dotenv-shell

Use Dotenv in everything

Install

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/madcoda/dotenv-shell/master/dotenv.sh > /usr/local/bin/dotenv
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dotenv

Usage

# Run command
dotenv run_my_command param1 param2

# Export to current shell
. dotenv

# chain local secrets in .env with defaults in defaults.env
DOTENV_DEFAULT=defaults.env dotenv run_my_command param1 param2

# change name of DOTENV_FILE
DOTENV_FILE=prod.env dotenv run_my_command param1 param2

# change name of DOTENV_FILE and use defaults
DOTENV_FILE=prod.env DOTENV_DEFAULT=defaults.env dotenv run_my_command param1 param2

In a Makefile

# Just one command
dotenv run_my_command

# All commands
SHELL := DOTENV_DEFAULT=default.env dotenv /bin/sh

Tests

$ bash tests/dotenv-test.sh
Testing blank line parsing: ok
Testing unquoted: ok
Testing single quoted: ok
Testing double quoted: ok
Testing interpolation: ok
Testing preservation of existing variables: ok
Testing parsing of last line: ok
Test loading variables from default.env file: ok
Test .env variables override variables from default.env file: ok
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