Your team sounds a little broken. If a new starter came in and did that for our project, I’d be really pleased.
Once you have that stuff setup, and you’re doing “day to day” coding, it’s hard to find time to go back and sort that stuff out. It’s something a new starter can take on that ultimately gives good long term outcomes.
Exactly. Sounds like rot has settled in and there’s a serious lack of empathy for coworkers (who have to wade through that tall grass like those before did). Cut the grass. Better yet, pave it. Docker compose up your dev environment. Make it so going from clone->pr is as quick and painless as possible.
Once you have that stuff setup, and you’re doing “day to day” coding, it’s hard to find time to go back and sort that stuff out. It’s something a new starter can take on that ultimately gives good long term outcomes.