Add env files and Thumbs.db to .gitignore
Swap out environment detection

Use .env.local.php in root to detect if it is local instead.
Configure database to use environment variables $_ENV[...]: db_host, db_database, db_username and db_password instead.
Set debug to false by default
Change application secret

`php artisan key:generate`
Add root editorconfig file

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