.env is not working as aspected about dotenv-flow

[kerimdzhanov]

Hi @viveksharmaui,

You don't need to have the original dotenv package, because it's already a dependency of dotenv-flow.

The following just should work fine:

import dotenvFlow from 'dotenv-flow';

dotenvFlow.config();

Also, note that exporting the dotenvFlow is redundant, because when you call .config() it fills out process.env which is global.

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As for the NODE_ENV environment variable, it shouldn't be placed in any .env file. This environment variable controls which of the .env file will be loaded.

For example, if you run your script like:

$ NODE_ENV=production node your_script.js

it will load environment variables from .env (the default) and .env.production (node_env-specific).

If you run your script like:

$ NODE_ENV=development node your_script.js

it will load environment variables from .env and .env.development.

But if you run your script without specifying NODE_ENV, like:

$ node your_script.js

it will only load the .env file (the default one).

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You can also define the default NODE_ENV to load .env and .env.development by default, like:

import dotenvFlow from 'dotenv-flow';

process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';

dotenvFlow.config();

[MrSlimCoder]

Closed #18