Django authentication and social-sign on with django-allauth

How to set up Django to log in with email instead of username with allauth

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Modified files

djangocourse/settings.py

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+++ 
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "home"
 LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "account_login"

+# Allauth settings
+ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = "email"
+ACCOUNT_UNIQUE_EMAIL = True
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = True
+ACCOUNT_USERNAME_REQUIRED = False
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = "none"
+
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/i18n/