envdist v1.0.14

Envdist

What is it?

Envdist - is CLI tool for generation .env files from .env.dist.

CLI Interface envdist [environment] [flag].

Installation

$ npm i -g envdist

or

$ npm i -D envdist

You can set the package as global or dev dependency

Usage

Base usage

Create .env.dist file. For example.

#Application settings

NODE_ENV = <Environment>  # development
PORT = <Application port> # 3000

Execute

For manually enter (the environment is defined automatically from the NODE_ENV variable):

$ envdist

For manually enter variables of development environment:

$ envdist development

Generate file from environment variables (suitable for use in deploy or runnig CI/CD):

$ envdist production -e

Force generation (Sets default values else trying fetch from environment variables else set empty value):

$ envdist development -f

Configuration

Insert this config to package.json.

  "env": {
    "path": ".",
    "dist": ".env.dist",
    "pattern": ".env",
    "strategies": {
      "manual": ["", "dev"],
      "variables": ["prod", "stage", "test"]
    }
  }

Options

Auto creation .env files after installation packages NPM

Just add to your package.json next script

{
  "scripts": {
    "install": "npx envdist"
  }
}

Triggered on npm install or npm i.

Enjoy!