Clean up gitignore

.gitignore

-*~
-
-# These configurations files are ignored and managed locally. These scripts will be copied from example when running the npm script configure that is called from npm run-script build
-src/config/icat/icatPlus.js
-src/config/icat/icat.js
-
-
-# See https://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-
-# personal folders. Not for production
-/forDevOnly
-/doc
-
-# dependencies
-/node_modules
-
-# testing
-/coverage
-
-# production
-/build
+# Configurations files
+/src/config/icat/icat.js
 
-# misc
-.DS_Store
+# Local environment files
 .env.local
 .env.development.local
 .env.test.local
 .env.production.local
 
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
+# Dependencies
+/node_modules/
 
-# eclipse
-.settings
+# Build outputs, reports and cache folders
+/coverage/
+/build/
+/lib-cov/
+/.nyc_output/
+/.npm/
+/.eslintcache/
 
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
+# Miscellaneous
+*~
+.DS_Store
 npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-*.pid.lock
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# nyc test coverage
-.nyc_output
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
-bower_components
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directories
-node_modules/
-jspm_packages/
-
-# TypeScript v1 declaration files
-typings/
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional eslint cache
-.eslintcache
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-# Output of 'npm pack'
-*.tgz
-
-# Yarn Integrity file
-.yarn-integrity
-
-# dotenv environment variables file
-.env
-
-# next.js build output
-.next
 
+# Personal folders
+/forDevOnly/
+/doc/

README.md

@@ -69,13 +69,14 @@ npm run-script configure
 
 ## Environment variables
 
-Environment variables are loaded automatically from [environment files](https://create-react-app.dev/docs/adding-custom-environment-variables/#what-other-env-files-can-be-used) (`.env`, `.env.test`, etc.) Create React App reads the files based on the Node environment (`NODE_ENV`).
+Create React App loads environment variables from [environment files](https://create-react-app.dev/docs/adding-custom-environment-variables/#what-other-env-files-can-be-used) (<kbd>.env</kbd>, <kbd>.env.test</kbd>, etc.) according to the Node environment (`NODE_ENV`).
+File <kbd>.env</kbd> is loaded in every environment with the lowest priority and is therefore used to declare default values and development fallbacks.
 
-The following variable is currently loaded from the environment:
+The following portal configuration variable is currently declared in <kbd>.env</kbd>:
 
-- `REACT_APP_ICATPLUS_URL` - the URL of the ICAT+ server (cf. <kbd>src/config/icatPlus.js</kbd>)
+- `REACT_APP_ICATPLUS_URL` - the URL of the ICAT+ server (used in <kbd>src/config/icatPlus.js</kbd>)
 
-In development, you can override any of the portal variables defined in `.env` by creating a file called `.env.local`. This file will not be committed to version control.
+In development, you can override this variable by creating a file called `.env.local`. This file is ignored from version control.
 
 ## icat.js
 

package.json

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
     "doc": "npm run Readme:ConfigDoc:ICAT && npm run Readme:ConfigDoc:ICAT:ReplaceCodeSection && npm run Readme:ConfigDoc:ICATPlus && npm run Readme:ConfigDoc:ICATPlus:ReplaceCodeSection && npm run Readme:ConfigDoc:Config && npm run Readme:ConfigDoc:Config:ReplaceCodeSection",
     "Readme:ConfigDoc:ICAT": "node ./node_modules/jscat/bin/jscat src/config/icat/icat.example.js | node ./node_modules/injectmd/bin/cli.js -t configurationICAT -i Readme.md",
     "Readme:ConfigDoc:ICAT:ReplaceCodeSection": "./node_modules/replace/bin/replace.js  '<!--START configurationICAT -->' '<!--START configurationICAT -->\n```js' Readme.md && ./node_modules/replace/bin/replace.js  '<!--END configurationICAT -->' '```\n<!--END configurationICAT -->' Readme.md",
-    "Readme:ConfigDoc:ICATPlus": "node ./node_modules/jscat/bin/jscat src/config/icat/icatPlus.example.js | node ./node_modules/injectmd/bin/cli.js -t configurationICATPlus -i Readme.md",
-    "Readme:ConfigDoc:ICATPlus:ReplaceCodeSection": "./node_modules/replace/bin/replace.js  '<!--START configurationICATPlus -->' '<!--START configurationICATPlus -->\n```js' Readme.md && ./node_modules/replace/bin/replace.js  '<!--END configurationICATPlus -->' '```\n<!--END configurationICATPlus -->' Readme.md",
     "Readme:ConfigDoc:Config": "node ./node_modules/jscat/bin/jscat src/config/ui/config.js | node ./node_modules/injectmd/bin/cli.js -t config -i Readme.md",
     "Readme:ConfigDoc:Config:ReplaceCodeSection": "./node_modules/replace/bin/replace.js  '<!--START config -->' '<!--START config -->\n```js' Readme.md && ./node_modules/replace/bin/replace.js  '<!--END config -->' '```\n<!--END config -->' Readme.md",
     "complexity-report": "./node_modules/.bin/es6-plato -r -d ./public/report src",