Modenv

modenv is a tool to update and keep consistent multiple .env files. It is designed with these objectives in mind:

• Simple and intuitive user experience. modenv greatly prioritizes a minimal, intuitive user-interface, helpful error messages and command suggestions to make it easy to use for beginners and experts.
• Lighting fast. modenv is written in Rust, compiled natively, and therefore extremely fast.
• Error resistant. modenv offers dry-runs and does not perform destructive operations without explicit confirmation.
• Composable. modenv uses reasonable error codes, so it can be used effectively in a CI/CD pipeline or build scripts.

Usage

It's easiest to understand the usage of modenv by following the lifecycle of a typical project.

Initialize the environment

modenv init

This command creates .env, env.example, and .env.production files, and adds .env* to your .gitignore file (still allowing .env.example).

Add to the environment

modenv -a PORT=3000 HOST=0.0.0.0

This command adds PORT=5000 and HOST=0.0.0.0 to the first default env file found, typically .env. The -a flag causes it to add PORT and HOST with blank values to all other env files found. If the key already exists, this operation will fail unless -f is also passed. The default env file is the first found of .env.local, .env.development, and .env.

Add to the production environment

Next, add values to .env.production (specified by -p):

modenv -p PORT=5000 HOST=0.0.0.0

Check consistency of your env files

modenv check

This subcommand checks for missing values from your env files. Using a reference file (chosen implicitly, as described above, or explicitly with a command flag), check reports on missing keys.

This command returns non-zero if there are missing keys, so it can be used as part of a CI/CD pipeline.

If you want to update files with blank values for missing keys:

modenv check -f

This command additionally will replicate comments and ordering from the reference file to the other files.

Deployment

Lastly, you can update the env for your deployment service. We assume PUT and a JSON body of env key/value pairs.

modenv -p push <url>

This command requires the push feature flag.

Installation

cargo install modenv

If you'd like to send your environment as JSON key/value pairs, use:

cargo install modenv --features push

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request