chenv¶
Modern local environment management
This command-line interface creates and manages local .env files from various sources.
Coupled with python-dotenv for python, or dotenv for node.js development, it provides better, more consistent environment variable management and developement.
Installation¶
To install chenv, run this command in your terminal:
$ pip install chenv
Usage¶
chenv’s usage looks like:
$ chenv COMMAND [ARGS]
Commands include:
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blank
¶
Choose to set .env as a new, blank, .env.blank file.
Project Configurations¶
chenv also provides two file types that manipulate the output of new .env.* files being set.
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.envignore
¶
Specifies intentionally unwanted environment-variables. Each line in a envignore file specifies a pattern.
When deciding whether to ignore an environment variable, chenv checks it’s key against the list of patterns described in this file.
- Pattern
.envignore uses the unix filename pattern matching, similar to .gitignore’s, and as specified at https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html
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.envmerge
¶
Sepecifies environment variables to merge / override after any input is chosen. This provides consistency to preffered settings such as the logging-level, or NODE_ENV for local development usage in node.js.