From a30cdc9d0fbd31778d2482dcc521d4d165e82c47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert David Stein <rdstein@caltech.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:59:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #948 (#986)

---
 env.example              |  2 +-
 mirar/data/cache.py      | 11 ++++++++++-
 mirar/data/image_data.py |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index f8f6445f0..ddad44cd0 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ WATCHDOG_EMAIL_RECIPIENTS=<target email address>
 # Set maximum number of CPUs to use, with a default of half the available total
 MAX_N_CPU=<integer number of CPUs>
 # Set whether to store images in cache, with a default of true
-USE_WINTER_CACHE=<boolean>
+USE_MIRAR_CACHE=<boolean>
diff --git a/mirar/data/cache.py b/mirar/data/cache.py
index 9047626fc..c7ef4a4bf 100644
--- a/mirar/data/cache.py
+++ b/mirar/data/cache.py
@@ -10,7 +10,16 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-USE_CACHE: bool = os.getenv("USE_WINTER_CACHE", "true") in ["true", "True", True]
+USE_CACHE: bool = os.getenv("USE_MIRAR_CACHE", "true") in ["true", "True", True]
+
+if not USE_CACHE:
+    if os.getenv("USE_WINTER_CACHE") is not None:
+        logger.warning(
+            "The environment variable 'USE_WINTER_CACHE' is deprecated. "
+            "Please use 'USE_MIRAR_CACHE' instead. "
+            "This will be removed in a future version."
+        )
+        USE_CACHE = os.getenv("USE_WINTER_CACHE") in ["true", "True", True]
 
 
 class CacheError(Exception):
diff --git a/mirar/data/image_data.py b/mirar/data/image_data.py
index 313860dc1..1efe1b901 100644
--- a/mirar/data/image_data.py
+++ b/mirar/data/image_data.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    export USE_WINTER_CACHE = false
+    export USE_MIRAR_CACHE = false
 
 See :doc:`usage` for more information about selecting cache mode,
 and setting the output data directory.