Make the collectstatic hack slightly better

core/uris.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -41,7 +42,15 @@ class StaticAbsoluteUrl(RelativeAbsoluteUrl):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, path: str):
+        try:
             static_url = staticfiles_storage.url(path)
+        except ValueError:
+            # Suppress static issues during the first collectstatic
+            # Yes, I know it's a big hack! Pull requests welcome :)
+            if "collectstatic" in sys.argv:
+                super().__init__("https://example.com/")
+                return
+            raise
         if "://" in static_url:
             super().__init__(static_url)
         else:

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ COPY . /takahe
 
 WORKDIR /takahe
 
-RUN TAKAHE_DATABASE_SERVER="postgres://x@example.com/x" TAKAHE_DEBUG=true python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+RUN TAKAHE_DATABASE_SERVER="postgres://x@example.com/x" python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
 EXPOSE 8000