dotenv-multi/README.md

dotenv-multi

Dotenv-multi is a module that uses dotenv and dotenv-expand to load files similarly to Create React App script's. It allows the use of NODE_ENV and local specific env files.

This is useful because now you can commit your default env files into the repo and still have a sane way to override them locally without having changes in your local git on one .env file.

Install

# with npm
npm install @ringofstorms/dotenv-multi dotenv dotenv-expand

Usage

# js
const dotenvMulti = require('@ringofstorms/dotenv-multi');
dotenvMulti.config();

# typescript
import { config } from '@ringofstorms/multi-env';
config();

Configuring .gitignore

You should add the following to your .gitignore file:

# .env local files
.env.development.local
.env.local
.env.production.local
.env.test.local

What other .env files can be used?