From ce751231fb555dc43d774fc947e50a5d855acb85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teja Srinivas <112886635+TEJA-2005@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:53:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Update README.md

Added a message to remind to add a ```.env``` file
---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 325c052..0e5b9da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Uses Socket.io for real time communication and stores user details in encrypted
 
 ![](https://github.com/piyush-eon/mern-chat-app/blob/master/screenshots/group%20%2B%20notif.PNG)
 ## Run Locally
-
+Please remember that you have to create a .env file(for environment variables) to set up port for api testing as well as connection URI of MongoDB.
 Clone the project
 
 ```bash

From 8a99f2b3c346974d6aea31e4e49300f69d752b9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teja Srinivas <112886635+TEJA-2005@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:55:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update README.md

Updating to remind user to create a '.env' file
---
 README.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e5b9da..ee6eed7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Uses Socket.io for real time communication and stores user details in encrypted
 
 ![](https://github.com/piyush-eon/mern-chat-app/blob/master/screenshots/group%20%2B%20notif.PNG)
 ## Run Locally
-Please remember that you have to create a .env file(for environment variables) to set up port for api testing as well as connection URI of MongoDB.
+***Please remember that you have to create a .env file(for environment variables) to set up port for api testing as well as the connection URI of MongoDB.***
+
 Clone the project
 
 ```bash

From 28edb3356518f8c20472327ae2104a593d361ae6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teja Srinivas <112886635+devTejaSrinivas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:44:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update README.md - 1

---
 README.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee6eed7..9697856 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ Uses Socket.io for real time communication and stores user details in encrypted
 
 ![](https://github.com/piyush-eon/mern-chat-app/blob/master/screenshots/group%20%2B%20notif.PNG)
 ## Run Locally
-***Please remember that you have to create a .env file(for environment variables) to set up port for api testing as well as the connection URI of MongoDB.***
+***Please remember that you have to create a .env file(for environment variables) to set up port for api testing , the connection URI of MongoDB , also to set the port number and to set the JWT Encryption Secret Key***
 
 Clone the project
 
+
 ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/piyush-eon/mern-chat-app
 ```

From 2cb3ec90d52de556a8deb37b92a1af7147959e4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teja Srinivas <112886635+devTejaSrinivas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:46:54 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update README.md - 2

---
 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9697856..d41dd22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 # Talk-A-Tive
 
-Talk-a-tive is a Full Stack Chatting App.
+Talk-a-tive is a Full Stack (MERN-based) Chatting App.
 Uses Socket.io for real time communication and stores user details in encrypted format in Mongo DB Database.
 ## Tech Stack
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Uses Socket.io for real time communication and stores user details in encrypted
 
 ![](https://github.com/piyush-eon/mern-chat-app/blob/master/screenshots/group%20%2B%20notif.PNG)
 ## Run Locally
-***Please remember that you have to create a .env file(for environment variables) to set up port for api testing , the connection URI of MongoDB , also to set the port number and to set the JWT Encryption Secret Key***
+***Please remember that you have to create a .env file(for environment variables) to set up port for api testing , the connection URI of MongoDB, also to set the port number and to set the JWT Encryption Secret Key.***
 
 Clone the project