Add cli flag for initializing tables instead of creating them at startup

main.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
     "database/sql"
     "encoding/json"
+    "flag"
     "fmt"
     "html/template"
     "log"
@@ -219,6 +220,11 @@ func ensureAdminUser(db *sql.DB, config *handlers.Config) error {
 }
 
 func main() {
+    // Define command-line flag for initialization
+    initialize := flag.Bool("initialize", false, "Initialize database tables and admin user")
+    flag.BoolVar(initialize, "i", false, "Short for --initialize")
+    flag.Parse()
+
     config, err := loadConfig("config/config.json")
     if err != nil {
         log.Fatal("Error loading config:", err)
@@ -231,18 +237,26 @@ func main() {
     }
     defer db.Close()
 
-    // Create tables if they don't exist
+    // Perform initialization if the flag is set
+    if *initialize {
+        log.Println("Initializing database...")
         err = createTablesIfNotExist(db)
         if err != nil {
             log.Fatal("Error creating database tables:", err)
         }
 
-    // Ensure admin user exists
         err = ensureAdminUser(db, config)
         if err != nil {
             log.Fatal("Error ensuring admin user:", err)
         }
 
+        log.Println("Initialization completed successfully. Exiting.")
+        return
+    }
+
+    // Normal startup (without automatic table creation)
+    log.Println("Starting ThreadR server...")
+
     dir, err := os.Getwd()
     if err != nil {
         log.Fatal("Error getting working directory:", err)