.env subfolders

[raychz]

In my project's root, I have a .env folder where I store my .env.<environment> and .env.<environment>.local files. This works great when I pass the { cwd: '.env/' } option to config, but I'd like to have subfolders under .env that would hold each pair of environment files.

For example:

.env/
-----.env
-----.env.local
-----development/
----------.env.development
----------.env.development.local
-----staging/
----------.env.staging
----------.env.staging.local
-----production/
----------.env.production
----------.env.production.local

Changing the cwd option to .env/* or .env/**/* doesn't seem to work and my project fails to recognize variables not in .env or .env.local. Any ideas?

[kerimdzhanov]

I think it's possible to implement this feature to work using the path template. It would look like:

require('dotenv-flow').config({
  path: './.env/${NODE_ENV}/.env.${NODE_ENV}?(.local)'
});

The same approach applies to #7. For that example, it would look like:

require('dotenv-flow').config({
  path: './?(local.)${NODE_ENV}.env'
});

As you can understand this is not supported by the module at the time, so your PR's are very welcome!

[MrSlimCoder]

Can i send PR on this issue i'm currently understanding the codebase after that i will send PR .

[kerimdzhanov]

Hello gentlemen,

With the new pattern option this particular case will become as easy as:

require('dotenv-flow').config({
  pattern: '.env/[node_env/].env[.node_env][.local]'
});

This feature is going to be released with dotenv-flow v4.x.