From 4951d49922be990a3cc92804a48856116ba651a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NagakawaMizore <1632122738@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:27:21 +0800
Subject: Update README with authentication key generation steps

Added instructions for generating authentication key and updating .env file.

Signed-off-by: NagakawaMizore <1632122738@qq.com>
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 README | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

(limited to 'README')

diff --git a/README b/README
index 2512df8..1460ae7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -60,7 +60,21 @@ docker run -d \
 
 Then, copy .env.example to .env and fill in the required environment variables
 that suit your setup.
+
+Generate authentication key: This project uses Better Auth. 
+A secure key of at least 32 characters must be provided. 
+Please run the following command in the terminal to generate it:
+npx @better-auth/cli secret
+
+Add the generated string to the .env file:
+BETTER_AUTH_SECRET =The extremely long random string you just generated
+
 Run: pnpm install
+
+Run installation of react-syntax-highlighter dependencies:
+pnpm add react-syntax-highlighter
+pnpm add -D @types/react-syntax-highlighter
+
 Run Payload CMS migrations: pnpm payload migrate
 Run database migrations: pnpm db:push
 (optional: SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION=1 pnpm db:push)
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