- **TASK_MANAGEMENT_README.md** (docs/): Detailed Task Management feature documentation

## ✅ Workforce & Timesheet Governance

Timesheet periods, policies, and time-off tracking for payroll and compliance:

- **Models**: `TimesheetPeriod`, `TimesheetPolicy`, `TimeOff` (in `app/models/`)
- **Routes**: `workforce` blueprint — dashboard, period close, policies, time-off, **delete** (periods, time-off requests, leave types, holidays)
- **Services**: `workforce_governance_service.py` — period close, policy checks, time-off logic, **delete** (period, leave request, leave type, holiday)
- **Templates**: `app/templates/workforce/` (e.g. dashboard, with delete buttons where allowed)
- **Migration**: `132_add_timesheet_governance_and_time_off.py`
- **Docs**: [Workforce delete feature](../features/WORKFORCE_DELETE.md) (Issue #562)

## ✅ Task Management Feature

The Task Management feature is fully integrated into the application with automatic database migration:

### Automatic Migration
- **No manual setup required**: Database tables are created automatically on first startup
- **Integrated migration**: Migration logic is built into the application initialization
- **Fallback support**: Manual migration script available if needed

### Components Added
- **Models**: `Task` model with full relationship support
- **Routes**: Complete CRUD operations for task management
- **Templates**: Responsive task management interface
- **Integration**: Tasks linked to projects and time tracking
- **GITHUB_WORKFLOW_IMAGES.md**: Docker image build workflow
- **DOCKER_PUBLIC_SETUP.md**: Public container setup guide
- **REQUIREMENTS.md**: Detailed system requirements

## 🔧 Development Files

- **requirements.txt**: Python package dependencies
- **app.py**: Flask application entry point
- **env.example**: Environment variables template
- **tests/**: Test suite and test files

## 📝 Key Improvements Made

1. **Removed Duplicate Files**: Eliminated redundant documentation and configuration files
2. **Consolidated Docker Setup**: Streamlined to two main container types
3. **Updated Documentation**: README now reflects current project state
4. **Timezone Support**: Added comprehensive timezone management (100+ options)
5. **Clean Structure**: Organized project for better maintainability

## 🎯 Getting Started

1. **Choose deployment type**: Local dev, remote, or remote-dev
2. **Follow README.md**: Complete setup instructions
3. **Use appropriate compose file**: `docker-compose.yml`, `docker/docker-compose.remote.yml`, or `docker/docker-compose.remote-dev.yml`
4. **Configure timezone**: Access admin settings to set your local timezone

## Versioning

- **Canonical app version**: Defined in `setup.py` (single source of truth). Do not duplicate the version in other docs.
- **Desktop**: `desktop/package.json` version should align with the app version when the desktop client ships with that release.
- **Frontend build**: Root `package.json` is for Tailwind/build tooling and may use a separate semver (e.g. 1.0.0).
- **API docs (OpenAPI)**: `GET /api/openapi.json` sets `info.version` from `get_version_from_setup()` in `app/config/analytics_defaults.py` (reads `setup.py` at runtime). **`TIMETRACKER_VERSION`** or **`APP_VERSION`** may override that for CI or containers; if still unknown, `app/routes/api_docs.py` falls back to Flask `APP_VERSION` config. Do not hardcode a version string in the spec.

## 🔍 File Purposes

- **`.gitkeep` files**: Ensure empty directories are tracked in Git
- **`.github/`**: GitHub Actions workflows for automated builds
- **`logs/`**: Application log storage (cleaned up, only `.gitkeep` remains)
- **`LICENSE`**: GPL v3 open source license
- **`.gitignore`**: Git ignore patterns for temporary files

This cleaned up structure provides a more maintainable and focused codebase while preserving all essential functionality and documentation.