login decorator moved into views & .gitignore

core/views/login.py

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+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.conf import settings
+"""This enforces the login requirement for non-public pages using 
+the decorator mechanism. 
+https://www.fullstackpython.com/django-contrib-auth-decorators-login-required-examples.html
+"""
+
+class login_required_if_public(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, f):
+        if settings.PUBLIC_SITE:
+            self.f = login_required(f)
+        else:
+            self.f = f
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.f(*args, **kwargs)